Willy Sagnol revealed that he is happy and proud of the performance after Georgia came to play in the European Football Championship or the Euros for the first time and was able to qualify for the round of 16.
Final match of the Euro 2024 group In Group F, Georgia, which came to play in this competition for the first time in history, broke the Champions League by defeating Portugal, the champion of Euro 2016, which had already qualified to the next round with the score 2-0, leading To Georgia finishing third and facing a great power like Spain in the round of 16. After the match, French coach Willy Sagnol revealed his pride in the team's ability to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Euro 2024 results: Georgia beat Portugal 2-0 to qualify for the round of 16.
Summary of the final 16 teams for Euro 2024, schedule of knockout rounds, time of competition for Euro 2024.
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“To be honest, I don’t remember what I said to the players. Without thinking about it, I told them to remember when they played when they were 16 or 17. And the team did that.”
“When you are a small team, you know that you have nothing to lose. The only thing we said before the tournament is to play without regret later. Play football as we are. Or enjoy playing this show as it should be. You have no pressure. Our only responsibility is to make The people of Georgia are proud of their team and I think we did it in the best possible way.
“When you look at the bench it's not exciting in terms of the quality of football. But in terms of the quality as a human being I'm very happy.”
“I think qualifying for the next round is the highest point for us. But football is not a pre-written story, and today Kitiashvili was amazing. Two weeks after the injury he was able to return to playing without any problems.
In the round of 16, Georgia will meet Spain on Sunday evening, June 30, at 2:00 am, broadcast live on PPTV HD 36.
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