VALENCIA. Georgi Mamardashvili continues his strategy of revaluation. The Valencian goalkeeper was as soon as once more an impressive stalwart that has allowed the Georgian nationwide workforce to win a match in a Euro for the primary time, of their debut within the event as a workforce within the event and likewise get into the spherical of 16 as third within the group, which It’s going to take him to satisfy Spain on Sunday.
As soon as once more, the Valencia CF goalkeeper was decisive and has confirmed to be probably the greatest goalkeepers within the event, persevering with the MVP that the goalkeeper had already achieved within the earlier match in opposition to the Czech Republic. The sensation is that the match may have lasted three extra hours and Mamardashvili would have ended up stopping any Portuguese assault.
The story begins after Georgia took the lead within the 2nd minute, Portugal threw themselves into the Georgian half however discovered a assured Mamardashvili who intervened efficiently on 5 events.
The primary (and most tough) was a long-range however very exhausting free-kick from Cristiano Ronaldo within the sixteenth minute and the Valencia goalkeeper’s response was pragmatic as he put his fists out as a substitute of making an attempt to dam because of the energy of the shot. Within the twenty second minute Joao Palhinha put the Georgian wall to the check from exterior the realm however this time the goalkeeper blocked very safely after getting down on one knee. The third intervention of the primary 45 minutes got here when he palmed away a harmful cross from Pedro Neto from the left. Within the final minute, Joao Fèlix once more examined Mamardashvili however the Valencia CF goalkeeper blocked very safely subsequent to the put up. And the final scare of the primary half got here from a nook that Portugal despatched straight at objective, and which was answered by the goalkeeper’s fists who received the ball away as finest he may to keep away from the Portuguese objective that equalised.
The stoppage of the sport (and maybe of the Euro) to date got here 10 minutes into the second half. A Portuguese assault ended with a cannon shot by Diego Dalot from the sting of the realm on the Georgian squad. Mamardashvili flew to his left to take a ball together with his proper hand that was inconceivable for every other goalkeeper. It’s true that the objective wouldn’t have gone up on the scoreboard as a result of it began with a penalty within the Portuguese space not referred to as by the referee that ended up being corrected by the VAR and that served for the Georgians to attain their second objective. Nevertheless, additionally it is true that at these moments the ball was really in play and subsequently this doesn’t detract one little bit of advantage from the intervention of the Valencian goalkeeper.
It was not till the 73rd minute that the Georgian appeared once more after a cross from the correct by the Portuguese assault by Francisco Conceiçao that the Valencian goalkeeper safely resolved by reducing his rival’s supply excessive within the small space.
He nonetheless displayed his prodigious powers once more on the finish. With the rating already 2-0, he labored exhausting in opposition to a cross from Joao Félix from the left of the Iberian assault that Semedo completed off on the far put up simply two meters from the objective. After making a commendable reflex intervention by rejecting from quick, Mamardashvili reacted in a feline method to catch his personal rebound in a small space with out giving the rival forwards any possibility.
And the ultimate blow got here within the 92nd minute with one other profitable stretch to his left after one other shot from Diego Dalot from the sting of the field that was on the lookout for the put up of the Caucasian objective.
Mamardashvili proves his value in each match whereas Singapore could be rubbing his palms. On a private stage, the goalkeeper has made historical past and is an undisputed hero who has allowed his nation, first, to take part in a Euro, then win a match for the primary time (with a clear sheet) and likewise get into the second spherical. There, Spain awaits them, having crushed them within the qualifying part, so there’ll certainly be a want for revenge.