The Georgian Giorgi Mamardashvili, Valencia's goalkeeper, stated this Friday that his compatriot Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Napoli player and star of the national team, "is better than all of Spain," ahead of their match in the Round of 16 of the European Championship.

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"Kvaratskhelia is better than all of Spain. I am not going to say that we are going to win, but we are going to fight, and we will see what happens," he declared to the media from Velbert, a small town in western Germany where Georgia is preparing for the tournament.

"Spain is the favorite, but we are going to fight, we are going to compete. We have already done well in the European Championship. Now we have to enjoy it," he commented.

The goalkeeper, who also assured that on the day of the 7-1 defeat, a European Championship qualifying match played in October 2023, his team had "bad luck," analyzed the dangers of the Spanish national team, highlighting Unai Simón and Lamine Yamal.

"We have to play well defensively, and then we will see what happens on the counterattack. We have players up front who can do damage there. Lamine Yamal is very dangerous, has quality, scores goals, provides assists... They also have a very good goalkeeper, for me the best goalkeeper of the year. We have to fight and stay focused," he pointed out.

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