Zuriko Davitashvili is one of the most important elements of the Saint-Etienne squad. He is also part of a “golden” generation in Football and Georgian sport. Merab Dvalishvili, one of his compatriots, MMA champion, spoke about the Georgian team and the ASSE striker.
Arriving this summer from Bordeaux, Zuriko Davitashvili revealed himself as the strong man of the Saint-Etienne attack during the first part of the season. He is also ASSE's top scorer after 17 days of the championship.
After a few tricky matches for his debut, the Georgian international offered a nice assist to Mathieu Cafaro for the Greens' first goal of the season, after eliminating his defender with a sombrero. Author of a second assist in Nantes, it was in October that Zuriko Davitashvili then caused a sensation. During this month ASSE scored 5 goals, all scored by the former Bordeaux player. With a hat-trick against Auxerre, the Georgian won the UNFP player of the month trophy.
Zuriko Davitashvili then experienced a period of drought until last Sunday at the Parc des Princes. The protégé of Willy Sagnol in the selection reduced the score to 2-1 with a direct free kick.
-A fighter friend of Davitashvili
While UFC 311 will take place on the night of Saturday to Sunday, the champion of the bantamweight category was invited to speak at the microphone of RMC Sport. Merab Dvalishvili spoke about the Georgian Football team and his friends within this team: “I am very proud of the Georgia football team. We have a very good team, they are doing well with a young generation. I'm friends with some of them like Kvicha Kvaratskhelia or Zuriko Davitashvili.”
The new champion of the under 61kg category will defend his belt for the first time this weekend. He will face Umar Nurmagomedov, cousin of the undefeated Khabib.
