Without any media fanfare or even mass receptions from Georgians, Khvich Kvaratskhelia arrived in Naples, Italy looking for a new challenge after he terminated his contract with Rubin Kazan and decided to return to his country to defend the colors of Dynamo Batumi.

The most optimistic did not expect Caffara to draw attention in this way at the start of their Italian adventure and become, after two matches, the most popular player in the city that made the late Argentine legend Diego Maradona his idol. time.

With a goal and a decisive pass in their first Italian league game against Hellas Verona (5-2), Kavara became only the fourth Napoli player since 2010 to score in his first two matches for the southern team after Uruguayan Edinson Cavani (2010) and Spaniards José Callejón (2013) and Lorenzo Tonelli (2017), scoring a brace in a 4–0 win over newcomer Monza in their first appearance at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

– “He could have done much better” –

With his number 77, chosen after his idol, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the most famous man to wear the number 7 in the history of the game, the Georgian has become a modern striker and has established himself as one of this season’s biggest potential stars. , not only in the Italian league, but also in the Champions League, in which his team participates.

Despite his outstanding performance in the first two matches, manager Luciano Spalletti seemed to see his new player much more than he saw on the pitch, saying after the first match: “He can do better than what he did today (against Verona ). He protects him and someone like him should be better off alone.”

“He was suffering from some stress. This is the tension of the first match in a Napoli shirt. At times he showed his ability to handle certain situations.”

However, he praised his new player, saying, “He is a complete player. He has a lot of technology. He performed well and scored a beautiful goal and that (heading) is not one of his strengths.”

– ‘Quaradonna’ –

Impressing in the second leg, which took Napoli to the top of the league table on goal difference with Inter and Roma, Spalletti further praised the Georgian, saying: “He is a player with great qualities. A great professional and a good boy. He throws right and left, but he still needs to improve. No, he’s still very nervous and the new job in the new team is weighing on him.”

“He knows that he has to satisfy a demanding audience, so he feels this responsibility very much. But I hope he finds peace of mind as soon as possible.”

Kavara, who scored 8 goals in 11 matches for Dynamo Batumi after the termination of the contract with Rubin Kazan, where he has been playing since 2019, certainly did not dream of a better start in Italy.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the Georgian international saw the “birth of a star” in Serie A, praising Tbilisi’s son so much that they decided to name him “Quaradona”, in honor of the legend of the Maradona club, who gave Napoli their only two league titles in 1989 and 1990s.

The Georgian even made it to the front page of the Corriere dello Sport newspaper under the heading “The Star is the Infidels”, talking about the arrival of an indicative player in a stronger and more perfect team.

The Georgian must continue in this vein to give back to the club’s supporters the hope of a serious title challenge with the help and contribution of the Nigerian Victor Osimhen, who in turn scored two goals in the first two matches, especially after the club lost the efforts of three main pillars with the departure of the Belgian leader and historical scorer Dries Mertens (Galatasaray), Insigne of Turkey and Kalidou Koulibaly of Senegal (Chelsea, England).