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Georgia’s glorious victory over Portugal reveals Euro 2024 quirk that helped them make history

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The sound and the glory, that somehow offers England hope for glory. Georgia have literally roared their way into the last 16, to follow a first ever qualification for a tournament with a first qualification for the knockout stages, after a momentous 2-0 win over Portugal.

The raucous travelling support made it sound like all of the population was here. The return of proper crowds has ensured deafening noise has been an exhilarating theme of , and Georgia took it up a few decibels. This may have been the peak. It was

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