Luka Lochoshvili (Tbilisi, 1998) can boast of having been the starting left backin the historic victory over Portugalwho qualified Georgiadebutante, for eighth of the Euro Cup final. Not only that. He forced the penalty that Mikautadze converted in the final 2-0.
He will probably repeat against Spain, against whom he debuted with the national team in 2021 – he was 23 years old – with a 4-0 loss. However, the Cremonese center/back You have a much more valuable story to tell your grandchildren..
In February 2022, while playing for Austrian club Wolfsberger, the former Dinamo Tbilisi, Dinam kyiv and Zilina player saved Georg Teigl from drowning in a match against Austria Vienna.
Teigl collided with an opponent and was left lying unconscious, choking on his own tongue. The world stopped, but Lochoshvili reacted immediately. She put her hand in Teigl’s mouth to open his airway before, even, that the medical services had time to intervene.
“It’s been incredible. You don’t know what it feels like until something like that happens. “He got a deep bite on his finger, but he kept his hand inside until he grabbed the tongue and was able to get it out,” stressed his coach, Robin Dutt.
It’s been incredible. He took a deep bite on her finger, but kept his hand inside her until he caught her tongue and could pull it out.
“It was dramatic. We can only congratulate Lochoshvili for your efforts and thank you. Even if you have the training and find yourself in a situation like this, it is difficult to assume responsibilities,” stood out Manfred Schmid, then coach of Austria Vienna.
We can only congratulate Lochoshvili. Even if you have training and find yourself in a situation like this, it is difficult to assume responsibilities
“Thank you very much Luka for your quick response, your intervention may have even saved my life”he recognized himself Georg Teigl.
His action did not stop there. He had so much experience that FIFA awarded him the ‘Fair Play’ award a year ago, in ‘The Best’. “I am happy for the award, but much more for saving a life, which is more important than football,” he said. Lochoshvili trying to downplay himself. However, she has it… and a lot of it.
Kankava, another Georgian ‘lifeguard’
Jaba Kankava will not play against Spain because he is not in the Euro… by his own decision. At 38 years old, he is the second player with the most caps for Georgia (101) had been summoned by Sagnolbut he resigned.
“I’m glad to have been in the play-offs, but I want the team to achieve the best possible result in the Euro and “I have made a decision: I will go to the Eurocup as a fan, not as a player.”he announced to widespread surprise.
Curiously, the Slovan Bratislava midfielder, like Lochoshvili, can boast of having saved the life of a teammate in 2014. Kankava, at that time, in Dnipro, prevented Oleg Gusev, captain of Dinamo kyiv, from choking on his own tongue when he fell unconscious after receiving a knee from goalkeeper Boyko.
“I only did what I knew. I had seen how first aid was practiced from time to time and I tried to repeat the steps as best as possible. I don’t consider myself a hero“insisted Kankava, who received the Order of Merit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. ‘Chapeau’ for both.
