Apples and geniuses share an eternal bond. Issac Newton is said to have discovered the phenomenon of gravity by watching apples fall in an orchard. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia found the solution to an age-old inconvenience with the help of apples in his orchard. The ground, a converted farmland, he played during summers in his ancestral home in Tsalenjikha, Georgia, had an iron gate with sharp edges, resembling the head of a spear, on one side. His father, competent enough to play in Azerbaijan’s top league, warned him of the edges that had torn numerous footballs in his childhood. His son glanced around the ground, plucked a few apples and stuck those into the protruding spikes. The father marvelled at his son’s ingenuity. The solution was in plain-sight for several generations. But it took a child’s observation to find it. Years later, fans, managers, colleagues and defenders marvelled at Kvaratskhelia’s wisdom to find simple solutions to complex problems. He sees the path that no one sees, he charts the route that no one visualises. He zips the …