Badri Kvaratskhelia, the father of Napoli’s revelation Khvicha, is a proud father indeed, and rightly so. He is currently in Italy to support his boy, who has already become a firm fan favourite after a string of breathtaking performances since his arrival to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.Proud Badri watched on as Napoli beat Bologna at home some ten days ago, and he got to hear thousands of fans chanting his family name. He hardly expected to experience such a surreal situation. The 57-year-old, who was a professional footballer himself, was beaming with pride while quizzed by Italian journalists.”When you are in the Maradona stands and your surname is shouted by 60 thousand fans, this feeling cannot be described. Especially when you consider it’s all for a footballer who came from the small country of Georgia. I have always been convinced that Khvicha would be able to do well right from the start. He needs no introduction or too many words, and he has shown what he can do. There are no groups in the team. There is unity. He feels a friendly attitude. Luciano Spalletti has an excellent relationship with his players.”→ Khvicha Kvarastskhelia es hijo de Badri Kvarastskhelia, un exjugador georgiano de 57 años.Empezó a jugar a los 8 años, ya destacaba porque Kvara era un jugador inteligente, con mucha facilidad de irse de sus adversarios y conseguir sacar partido a cada jugada. pic.twitter.com/Tp4aP0ZuT0— Raúl García Santana 📝⚽ (@Raulgarciaa15) August 22, 2022 Napoli have had a fantastic start to the season and are looking like a genuine title contender. Besides, coach Spalletti managed to reshape the team so the departures of essential players like Lorenzo Insigne and Kalidou Koulibaly didn’t damage the team as a unit. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is one of the critical factors in Napoli’s renaissance – so much so that he’s already rumoured to be a potential target of the wealthiest clubs around Europe. But according to Kvaradona’s father, he doesn’t think about anything other than training and playing.”Khvicha goes to training at 8 in the morning. Around 2 in the afternoon, he comes back and rests. He had a day off, and we took a walk around town. No one has told us about the contract yet. At this stage, Khvicha does not even think about it, and he just thinks about playing. Khvicha is informed of the market rumours, but it doesn’t affect him at all.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6757212##Napoli have already secured qualification to the knockout round but will need to keep winning if they want to stay top of their Champions League group ahead of Liverpool. Their opponents are the reigning champions of Scotland, Rangers, who have a terrible record on their return to the competition with all defeats in their four matches so far.CHAMPIONS LEAGUEGroup stage – Round 5TuesdaySalzburg – Chelsea 1-2 (1-1)/Adamu 48 – Kovacic 23, Havertz 64/Sevilla – Copenhagen 3-0 (0-0)/En-Nesyri 61, Isco 88, Montiel 90/Dinamo Zagreb – Milan 0-4 (0-1)/Gabbia 39, Leao 49, Giroud 59, Ljubicic (og) 69/Celtic – Shakhtar 1-0 (1-0)/Giakoumakis 34 – Mudryk 58/RB Leipzig – Real Madrid 3-1 (2-1)/Gvardiol 13, Nkunku 18, Werner 81 – Vinicius 44, Rodrygo 90+4 (p)/Dortmund – Man.City 0-0Benfica – Juventus 4-3 (3-1)/Silva 17, Mario 28(p), Rafa Silva 35, 50 – Kean 22, Milik 77, McKenna 79/PSG – Maccabi Haifa 7-2 (4-1)/Mesi 19, 44, Mbappe 32, 64, Neymar 35, Goldberg 67, Soler 84 – Seck 38, 50/Wednesday19:45: (3.45) Club Brugge (3.40) Porto (2.25)19:45: (1.13) Inter (8.50) Plzen (19.0)22:00: (4.00) Ajax (3.80) Liverpool (1.95)22:00: (1.23) Napoli (6.50) Rangers (12.0)22:00: (1.80) Atl.Madrid (3.60) Leverkusen (4.60)22:00: (2.40) Barcelona (3.60) Bayern (3.00)22:00: (2.50) Eintr.Frankfurt (3.30) Olympique Marseille (3.10)22:00: (1.50) Tottenham (4.50) Sporting (7.25)***odds are subject to change***
