At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 1, the 1/8 finals of the European Championship will usher in the match between Spain and Georgia. As the only team to have won all of their games so far, Spain has overtaken Germany, France and England to become the biggest favorites to win the European Championship. Georgia's most valuable player, Kvaratskhelia, is the team's best hope for victory.
The Spanish team won all three games in the group stage and qualified for the first place in Group B, and was the only team to maintain a full victory in the group stage of this European Cup, and scored 5 goals and 1 goal in 3 games without conceding, and it is also the only team that has not conceded a goal in this European Cup. defeated Croatia 3-0 in the first game, defeated Italy 1-0 in the second game, and defeated Albany 1-0 in the final round of the group stage with 10 players in the starting lineup and all substitute lineups, and advanced to the knockout stage with a winning record.
Spain is ranked 8th in the world, with a total value of 966 million euros, which is the fourth most valuable team in this European Cup, and the highest value of the team is Manchester City midfielder Rodri, worth 120 million euros, followed by Barcelona's 16-year-old Yamal, worth 90 million euros, and the third is Pedri, a midfielder from Barcelona, worth 80 million euros.
In this game, the Spanish team is expected to field the main lineup, goalkeeper Unai Simon, defenders Cucurella, Laporte, Lenormand and Carvajal, midfielders Rodri, Pedri and Fabian Ruiz, forwards Yamal, Nico Williams and Morata, exactly the same starting lineup as in the second game against Italy.
Georgia finished third in the group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss and 4 points in this European Championship to advance to the knockout round, losing 1:3 to Turkey in the first game, drawing 1:1 with the Czech Republic in the second game, and surprisingly beating Portugal with most of the substitutes in the final game. In 3 games, Georgia scored 4 goals and conceded 4 goals with a goal difference of zero.
Georgia is ranked 74th in the world with a total value of 161 million euros, and the most valuable player in the team is Napoli striker Kvaratskhelia with 80 million euros, followed by Valencia's goalkeeper Mamardashvili with 35 million euros and third with Metz striker Mikatadze with 15 million euros. These three players are worth a total of 13 million euros, accounting for 80% of the total value of the team, of which Kvaratskhelia alone accounts for half of the team, and he has also become Georgia's biggest hope for promotion.
These three players were the biggest contributors to Georgia's qualification for the knockout rounds, with Mikataze scoring three goals in three group games and currently ranking first in the European Cup scorers' charts; Kvaratskhelia scored another goal; Mamardashvili, on the other hand, made 20 successful saves at the tournament and was named in the team of the group stage of the tournament. In addition to these three players, Georgia's other players are worth less than 5 million euros, with 13 players worth less than 1 million euros, and the lowest-value third goalkeeper Loria is worth only 50,000 euros.
Georgia are expected to line up in a 352 formation against Spain, with goalkeeper Mamardashvili, defenders Lochoshvili, Kashya, and Gveresiani, midfielders Dwali, Kakabadze, Kocholashvili, Kiteshvili, Chakvetadze, and forwards Kvaratskhelia and Mikatadze, basically the same starting lineup as the 2-0 win over Portugal last time.
The two teams have met 7 times in history, Spain has a clear upper hand with 6 wins and 1 loss, and it has won 4 consecutive opponents, especially worth mentioning that the two teams are in the same group in this European Championship qualifiers, Spain will kill the opponent with a score of 3:1 at home and 7:1 away. There is a huge difference in the quality of the two teams, and Spain has played steadily in this European Championship and is expected to easily defeat their opponents to advance.
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