Portugal’s national football team trains in Georgia

Portugal’s national football team is in Georgia this week preparing for its European Championship qualifying match against Armenia.

On Saturday June 13 the Portuguese side will challenge Georgia’s neighbour Armenia in the country’s capital Yerevan.

The Portuguese team, including its captain and world famous star Cristiano Ronaldo, arrived in Tbilisi on June 7 and began training at the Mikheil Meskhi stadium on June 8.

Head of the Georgian Football Federation Zviad Sitchinava said a Portuguese technical team arrived in Georgia several months earlier and got acquainted with the local hotels and the training field.

"They were satisfied with what they saw, that is why they chose Georgia. On June 13 the Portuguese team will fly to Armenia,” Sitchinava noted.