EURO 2024: Euro 2020's top scorers face off, breaking a 28-year curse; Türkiye - Georgia: Statistics you need to know
Portugal will be looking to repeat their victories over the Czech Republic at Euro 2008 and 2012; Türkiye have faced Georgia five times in their history. Here are today's EURO highlights.
Portugal - Czech Republic: Euro 2020's top scorers face off, breaking a 28-year "curse"
All the stats, facts and interesting information you need to know ahead of the Euro 2024 Group F match between Portugal and Czech Republic in Leipzig at 2am tomorrow (19/6).
Portugal will be looking to repeat their Euro 2008 and 2012 victories over the Czech Republic when the two teams meet again in the opening Group F match of Euro 2024 at Leipzig Stadium in Germany. Tonight and tomorrow morning (June 19), the final two matches of the first round of Euro 2024 group stage will take place in Group F, with Turkey taking on first-time Euro team Georgia (11pm on June 18) and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal taking on the Czech Republic (02am on June 19).
Portugal and the Czech Republic both made it out of their group stages at the last Euros. Euro 2016 champions Portugal were knocked out by Belgium in the last 16, while the Czechs reached the quarter-finals before losing to Denmark. Portugal and the Czechs (including the former Czechoslovakia) have faced each other 14 times in their history, with Ronaldo's side winning seven, losing four and drawing three, scoring 16 goals and conceding 12. Portugal have won their last four games against the Czechs, keeping clean sheets in each of their last three.
Most recently, Portugal beat the Czech Republic 2-0 in Lisbon and 4-0 in Prague in the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League. Joao Cancelo (33rd minute) and Goncalo Guedes (38th minute) scored at the Jose Alvalade Stadium on 9-6/2022 for the Fernando Santos-coached Portugal team, who also beat the Czech Republic 4-0 at the Eden Arena on 24 September that year, with Diogo Dalot scoring twice (33rd and 52nd minutes), while Bruno Fernandes (45+2nd minute) and Diogo Jota (82nd minute) each scored once.
Türkiye - Georgia: Statistics you need to know
Georgia's first match at a major tournament is against Türkiye at Borussia Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park. While Georgia qualified for the Euros for the first time in their history by beating 2004 champions Greece in the play-offs, Turkey have qualified for three consecutive Euros. Turkey are trying to get out of the group stage for the first time since 2008.
Historically, Türkiye has faced Gruiza 5 times, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1, scoring 12 goals and conceding 5. All 5 meetings between the two teams have taken place since August 2002. In Türkiye's 3 wins, they have scored 11 goals out of a total of 12 goals in 5 meetings.
Most recently, Abdullah Avci-coached Türkiye won 3-1 against Temuri Ketsbaia's Georgia in a friendly in Salzburg on 24 May 2012. First-half goals from Hamit Altintop and Nuri Şahin (40th minute) gave Turkey a 2-0 lead. In the second half, Selcuk Inan sealed a 3-1 win for Türkiye from the penalty spot, eight minutes after Davit Targamadze had given Georgia hope by equalizing in the 52nd minute.
Coach Klaus Toppmoller led Georgia to their only win against Türkiye when Davit Siradze scored the only goal of the match in the 76th minute in Tbilisi on 7 February 2007. The two teams had met in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.
Türkiye are making their sixth appearance at the EURO, their third in a row. They were eliminated in the group stage in the last two Euros but reached the semi-finals in 2008, losing 3-2 to Germany in a dramatic match. Turkey first reached the knockout stages at Euro 2000, where they reached the quarter-finals and were eliminated 2-0 by Portugal, having made their debut at the tournament four years earlier. At Euro 2020, Turkey finished bottom of Group A without a point, losing to Italy (3-0), Wales (2-0) and Switzerland (3-1).
This is the first time in history that Georgia has participated in a Euro tournament. Of the 24 teams participating in Euro 2024, Georgia is the only newcomer. Coach Willy Sagnol's team is the 36th country to participate in Euro.
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