Khvicha Kvaratskhelia completed a “dream” night against Cristiano Ronaldo by securing his idol’s shirt. The 23-year-old winger helped his nation make history as Georgia beat Portugal 2-0 at EURO 2024 last night.

Kvaratskhelia spoke of his admiration for Ronaldo before the game and how much it meant lining-up against his hero. And, incredibly, it is not the first time that the two have met. Amazingly, back in 2013, Ronaldo opened a new Dinamo Tbilisi Academy in Tbilisi. He met a host of youngsters on that trip and happily posed for a snap with a group of them, one of which was Kvaratskhelia.

Fast forward 11 years, and the ace was not only scoring and facing and scoring against the superstar’s team, but ten of his colleagues in the Georgia squad were also part of that academy.

Kvaratskhelia revealed after the game that he had secured himself a brilliant memento from the night. He managed to swap shirts with Ronaldo after the game and proudly posted a photo of it alongside the word “dreams” on social media. Speaking about the man whose posters used to don his bedroom walls before kick off, Kvaratskhelia admitted: “I am a little nervous. I have always dreamed about playing against Cristiano Ronaldo. He was an idol for me”.