Euro 2024 has been full of action, with goals, controversy, upsets, and disappointment alike, and it is only matchday one. All of those emotions were fully shown on Monday as six teams took the field in Germany.
Monday’s first game brought a shocking 3-0 Romania victory over Ukraine. It’s their second Euros victory in national team history and their first since 2000. After a relatively boring game where both teams struggled to create chances, Nicolae Stanciu pulled out the , striking a thunderbolt of a ball with just one touch. The skipper nestled the ball into the upper 90s, and the rest is history. Second-half goals from Razvan Marin and Denis Dragus vaulted the Romanians into first place, something no one predicted before this tournament kicked off.
The shock result of Euro 2024 on matchday one
Frankfurt witnessed an even bigger surprise as Slovakia stunned Belgium in arguably the biggest upset at the Euros ever. Belgium looked jet-lagged during their match as Jeremy Doku gave up a lazy ball in their own 18, which led to a neat Ivan Schranz strike in the 7th minute. Belgium can count themselves unlucky to score more — they generated nearly 2 xG and saw two more goals disallowed. That’s Lukaku 0, VAR 2.
The only expected result was a high-tempo, energetic French 1-0 win over Austria. Each side missed an abnormal number of chances — Kylian Mbappé in particular could had over two goals in Düsseldorf if not for poor finishing. Maximilian Wöber’s unfortunate own goal made the difference as Les Bleus secured three points in Group D.
Tuesday sees a pair of Euro 2024 matches as matchday 1 comes to a close. A promising Turkey squad will face debutants Georgia at noon — the game will not be shown on any of FOX’s channels.
Czechia faces the difficult task of containing one of the tournament’s favorites in Portugal. The Patrik Schick-led side stormed to the quarterfinals in Euro 2020 but needs a positive result against Portugal…
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Author : Deolu Akingbade
Publish date : 2024-06-17 22:45:00
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