NOS Voetbal•gisteren, 19:56
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Turkey has began the European Soccer Championship with a victory for the primary time. In what regarded like a house recreation because of the large help within the stands in Dortmund, the Turks gained 3-1 in opposition to Georgia with lovely targets.
Within the earlier 5 European Championship participations, Turkey at all times misplaced the opening match. This summer season, expectations surrounding the youthful staff of Italian nationwide coach Vicenzo Montella have been tempered. The match in opposition to Georgia, which is making its debut in a global remaining 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 strain.
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Within the first minutes, captain Hakan Çalhanoglu created a menace from corners along with his refined proper foot, however Kaan Ayhan and Abdülkerim Bardakci mightn’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 once more.
Excellent volley
Nonetheless, there was no protection in opposition to a shot like that of Mert Müldür. Fenerbahçe’s proper once more opened the scoring following 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 an attractive volley and located the cross: 1-0.
Kenan Yildiz thought he had made it 2-0 two minutes later, however following intervention by the video referee, his toes turned out to have been offside through the help from former Feyenoord participant Orkun Kökçü.
The stress 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 troublesome angle.
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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 development sensible, 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 best flank, managed it in its trajectory following which struck with precision and energy in the 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 remaining part. When the whole lot and everybody, together with goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, went ahead for a nook, Turkey took benefit. Kerem Aktürkoglu picked up the ball following 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 leads to group F
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The standings in group F
