Article by Daniel Grigore – published on Saturday, April 05, 2025, 22:14 / Updated on Saturday, April 5, 2025:15
Giorgi Mamardashvili, 24 years old, the Georgian goalkeeper of Valencia, claims to have bet 50 euros to defend Vinicius's penalty the match with Real Madridwon by “bats” by 2-1.
Borrowed in Valencia, in the summer to pass Anfield, Liverpool, Mamardashvili managed a star performance on “Santiago Bernabeu”: 8 parades, 5 of them to the fourteed inside the box, including a saved penalty.
The penalty defended it at 0-0, in the 13th minute. The Georgian read Vinicius and threw himself to his left, where he sent the Brazilian.
Mamardashvili claims that he bet 50 euros with Vinicius before the penalty: “He hasn't given me the money”
After the match, in the mixed area, Mamardashvili said, with a smile on my lips, that “I wore a conversation with Vinicius and took 50 euros.”
When a journalist asked him to explain, the goalkeeper of Valencia revealed: “Yes, I asked him if he wanted to bet 50 euros [la penalty] And he said yes. I defended and won. He had to pay me after the match, but he still didn't give me the money. It's not a big thing. “
The two were even filmed by discussing before the penalty. Vinicius listened and smiled broadly, trying to look unwavering, but the Giorgian tactics seems to have had an effect.
“We all have bad days, but I always want to show who I am, and today I did it. That is why I am happy, satisfied, and you have to continue.
Vinicius missed the last two penalties executed, at 0-1 with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League and today, at 1-2 with Valencia. Asked after the match if the executor of the punishment blows will change, Carlo Ancelotti has summarized to say that “we will see”.
