“Georgia is the big surprise of this tournament and it is a dream,” said Georgian journalist Kakha Dgebuadze, describing the team’s arrival in the round of 16 of Euro 2024. This is the first time that Russia’s neighbouring country has achieved such a milestone. This is happening at a time of political upheaval in the country, which is on the waiting list to enter the European Union. This is what Georgian political scientist Nino Dzisdzishvili says in this part of the Euro Universe programme. “The context of the latest protests and the law on ‘foreign agents’ can delay this process, and now we are living a dream,” she stressed.
