Italian media hails Kvaratskhelia’s “very beautiful gesture” in homage to minor killed in electrocution incident
Kvaratskhelia wore a wristband with the name of the minor during Sunday’s game against Bologna in the Italian championship, with the Italian press noting his “very beautiful gesture”. Photo: SSC Napoli
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Italian sports media has praised the homage paid by Napoli’s Georgian midfielder Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to Marita Meparishvili, a 13-year-old girl who died from injuries sustained in an electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s Vake Park recreational area on Thursday.
Kvaratskhelia wore a wristband with the name of the minor during Sunday’s game against Bologna in the Italian championship, with the Italian press noting his “very beautiful gesture”.
Dedica da pelle d'oca di #Kvaratskhelia, che questa sera in campo è sceso in campo con un polsino speciale ????
— Spazio Napoli (@Spazio_Napoli) October 16, 2022
Il numero 77 azzurro, infatti, ha voluto rendere omaggio a Marita Meparishvili, una giovanissima tennista di soli 13 anni che è morta per folgorazione in una fontana… pic.twitter.com/hiRXfx7UIg
Corriere dello Sport, a leading Italian daily sports outlet, said “sometimes a champion is not only seen by his play on the field but also by his sensitivity” in comments on the player’s choice of homage.
[I]n this regard, Kvaratskhelia has few equals in the world of football. Already loved by his companions for his sensitivity and simplicity, the Georgian phenomenon has remained the protagonist of a new very beautiful gesture towards Marita Meparishvili”, the paper noted.
Napoli won the match 3-2, through a decisive assist by the Georgian winger.
An employee in the ecological service of Tbilisi’s Vake Park recreational area has been receiving nationwide praise since Thursday for rescuing two minors from the park’s fountain after three of them got electrocuted in the water.
“All necessary” expertise, investigative and procedural actions will be conducted on the tragedy and the offenders will be punished with the“ full severity” of the law, Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, the Georgian deputy minister of internal affairs said on Thursday at the briefing regarding an electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s Vake Park recreational area.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday extended his condolences to the family of the 13-year-old girl who died from injuries sustained in an electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s Vake Park recreational area earlier during the day.
A 13-year-old girl has died from injuries sustained in an electrocution incident in Tbilisi’s Vake Park recreational area on Thursday, doctors of the University Clinic in Tbilisi have confirmed.