Not necessarily in good spirits in recent weeks, like his disappointing match on Friday against Monaco (3-1 defeat), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia started on the bench this Wednesday against Chelsea in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. While Désiré Doué was preferred and did not deliver a great match, the Georgian entered excited in the 62nd minute of play in place of the Frenchman.
A decisive passer for Vitinha (74th), he drove the point home with a clear strike before scoring a double at the very end of the match (86th, 90th+4). Taking Paris Saint-Germain from 2-2 to 5-2, the former Neapolitan was the hero of the evening and responded to his detractors in the best possible way. A performance which symbolizes a great response from him, but also from Paris Saint-Germain, to the criticism of recent weeks.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia confident
Heroic last year, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and the Parisian club raised their level throughout the season to go all the way in the Champions League. The road is still long, but the hero of the evening enjoyed the microphone of Canal + after the match in this dream night: “yes I am happy to have helped my team and to have won against Chelsea who are a good team. I’m happy with this match“.
Although he is well aware that qualification has not yet been confirmed, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia affirmed the confidence of the Ile-de-France club: “yes, but we remain PSG, I think we showed this evening that we are capable of anything. We just have to continue like this, we conceded two goals, we have to analyze the mistakes we made. We are happy to win with three more goals. Now we will focus on the next match.»
