Guram Kashia never lost hope. He had come close to qualifying for a major tournament but never quite got there. The most painful miss came in 2020 when Georgia lost in the playoffs to North Macedonia.
The Georgia captain is 36 now so when it was time for the Euro 2024 playoffs he knew this was likely to be his last shot. So he made some tough decisions – and one of them was to stop eating sweets for four months.
