Georgian UFC fighter Roman Dolidze, who competes in the light heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions, told that the goalkeeper Georgian National Team Georgy Mamardashvili played a very important role in the victory against Portugal in the 2024 European Football Championship match.
On Wednesday, the Georgian national team beat the Portuguese team (2:0) in the third round of the group stage of the European Football Championship and reached the 1/8 finals of the tournament.
— Can you personally name three stars of the match?
— I think our goalkeeper played a very important role. And he scored important goals in a very difficult moment. And Kvaratskhelia, of course, scored the first goal. And I don’t want to single out anyone, the whole team is great.
— Do you know anyone from the Georgian national team?
— Living with no one, but with a lot of guys in contact at important moments in our career. After I left football myself, I hardly watched football anymore. Of course, this is a very important time for us right now. And I try to watch the Georgian national team matches as much as possible.
— You played goalkeeper in a professional team. Did you ever think that you could be part of this team?
– No, I didn’t think about it, because the transition from football was a radically important and very interesting change for me. In football, you, as a goalkeeper, cannot succeed in the match alone; your game depends on how the whole team plays. At the same time, if the attacker makes a mistake, there is the midfielder. The midfielder makes a mistake, there is a defender. If there is a defender, there is a goalkeeper. But if the goalkeeper makes a mistake, no one will help you. And when I got into martial arts, here, of course, your personal qualities are more important. And if everything is fine with you, you are well prepared, you perform well, then everything is fine in your career,” Dolidze told .
In the 1/8 finals of the tournament, the Georgian team will meet the Spanish team. The match will take place on June 30 and will start at 22:00 (Moscow time).
The match will be broadcast live on the (from 9:45 p.m.) and Match Football 1 (from 9:00 p.m. Moscow time) television channels. You can also follow the progress of the game on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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