In football (or soccer, as Americans and a few others around the world call it), the highs and the lows can be equally powerful. One second, you’re kicking a winning goal, causing an eruption like no other. The next, medics help you off the field. Unfortunately for Georgian player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the latter happened this week in their win against Barcelona.

Paris Saint-Germain left-winger Kvaratskhelia tore his ACL, an extremely painful injury that often requires a long recovery. The 25-year-old player, so full of passion, seemed devastated to leave the game in such a way. But support from 2.7 million Instagram followers and one of his biggest heroes, Cristiano Ronaldo, is helping him heal.

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