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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Your support makes all the difference.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
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
23 mins
Kokcu is the latest to try from distance, but his shot is blocked.
Georgia counter, with Kvaratskhelia carrying down the left, but Guler nips in to dispossesses him near the Turkey box.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
21 mins
Plenty of crisp passing from Turkey around the box, and it’s laid off to Calhanoglu just inside the box. His first touch sets him up for the volley, but it’s tamely hit and he drags it wide.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
19 mins
Turkey aren’t afraid of clipping a ball in from all angles, with the latest coming from a central area, but Yildiz is offside.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
16 mins
Turkey dominating possession but they haven’t created anything too clear-cut since hitting the post.
It’s Georgia’s turn to attack and the shot comes across the box, but there’s nobody in a white shirt to convert it goalwards.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
13 mins
Brilliant work from Yildiz in the box as he skips past the challenge and unleashes a powerful shot, but it’s straight at the ‘keeper.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
11 mins
SAVE! A great save from Gunok, as the shot comes in from Mekvabishvili from outside the box and it’s deflected by Bardakci, forcing Gunok to react quickly to get down to his right.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
Alex Pattle, in Dortmund:
It is hard to see how severe the rain is from the stands, but the atmosphere is very tense in here. After that earlier violence between fans, it feels like it could kick off at any second.
Whenever Georgia are on the ball, Turkey fans are whistling like crazy. The way this stadium contains noise, too, is really augmenting the sound. The Turkish fans lit a flare upon kick-off, but it seems to have fizzled out now.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
10 mins
CLOSE! Off the post!
Turkey attack straight away after Mamardashvili’s goal kick is cut out. It falls to Yildiz in the area, and he lays it off to Ayhan just outside of the box, and he rifles a low shot against the inside of the post! It bounces across goal and goes out.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-0 Georgia
9 mins
Guler clips another ball in from the right towards Yildiz, and it’s out for another corner. The Real Madrid man takes this one, and Bardakci gets his head to it, but he can only divert it narrowly wide.
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