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.
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'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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