Turkey vs Georgia LIVE: Euro 2024 result and reaction after Arda Guler wonder goal
Turkey 3-1 Georgia: Fans clashed in Dortmund after heavy rain saw leaks at the Westfalenstadion leaving supporters drenched, before the game of the tournament unfolded on the pitch
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Teenager Arder Guler’s superb long-range strike helped Turkey to a victorious start to their Euro 2024 campaign with a 3-1 win over tournament debutants Georgia amid a fevered atmosphere in Dortmund.
Mert Muldur gave Turkey a deserved lead in the 25th minute, smashing a swerving volley past helpless Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili from the edge of the box. Georgia, playing their first major international tournament, equalised in the 32nd minute when Georges Mikautadze turned Giorgi Kochorashvili’s cross past Mert Gunok, who should have done better in covering his near post.
The 19-year-old Guler, coming into the tournament fresh from a run of goals for Real Madrid, scored after 65 minutes, curling an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Georgia pressed for a late equaliser but, with Mamardashvili coming up for a series of corners, Kerem Akturkoglu broke away and passed into an empty net in added time to make it 3-1.
Follow all the reaction below, which continues with updates from Portugal vs Czechia in Group F
HT: Turkey 1-1 Georgia
HALF-TIME! The referee blows the whistle and it’s half-time in Dortmund after one of the most entertaining halves of the tournament so far.
1-1 at the break and this game is so finely poised.
Euro 2024: Turkey 1-1 Georgia
46 mins
There’ll be just one minute of added time.
Clahanoglu delivers a free-kick, but it’s straight to Mamardashvili.
Euro 2024: Turkey 1-1 Georgia
43 mins
Turkey are still probing, but they’re aware of the Georgia threat in attack. Georgia are happy to keep the ball as they look to see out the half.
Euro 2024: Turkey 1-1 Georgia
39 mins
Turkey win a free-kick in a dangerous area near the edge of the box as Kokcu is brought down.
Calhanoglu swings it in, but the sea of white shirts manages to block once more.
Euro 2024: Turkey 1-1 Georgia
37 mins
Georgia have a spring in their step now and they’re playing some brilliant stuff, with Kochorashvili the latest to have a shot blocked.
Euro 2024: Turkey 1-1 Georgia
34 mins
Bardakci is the first player booked as he stops the Georgia counter.
Moments later, Georgia are inches away from grabbing the lead as the ball is clipped in to Kakabadze in the box, and he nods it over to Mikautadze, who takes it on the volley but can only direct it narrowly wide of the post!
GOAL! Turkey 1-1 Georgia
32 mins
GOAL! Georgia have their first ever goal in tournament football!!
Kochorashvili collects on the edge of the box, stands up Yildiz, fools him with a stepover and beats him down the right. He cuts back an inviting cross to Mikautadze, who hits it low first time towards the near post, and it creeps past Gunok!
Euro 2024: Turkey 1-0 Georgia
31 mins
A crazy couple of minutes there, but the game has settled a bit now. Or has it...
DISALLOWED GOAL! Turkey 1-0 Georgia
28 mins
Turkey think they have a second but it’s ruled out for offside!
Turkey work it down the right this time and the ball is cut across to Yildiz, who is there with the tap-in into an open goal and he converts it, but he’d drifted offside!
Still 1-0.
GOAL! Turkey 1-0 Georgia
26 mins
GOAL! What a hit!
Goal of the tournament contender for Turkey!
Turkey attack down the left and Kadıoğlu is found on the overlap. He clips a ball across and it’s headed away but only as far as Muldur, who’s arriving on the edge of the box.
He hits a volley with brilliant technique, slicing across it, and it’s rifled into the top corner!
Turkish delight in Dortmund.
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