Georgian PM, Tbilisi Mayor meet national football team ahead of Euro 2024
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze on Wednesday met with players of the Georgian national football team in Düsseldorf, ahead of the kick-off of the UEFA European Football Championship in Germany this week. Photo: Gov't Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze on Wednesday met with players of the Georgian national football team in Düsseldorf, ahead of the kick-off of the UEFA European Football Championship in Germany this week.
The Government Administration said the Prime Minister wished the team success and emphasised the “historic victory” over Greece back in May that secured the team’s first-ever spot in a major football tournament, saying the result had “united the country”.
Kobakhidze also told the national team he would be “along numerous Georgian spectators” supporting them from the stands at the Championship.
The Prime Minister also shared the Government’s plans to develop sports infrastructure across the country and noted plans for construction of a new, 70,000-capacity stadium for the capital city of Tbilisi.
Mayor Kaladze also wished the team success at the Championship, where they will compete in Group F with Portugal, Turkey and the Czech Republic. The first match for the squad will come against Turkey on June 18.
Georgia’s national football team makes history by claiming victory over Greece in the playoff final of the UEFA Euro 2024 and securing its first-ever spot in a major football tournament.
Georgian national team and Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Sunday pledged the squad would enter the upcoming 2024 European Football Championship aiming to qualify for the playoff stage of the tournament with the mindset that “nothing is impossible”.
A delegation of employees of Georgia’s Interior Ministry will help ensure security during the upcoming UEFA European Football Championship in Germany this month, the Ministry said on Saturday.
The Georgian national football team held its first full training involving 26 players in Austria ahead of the 2024 European Championship. Photo: Georgian Football Federation
Willy Sagnol, the head coach of the Georgian national football team, on Wednesday named his squad for the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament in Germany.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday announced an upcoming sale of airline tickets subsidised by the state to enable fans of the national football team to travel to the European Football Championship in Germany, as well as an increase in the bonus for the national team to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.