PSG-Liverpool: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a pattern size match that could have changed everything

It was a match for him, for a recruit to more than 70 million. Coveted since last summer, the Georgian star of Napoli Khvicha Kvaratskhelia finally settled in the Parisian capital this winter. An XXL recruit which was to bring to the Parisian attack especially in the major meetings. That's good, this Wednesday evening, PSG faces a first league giant, leader of its championship: Liverpool. And surprisingly, a few hours before kick -off, it was not Kvaratskhelia who was announced, but well desired, on his cloud for several weeks.

Finally, Luis Enrique decided to surprise his world and go against the latest information from the French press. The Georgian international (40 selections, 17 goals) was well aligned alongside Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola. The opportunity for him to score points after the start of saws in the Parisian colors. In the Luis Enrique system, the former Naples striker had to be versatile once again multiplying travel but trying the right corridor as much as possible. And on this match, the 24 -year -old winger confirmed that he had something special. Stirring, impactful, and provocative with the ball, he brought a ordeal to the defense of the Reds.

An XXL match that reassures

He also thought he was delivering his family in the 20th minute of play when he sent a sublime strike from the left in the skylight of a helpless Alisson. But his goal was finally canceled for a slight offside position of a few centimeters. Not enough to bring him down since he continued in the same register in stride. On a new little number, on the left this time (after having swapped with Barcola), he dribbed a player and sent a cross shot that should have finished at the bottom of the nets without an XXL stop of an Alisson, stunning on his line (30th). Upon returning from the locker room, Kvara has settled definitively on the left corridor of the attack.

Again, dangerous, it was the perfect complement of Ousmane Dembélé on the other side (still very active, but more imprecise in front of the goal). The Georgian played more than once from Trent Alexander-Arnold and has constantly made his opponents go back. “It's very easy to adapt to my game system. To be able to play PSG, you have to be a great player. I don't want to talk about a player. I want to talk about our team, this experience that will help us grow. I don't know if we're going to qualify, but we're going to try to the end ”explained Luis Enrique at a press conference about him. For his part, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, very legs, however regretted the lack of realism which cost his team very dear. “We had a lot of opportunities to score. We deserved much more tonight, it was not difficult, we showed that we were a better team tonight, we deserved a victory or a draw. We must be ready for the return and give everything. It will be difficult of course. Because Liverpool in Anfield is a great stadium, with the atmosphere. It's football, you will have to make the same match and score ”. Tonight, if there is not the victory at the end, Kvaratskhelia reassured and showed that it was different. PSG will need him to create the feat in Liverpool, on the side of Anfield.