The Instant Legend of Kvaradona

BATUMI, Georgia — They used to worry that the Adjarabet Arena, with its , would turn into something of a white elephant. Batumi, after all, is a quaint resort town; it had little need for a 20,000-capacity stadium. Dinamo, the soccer team that was to call it home, generally required seating for only half that number.And then, at the start of April, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia arrived.“The city lived from one match to the next,” Tariel... + full article