Portugal fell to defeat at the hands of a Georgia side ranked 68 places below them in FIFA’s world rankings as the Euro 2024 group stage concluded on Wednesday night.
Cristiano Ronaldo and co. will take up their place in the last 16 of the competition, but so too will Georgia in their major tournament debut, knocking Hungary out of the four best-ranked third place group stage finishers in the process.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s early goal set the tone for Georgia, who executed a masterful gameplan set by former France international Willy Sagnol. The defence and goalkeeper then kept Portugal at bay long enough for Georges Mikautadze to double the lead from the penalty spot in the second half and ultimately knock the stuffing out of the 2016 European champions.
Source – Georgia 2-0 Portugal: Player ratings as Georgia make history and Ronaldo left frustrated (90min.com)
