This is the article for all the football fans that do not understand how a competition of this level works.

Sakartvelo

For the last week I’ve had multiple discussions about the Georgian national team. Many of my debate opponents were wondering how it is possible for Georgia to win against Portugal. There were even thinking that Georgia may become the new European Champion.

To all of you who would like to believe in the miracle but don’t want to see the truth or don’t understand how the strategy works. Here is a brief breakdown.

Georgia played against Portugal and won 2:0. What does it tell us about the Georgian national team? Not a lot.
Prior to this game Portugal has already qualified for the 1/8 an thus played with the second squad. Best players were left on the bench, so that they can rest and prepare for the more important game against Slovenia - the game that is happening tonight.
Strategically Roberto Martinez made an absolutely right decision. It didn’t make any sense to put his best players in danger by letting them play against a bunch of overly motivated Georgians who would do literally anything to win this match.
One of the signs why this game didn’t matter to Portugal was a lack of decision to bench António Silva after his first mistake, what also led to the second goal by penalty.

Now to the Ronaldo argument - why was he playing you may ask? First of all Ronaldo’s prime was at least 15 years ago, so he’s kinda the part of the second squad already. But why was he playing then? Let’s agree to the fact that Christiano is a Portuguese national treasure and as long as he’s till playing in any league anywhere in the world, he will be playing for Portugal. For him it’s about winning but not only the games but in everything. He wants to have all the records possible: most goals, most games played for the national team, most assists - most everything. That’s why he was on the field.
There was one more thing: the referee was clearly in favour of Georgia. Portugal wasn’t given anything whereas Georgia was given everything there was to give.

So, in a nutshell, Georgia, favoured by the referee won over a barely motivated second squad of Portugal national team. All that said - what did you expect from Georgia against Spain. Spain that, at the moment, has one of the best teams in Europe.

Cherish this moment, Georgian fans. You may never see Georgia on the tournament of this level ever again.