Playing against your idol is a huge motivation, it was incredible, said Kvicha Kvaratskhelia in the interview to FIFA.

“FIFA: You scored in Georgia’s win over Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal at the EURO. How amazing was it to be able to come up against him?

- The match against Portugal in the Euros was the most important game. I was playing against the player that I followed and idolised since I was a young kid. Before the game I said to myself ‘this is my moment’ and I knew I needed to show that on the pitch.

Playing against your idol is a huge motivation. It was incredible. He came to me and wished me good luck. I was over the moon and even more convinced that Georgia would win. I gave everything that evening and I helped my team to achieve a historic result”.