'We made it': Georgia celebrates after team's historic Euro 2024 progression

Georgian players and fans celebrated after their side pulled off an upset with a win over Portugal to qualify for the knockout stage of their first major tournament, thanks to an early Khvicha Kvaratskhelia strike and a Georges Mikautadze penalty.

'We made it for the first time,' said Giorgi Tsitaishvili. 'Everybody thinks Georgia is here with everything to lose. But we just showed that we can play. And we can play big and we deserve to be here.'

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[babybubiburger]

Congratulations from Germany! I was at the stadium yesterday. When the first goal was scored the stadium erupted. Massive respect for this performance.

[vladodobleja]

Congratulations to our Orthodox Georgian brothers, from România!

[qleng]

Congratulations neighbor. You deserve the best. Greetings from Turkey 🎉❤

[mariamibirtvelishvili]

THANK YOU EVERYONE FROM GEORGIA🇬🇪 🇬🇪 🇬🇪 🇬🇪

[mamsf]

Congratulations from Portugal. You guys deserved it.

[thonzphetchanah]

BIG congratulations to Georgia 🇬🇪 from Thailand 🇹🇭 many of us support you from here.

[deividas_kimontas]

Congratulations Georgia! You made history! 🇬🇪🙌🇱🇹

[TomislavKutleša]

Congrats from Croatia 🇭🇷
Wish you luck 🎉🎉

[UtpalGogoi-kv]

Congratulations Georgia lots of love and support from India🇮🇳

[iraklisgkel]

Well done Georgia. Wish all the best to my second lovely country 🇬🇪❤️🇬🇷

[ANTI_KREMLIN]

Congratulations to GEORGIA from ROMANIA!

[escxnoah]

So proud of Georgia! Love from Lithuania🇱🇹💙🇬🇪

[dimkon]

Congratulations Georgia🇬🇪🇬🇪
From Greece🇬🇷🇬🇷
I hope we will see both in 2028
🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[TurquazCannabiz]

Congratulations from Turkey 🇹🇷 even after Georgia lost to us I knew they would go to the next round

[laimonasmomkauskas]

From Lithuania best congratulations, welcome to the second stage, please never stop.

[biljanadokic]

Bravo Gruzija...sampioni...❤❤❤❤frim Republikka Srpska

[meinKanal.]

Well done Georgia!🎉 Greetings from Austria

[burny]

Congratulations from Hungary, you deserved it better than us to be fair! 👏🏿

[sabineworner]

Gongratulation from Euro-Party-Germany 🇬🇪❤🇩🇪

[prowest]

For years I've been hearing that Rugby is most loved sport in Georgia. Despite the rugby team having appeared at RWC, this confirms which sport means more to Georgia. They have played brilliantly well. Albania too.