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Georgia secured their first point at a major international tournament with a battling draw against the Czech Republic in Hamburg, although they came so close to stealing all three.
They had to withstand heavy second-half pressure to achieve it having gone ahead through Georges Mikautadze’s penalty in first-half stoppage time.
The Czechs, who had an earlier goal disallowed by VAR for handball, got the equaliser through Patrik Schick after 59 minutes and it seemed as they would go and find a winner.
But Georgia held on and ought to have snatched a dramatic winner as a three-on-one break culminated in substitute Saba Lobjanidze firing over a gaping goal with the last kick of the game.
The draw does little for either side’s chances of progression from Group F with both now needing a win from their final pool match.
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— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 22, 2024
Georgia’s opening match of the tournament against Turkey – which ended in a 3-1 defeat – was chaos virtually from start to finish and this game started in a similar vein with the Czech Republic pouring forward in waves from the first whistle.
Only two minutes had elapsed when Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili was called into action to make a superb double stop to keep out Adam Hlozek’s shot as well as the follow-up effort from Schick.
A minute later and he had to dive to his right to parry clear Hlozek’s header.
Georgia were struggling to cope with the Czechs’ physicality, particularly from set-pieces, and another long throw from Vladimir Coufal caused panic once again midway through the first period.
The West Ham right back’s delivery was not cleared and, although Hlozek’s shot was saved by Mamardashvili, the striker bundled in the rebound via his face and then his hand. VAR intervened and the goal was disallowed.
Czech goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek was a spectator for much of the opening…
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Author : Jon Fisher
Publish date : 2024-06-22 15:04:47
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