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View the abstract of Turkey – Georgia
Turkey has began the European Soccer Championship with a victory for the primary time. In what appeared like a house recreation as a result of huge help within the stands in Dortmund, the Turks gained 3-1 towards Georgia with lovely targets.
Within the earlier 5 European Championship participations, Turkey all the time misplaced the opening match. This summer time, expectations surrounding the youthful staff of Italian nationwide coach Vicenzo Montella have been tempered. The match towards Georgia, which is making its debut in a global closing spherical, was on paper one which needed to be gained.
On the pitch in Dortmund, soaked by rain showers, Turkey instantly took management. With the loud help of tens of hundreds of Turkish followers within the stands, Georgia was put below stress.
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Within the first minutes, captain Hakan Çalhanoglu created a risk from corners together with his refined proper foot, however Kaan Ayhan and Abdülkerim Bardakci couldn’t get their headers between the posts of the Georgian purpose.
Chvitsja Kvaratschelia issued a warning on the different finish with a dangerously deflected shot, however nationwide coach Willy Sagnol felt pressured to push his Georgia additional again.
Excellent volley
Nevertheless, there was no protection towards a shot like that of Mert Müldür. Fenerbahçe’s proper again opened the scoring after 25 minutes when a cross from clubmate and former NEC participant Ferdi Kadioglu was not processed correctly. Müldür took the ball out of the air with a wonderful volley and located the cross: 1-0.
Kenan Yildiz thought he had made it 2-0 two minutes later, however after intervention by the video referee, his toes turned out to have been offside throughout the help from former Feyenoord participant Orkun Kökçü.
The strain appeared to evaporate from the legs of the debutants from Georgia, creating a really open and enticing match. Georges Mikautadze, the striker who didn’t carry out properly for Ajax, evened the rating. After old style scissor actions by trendsetter Giorgi Kotsjorashvili, Mikautadze scored from a tough angle.
Prachtige purpose Guler
Within the second half, Turkey tried to take management of the match once more, however Georgia didn’t appear to thoughts with this rating (1-1). Georgia primarily tried to maintain the Turkish vanguard at bay. That labored fairly properly, however Arda Güler truly benefited from the deep collapse of the protection.
The 19-year-old progress good, picked up by Actual Madrid from Fenerbahçe final yr, confirmed his class to most people. He hardly performs for the profitable Madrilenians, but the year-old nationwide coach Montella (50) was not afraid to throw {the teenager} to the lions.
When he scored, everybody might see why. Güler picked up the ball on the proper flank, managed it in its trajectory after which struck with precision and energy in direction of the intersection. His 2-1 was absolutely the spotlight of the night in Dortmund, though Georgia by no means gave up.
The busy star participant Kvaratschelia (Napoli) and particularly Mikautadze got here near an equalizer within the closing part. When all the things and everybody, together with goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, went ahead for a nook, Turkey took benefit. Kerem Aktürkoglu picked up the ball after a fruitless nook kick, crossed the sector and made it 3-1 within the empty purpose.
Whereas the Turks had been celebrating, Georgian captain Goeram Kashia (ex-Vitesse) and his males left the sector with their heads held excessive. Each groups might be happy with their first look throughout this European Championship.
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The ends in group F
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The standings in group F
