MEGOGO correspondent German Kalandarishvili told us that he replaced Willy Sagnol in the Georgian national team when he became the team's head coach.
- "I've been talking to a lot of people in the national team. I asked how long people have been working there, and they say 10-15 years. When asked "What has changed?" the first thing they mention is discipline. Very "German," as they say.
Georgia has always had good football players - technical, but lacking this discipline. No one wanted to go back, no one wanted to work out, take the ball away. Everyone just wanted to beat and score. And Sanyol instilled the habit that first there must be discipline behind, and then go forward. Now the task is to play reliably in defense, and in the attack, Kvarahetselia, Mikautadze or Davitashvili will come up with something with their football intelligence.
This new generation has the mentality of winners, they all grew up with Messi, Ronaldo and others. Because of this, they are not afraid to play, they are ready to give everyone a fight. There is no one who hasn't even taken the field yet and has already lost. Everyone notes that these guys have a different mentality - they work extra hours, go to the gym, train.
Today, for example, they had a free day and spent half of it in the gym. Not because they were told to, but because they wanted to. Plus, they are very close-knit, they have known each other almost since childhood. They have been together since childhood, so they are like a family.
There is a recent example. Recently, Chakvetadze was injured at Watford - he did not finish the match and no one knew what was wrong with him. He says that after the game he picked up the phone, and every player in the national team had already written to him asking, "How are you, what's wrong with you, will you be in the national team?" Despite the fact that someone had just played their match, and someone was just preparing for theirs. They are worried, watching, really like a family. It all unites them," Kalandarishvili said.