[Euro 2024. Group F. Match day] Georgia-Czech Republic. Let's just play football!

Euro 2024. Group F. Georgia-Czech Republic. Hamburg. "Folks Park Stadium". 17:00

Today, the national team of Georgia will play the second match at the European Championship. After the regrettable defeat against Turkey, we are playing against the Czech Republic, with whom we can only win from the tournament point of view, as we have to face the strongest Portuguese team in the last round...

It is clear that the game has a lot of pressure, but the pressure must be turned back: Georgia has recently joined the big European "boys" and even if it fails to leave the group, no one will be shaken, although, of course, we are in favor of the absolutely opposite scenario.

Unfortunately, we will not have Otar Kiteishvili again , who is a great force for our team and we can consider him as the main "constructor" in the Georgian national team. What are we going to do, injury is commonplace in football and it doesn't select players based on their importance.

What should we expect from the Georgian national team? For some reason, we think that if we use our potential, it will be very difficult for the Czech Republic. Individual advantage, strict game discipline and good physical preparation - this should be the trump card of Willy Sagnoli's team in this match.

We also hope that the opening minutes of both halves will not fail again and we will not be stuck in a deaf defense, as is the habit of small teams or national teams. Besides, the Czech Republic is such a team, it likes to play against its opponent very much - it exhausts Kants with endless pressing and passes, as a result of which it wins at least in the end.

In short, the pressure is more on our opponent than on us, and therefore we will have to play risky, attacking and defensive football, which we play only sporadically. For some reason, there is a widespread opinion, and this opinion is shared by many specialists, that the best model for the Georgian national team is the counterattack.

We think that this is only because Sagnolia himself is a follower of this playing style, otherwise this team can play as "number one" and control the ball more. Maybe, at least in this game, the French specialist will be transformed! It's just a matter of taste.

Sanyol said at the press conference that there might be changes in the main composition. No one knows if that will be the case, but let's try to guess. If there is, maybe Giorgi Tsitaishvili will be replaced by Levan Shengelia , or Anri Mekvabishvili - Sandro Altunashvili, who is good at "retrieving" the ball from the defense. The three central defenders will probably not change. There are less question marks in other positions.

As for the modern Czech national team, it has a tradition. We remember that they had a great team at the 1996 championship. Now the star is probably only Patrick Sheek , but the team fights endlessly, is physically strong and provides a lot from the wings. Thus, it seems like an inconvenient opponent for us, although we have written above about what weapons we have against them.

Estimated compositions