Georgia makes debut in UEFA Women’s European Championship
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The women’s national football team of Georgia is about to make history by debuting in the prestigious UEFA European Championship.
The women’s team will take to the pitch today and play their first ever UEFA European Championship game against Italy in La Spezia.
The match will open the qualifying round for the 2017 UEFA European Championship tournament for Georgia, while a number of games were already played in other qualifying groups yesterday, September 17.
Tonight’s match between Georgia and Italy will kick-off at 8:30pm Georgian time.
The female footballers have spent many months training for the competition, culminating in an intensive training week where 17 players were under the watchful eye of coach Tamaz Kostava.
Georgia coach Tamaz Kostava took the team through some tough training sessions in La Spezia. Photo by Georgian Football Federation.
The national team will play their first home game of the qualifying stage on September 22 when they host Czech Republic in Tbilisi. Attendance to the game at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Vake will be free.
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