Falling to Türkiye, Czech Republic eliminated from Euro 2024
Báo Dân trí•26/06/2024
(Dan Tri) - At Hamburg Arena in the early morning of June 27, the Czech Republic lost 1-2 to Türkiye in Group F of Euro 2024, officially saying goodbye to the tournament in Germany.
Highlight: Czech Republic lost to Türkiye 1-2
Facing Türkiye at Hamburg Arena, the Czech Republic suffered a big loss when missing their number one star Patrick Schik. Türkiye had all the most important stars such as Calhanoglu, Arda Guler. With the goal of having to win, the Czech Republic pushed up their formation to attack right after the opening whistle. The first chance came to them in the 3rd minute, Provod launched a powerful kick that forced Turkish goalkeeper Mert to dive to save. The match was tense right after the opening whistle (Photo: UEFA). After the first 10 minutes, Türkiye gradually regained control of the game and played aggressively. Arda Guler's long-range shot in the 12th minute went over the crossbar. The match was tense, fierce and the players from both teams played quite roughly. The highlight of the match came in the 20th minute, when Barak fouled Ozcan and received a second yellow card and had to leave the field. The Czech Republic was down to 10 men and they completely lost control of the game to Türkiye. The Czech Republic suffered a major loss after losing a man in the 20th minute (Photo: UEFA). Despite dominating the game, Türkiye was still lacking in accuracy in their finishing. The Turkish players could not keep their composure when Ozcan and Yildiz were consecutively booked. The Czech Republic unexpectedly had a chance at the end of the first half, Jurasek faced goalkeeper Mert but he failed to finish. 5 minutes into the second half, Hlozek shot from a distance but the ball was not difficult enough to beat the Turkish goalkeeper. Calhanoglu opened the score 1-0 for Türkiye (Photo: UEFA). Despite not playing very impressively, Türkiye took the lead in the 51st minute. After two consecutive shots from his teammates, Calhanoglu kicked the ball diagonally from the outside of his right foot to open the score for Türkiye. With nothing left to lose, the Czech Republic tried to attack despite being one man down. In the 66th minute, after goalkeeper Mert made a mistake in catching the ball, Soucek seized the opportunity to volley accurately into an empty net, equalizing 1-1 for the Czech Republic. Czech Republic tried to equalize despite playing with one less player (Photo: UEFA). Soucek celebrates equalizing 1-1 for the Czech Republic (Photo: UEFA). In the excitement, the Czech Republic continued to attack, causing many difficulties for the Turkish defense. In the 82nd minute, Kuchta put the ball into the Turkish net but the referee blew the whistle for offside. Despite great efforts, the Czech Republic lost their physical strength at the end of the match. In the 90+4 minute, Tosun comfortably dribbled the ball from the left wing into the center and then made a tricky kick to seal a 2-1 victory for Türkiye. Tosun sealed a 2-1 victory for Türkiye (Photo: UEFA). Türkiye beat the Czech Republic 2-1 at Hamburg Arena (Photo: UEFA). At the end of Group F Euro 2024, Portugal won the top spot with 6 points, Turkey ranked second with 6 points, Georgia ranked third with 4 points, together winning tickets to the next round. The Czech Republic ranked last with only one point. In the round of 16 of Euro 2024, Portugal faced Slovenia, Turkey met Austria and Georgia met Spain. The Czech Republic'slineup (3-5-2): Stanek; Holes, Hranac, Chytil; Coufal, Soucek, Barak, Provod, Jurasek; Hlozek, Krejci. Turkey (4-2-3-1) : Mert; Muldur, Demiral, Akaydin, Kadioglu; Ismail, Calhanoglu; Ozcan, Arda Guler, Yildiz; Baris.
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