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Brentford's Scotland fullback Hickey: Facing Kvaratskhelia a challenge I like

Brentford's Scotland fullback Aaron Hickey is ready to face Napoli star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Scotland meet Georgie in their next Euro 2024 qualifier tonight, with former Bologna defender Hickey to face Kvaratskhelia.

Hickey said: “I actually do enjoy the bigger challenges.

“I like to play against the top players This will be another good challenge for me and I will enjoy it.

“Kvaratskhelia plays on the left, and I watched him in Serie A and the Champions League last season.

“I've not spoken to anyone in Italy about him, but he's very good with one v ones.

"We all know as a team that he's one of Georgia's key players, so we have to work together to try and shut him down as much as we can.

“We were up against top players in Norway when they had Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard and others.

“But we believe in ourselves and hopefully we can just do our best."

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