Yes, its an opposition for our English rugby team today (should be an easy win ) but why not dip into the Geography of Europe and find out about their round ball team? Where is Georgia? It's here:
so that's that.
Their national football team started up in 1990, when the country was still part of the Soviet Union. The nation's initial match was a 2-2 draw played out against Lithuania. The first major footballing achievement was to play in the 1996 Euros with not a lot of success. But they have played Wales five times and have won 5-0 away and 1-0 at home in the 1994-5 UEFA tournament. In a friendly they beat Wales 1-2 in an away 2008 friendly. Then they drew 1-1 at home with Wales in 2016 and have since won 0-1 away against Wales in FIFA World Cup ties.
In the UEFA Championship they have beaten Scotland 2-0 and 1-0 and lost 1-2 and 0-1. In 1996-7 England beat Georgia 2-0 twice in World Cup qualifying.
Northern Ireland have played them once in a friendly and 4-1 in 2008 in a friendly.
Best known player, Jaba Kankava is captain and has won 90 caps, playing from the Tobol Club in Kazakhstan. Gia Grigalava plays for Arsenal.... Tula in Russia. Their most historic past player will be Levan Kobiashvilli who won 100 caps and scored 12 goals-not a forward then? He later became the President of the Georgian Football Federation and became a Member of Parliament.
To celebrate their independence, the national team played local rivals, Moldova in April 1991 and then joined UEFA and FIFA in 1992. Their first official game was against Moldova again in September 1994 losing 0-1.
Past fixtures include 8/10 (Euros) v Belarus 1-0; 11/10 (Nations League) v Armenia 2-2; 14/10 (National League) v North Macedonia 1-1; 12/11 (Euros) v North Macedonia 0-1
Next fixtures for Georgia are matches against Armenia tomorrow and Estonia in the Nations League on the 18th.
Just heard about this goal on the wireless:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYD_L7qzRss
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