Napoli on Wednesday moved into the last 16 of the Champions League with a win over Ajax, with the club’s Georgian midfielder Khvicha Kvaratskhelia named the player of the match.
Goals from Hirving Lozano, Giacomo Raspadori, Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen were enough to give Luciano Spaletti's side all three points in the 4:2 win, as the team remain top of Group A with two matches to play.
✨ MAN OF THE MATCH ✨
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) October 12, 2022
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The Italian media hailed the performance of the Georgian winger who, in addition to his goal, made the assist to Raspadori.
Name: Khvicha. Surname: Kvaratskhelia. Profession: phenomenon. A wonder. An East wind that blows strongly. Will it become a storm?” La Gazzetta dello Sport said.
In his post match remarks, Kvaratskhelia said he was “happy” to play in front of the stands of the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, and called the atmosphere “crazy”.
Objectives? Now let's look at the next matches in Serie A. The penalty? It doesn't matter who takes the penalty, me or someone else, we're a team”, he said in comments to the match and the immediate next targets for the club.
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