Euro 2024: Night of the new and the best

Great Georgia

Being able to participate in a Euro final round is already a great thing that the Georgian team has brought to the fans of the country. However, in their first participation in a major tournament, coach Willy Sagnol and his team have created a miracle by passing the group stage.

This achievement was even more impressive when the Georgian team defeated the Portuguese team of star Cristiano Ronaldo in the final match with a score of 2-0. Thereby, they won the 3rd place in Group F with 4 points after 3 matches.

However, Kvaratskhelia and her teammates will have to face the Spanish team in the round of 16. But after impressive performances in the group stage, the Georgian team can completely create more surprises in Germany this year.

The saddest things

Winning 4 points after 3 matches, but ironically, the Ukrainian team still had to finish at the bottom of Group E and was eliminated from this year's tournament. This is the first time in the history of the Euro finals that a group has 4 teams all winning 4 points.

And this is also the first time since Euro 2016 that a team has earned 4 points but still failed to reach the knockout round. In other words, the Ukrainian team is the team with the most points but still got eliminated. A sad record for coach Serhiy Rebrov and his team.

Another match that also created an unwanted record was the match between the Czech Republic and Turkey. The excessive intensity caused referee Istvan Kovacs to issue 20 cards to both teams, including 2 red cards to the Czech Republic. This prevented the Czech Republic from winning and was eliminated from this year's finals.

With 20 cards shown, this was the match with the most cards in the history of the Euro finals.

Surprise top scorer

While the world's top strikers like Harry Kane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe are playing poorly in this year's tournament, the strange bird Georges Mikautadze is making fans look up.

The Ajax striker is in incredible form, scoring in all three group stage matches. This helped Georgia advance past the group stage in their first appearance at a major tournament.

Speed, technique and understanding with teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia help the Georgian team to have dangerous counterattacks. And this will be the support for coach Willy Sagnol's team in the upcoming difficult match against the Spanish team.

Waiting for exciting matches

After the matches of Group E and Group F ended, Euro 2024 has determined the matches in the round of 16. Of which, the most notable will be the match between the French team and the Belgian team. This promises to be a match of equal strength, bringing the top competitions of players such as Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann or Kevin De Bruyne.

Meanwhile, England, Spain and Portugal will face weaker opponents such as Slovakia, Georgia and Slovenia. If these candidates for the championship play to their full potential, they will completely overcome these obstacles to advance to the next round.

A little more difficult are the German and Italian teams. When their opponents are all teams with annoying playing styles. That is the Danish team with Eriksen or the Swiss team with Granit Xhaka. Therefore, the German and Italian teams will have to play with all their might if they do not want to pay a very high price in this knockout round./.