On Sunday, Turkey defeated European Championship debutant Georgia 3–1. In the thrilling play of the evening, Portugal won 2–1 against the Czech Republic.
Jaakko Servo,
STT Sports
The European Football Championship will be played in Germany from June 14 to July 14. follows the tournament moment by moment in this article.
Portugal’s last minute goal decided
Portuguese About Christiano Ronaldo became the record-breaking first player to appear in six different European Championships.
The opening period between the Czech Republic and Portugal was goalless. At the same time, it was the first 45 minutes of the goal-rich European Championships when no goal was seen.
In the second period, the Czech Republic took the lead Lukáš Provodin with a high ranking from a long shot. The German games have already seen a wild number of long shots compared to the last games. The goal was the 11th shot from outside the penalty area of the Games. In the last European Championship 2021, a total of 12 goals were scored from outside the penalty area during the entire first group.
The Czech goal seemed to expire a few minutes before Portugal equalized.
Nuno Mendes delivered the ball to the Czech penalty area, where it bounced off the goalkeeper Peter Staněkin towards and finally hit the defender Robin Hranáčin through to the Czech Republic’s own goal.
The goal was the fourth for Portugal in the history of the tournament (MM/EC), which the opponent has scored in their own goal.
After this, Portugal took the lead, but the goal was disallowed. Ronaldo was offside when Diogo Jota headed the ball into the Czech goal.
A few minutes later in extra time of the match Francisco Conceicao got to shouts from the Portuguese crowd when the 21-year-old was completely free in front of the Czech goal. I saw a 2-1 victory for Portugal.
About Portugal’s iconic defender About Pepe became the oldest player to appear in a European Championship final at the age of 41 years and 113 days when he stepped onto the pitch at the Leipzig Stadium.
Turkey’s 19-year-old great promise emerged as the decider
Turkey overthrew Georgia 3-1 (1-1) in Group F of the European Men’s Football Championship.
Turkin became the hero of the entertaining match Arda Güler, who scored a wonderful winning goal in the second half. Güler made six hits in 10 matches in Real Madrid last season.
Turkey, which attacked in a straightforward manner, opened its scoring account in the 25th minute, when Mert Müldür scored the 1-0 opening goal. A few minutes after the opening goal, Turkey got the ball into the goal again, but the goal was disallowed for offside. After a disallowed goal, Georgia got a hold, and finally Georges Mikautadze completed the 1-1 draw.
Turkey started the second half with a bang. It paid off when, in the 66th minute of the match, Arda Güler scored a wonderful 2-1 lead. Towards the end of the game, Georgia had several top positions to tie the match, but luck was not on Georgia’s side. At the end of Turkey Kerem Akturkoglu hit an empty net for a 3-1 decision when Georgia’s goalkeeper was looking for an equalizer on the offensive end.
The second group round has started
Wednesday’s matches:
Croatia–Albania, B group, at 16:00 TV2 and Areena
Germany–Hungary, A group, at 19:00 TV2 and Areena
Scotland–Switzerland, group D, at 22:00 TV2 and Areena