Georgia’s gamers are in line for an sudden payday at Euro 2024 after a billionaire former prime minister promised to pay out greater than $10 million following their shock win over Portugal.
The Georgian group can double its cash with one other win over Spain on Sunday within the spherical of 16.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, who based the ruling Georgian Dream get together and is now its honorary chairman, initially supplied the fee of 30m Georgian lari ($10.7m) earlier than the match on the situation that Georgia reached the knockout levels.
They did so after targets from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Georges Mikautadze gave Georgia a 2-0 win over a Portugal group led by Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday for one of many greatest shocks at any European Championship.
Ivanishvili confirmed the bonus in a press release carried by Imedi TV on Thursday and mentioned that an equally giant sum can be paid out to the group if Georgia beat Spain.
The assertion mentioned Ivanishvili “congratulates the Georgian soccer group on their best victory.”
Georgia are in a significant worldwide soccer match for the primary time and weren’t extensively anticipated to progress previous the group stage in Germany.
Ivanishvili, 68, is a large soccer fan and has been attending a few of the group’s video games in Germany. Ivanishvili, who’s estimated to be price $4.9 billion in 2023 by Forbes, additionally has French and Russian passports. One among his sons, Bera, is a well-known rapper in Georgia.
Data from Julien Laurens contributed to this report.
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