The torrential, thundering rains that poured down could not stop the surging electricity in Germany as Euro 2024 continued with another two exciting games.
Group F kicked off as a sleeper squad Turkey faced first-timers Georgia. To start off, Mert Muldur struck a thunderbolt of a ball that came from a stray Turkey cross, which curled and spun into the top right corner. goals of the tournament contenders in two days? Insane, but that’s the Euros. The atmosphere thickened as fans lit flares from the upper section of the Signal Iduna Park. Georgia struck back minutes later through Georges Mikautadze, who neatly tapped in a Giorgi Kochorashvili cutback to even the match up.
Turkey retook the lead through Arda Güler in the 65th, who curved an amazing, bending shot past keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili. Güler’s technique throughout the match invited comparisons to another brilliant midfielder of Turkish origin.
Although Georgia surged back, creating chance after chance, several shots that pinged the post and cleared the crossbar were the best they got. They called up Mamardashvili to the front in an attempt for one last chance to even the game, but Turkey cleared the ball to an eager Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who dribbled the ball into an open net. What a game.
“Turkey played a fantastic match, Georgia also played a fantastic match,” Georgia coach Willy Sagnol told the Guardian. “That match and the atmosphere fit. I don’t know if the atmosphere made the match or the match made the atmosphere but it was a great moment.”
One of the tournament favorites in Portugal took on Czechia in the other Group F fixture. The game mainly concerned the Selecao attempting to break down Czechia’s sturdy low block and warding off frequent counterattack attempts. Czechia keeper Jindrich Stanek registered seven saves through the night and was the biggest factor in forcing the only scoreless first half of the tournament so far.
Czechia scored first coming off…
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Author : Deolu Akingbade
Publish date : 2024-06-19 01:17:41
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