The match played at Cardiff City Stadium was broadcast live on TRT 1. The match was refereed by referee Matej Jug from the Slovenian Football Federation. Our National Football Team finished the match with a 1-1 draw after falling behind 1-0.
Our nationals in spades; Uğurcan; Ferdi, Samet, Abdülkerim, Cenk; İsmail, Salih, Abdülkadir Ömür; Kerem, Yusuf Sarı, Barış Alper started with the 11th.
Wales took the lead 1-0 with Neco Williams’ goal in the 7th minute.
Uğurcan Çakır, who started the match in the first 11 for our national team, could not continue the game due to injury. Çakır was replaced by Altay Bayındır in the 33rd minute.
The first half of the match ended with Wales leading 1-0.
Yusuf Yazıcı converted the penalty kick into a goal in the 70th minute and the score was leveled: 1-1.
As there was no other goal in the remaining minutes, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
With 17 points, the Crescent and Stars team finished as the leader of their group in the qualifiers.
In the other match of the group, Croatia beat Armenia 1-0 and qualified for EURO 2024 by placing 2nd with 16 points.
Wales, third in the group, made it to the play-offs.
Minutes from the first half
The National Football Team closed the first half trailing 1-0 against Wales in the last week of the UEFA 2024 European Championship (EURO 2024) Qualifiers Group D.
In the 4th minute, Wales came effective. Broadhead, who caught the ball from Ferdi Kadıoğlu’s back pass, came to the penalty arc from the left side and made a place shot. The leather round went narrowly out of the post.
Wales took the lead in the 7th minute. Neco Williams, who received the ball on the left wing after Wilson’s pass, dodged Ferdi and entered the penalty area diagonally. When this player placed the ball into the far corner, the ball went into the net from the round corner: 1-0.
The national team came close to scoring the equalizer in the 42nd minute. Yusuf Yazıcı, who rose to the front post after Ferdi Kadıoğlu’s cross from the right, headed the ball to the back section. When Kerem Aktürkoğlu in front of the goal area corrected the ball and shot, the leather ball narrowly went out of the top.
In the 43rd minute, Johnson controlled the ball in the penalty area after Roberts’ long-distance throw-in, and goalkeeper Altay took possession of the ball in two moves.
The first half of the match ended with Wales leading 1-0.
Minutes from the second half
In the 49th minute, the National Team had difficulty leaving its half area. Grabbing the ball, Broadhead passed the pass to Johnson, who was hanging behind the defense on the right. When this football player shot from the diagonal, goalkeeper Altay reached out and slapped the leather ball into the corner.
In the 58th minute, Zeki Çelik took charge of the corner won from the right and centered it into the goal area. At this point, Samet Akaydın, who rose well, headed the ball, but goalkeeper Ward did not allow the goal.
The star and crescent team won a penalty in the 69th minute. Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who received the ball on the left, sent a cross to the penalty area, but Kenan Yıldız was left on the ground with the intervention of Ben Davies. Referee Matej Jug showed the penalty spot. In the 70th minute, Yusuf Yazıcı took charge of the penalty kick and sent the ball and the goalkeeper to different corners, equalizing the score: 1-1.
In the 74th minute, İsmail Yüksek was quick to catch the ball from his opponent and passed the ball to Yusuf Sarı, who joined the attack from the right. The hard shot of this football player, who dodged his opponent and came in front of the penalty area, hit the crossbar and went out.
The match ended 1-1.
2023-11-21 22:58:00
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