Turkey vs Georgia LIVE: Euro 2024 result and reaction after Arda Guler wonder goal

6 mins

Georgia’s first foray forward is led by Kvaratskhelia, to a chorus of boos from Turkey fans. The atmosphere is still raucous, but it seems that the earlier clashes have cleared up.

Turkey win a corner and Calhanoglu whips it in, but Ayhan heads over.

3 mins

Plenty of boos whenever Georgia get the ball. The ‘Red Wall’ is deafening in the Westfalenstadion, with a flare visible in the Turkey end.

Arda Guler delivers the cross from the right, but it’s over the head of Kokcu.

2 mins

Turkey knock it around for a couple of minutes in the opening stages before trying the long ball over the top, which runs to Mamardashvili.

KICK-OFF!

Georgia get us underway in a historic footballing moment for their nation.

Georgia had to beat Greece on penalties in the playoffs in order to qualify for their first ever major tournament.

They originally finished fourth in their qualifying group behind Spain, Scotland and Norway, winning two, drawing two and losing four of their matches. They qualified for the playoffs via the Nations League pathway.

In their final two qualification games, they managed to draw 2-2 with Scotland before losing 3-1 to Spain.

Nevertheless, they managed to qualify after beating Luxembourg 2-0 in the first qualifier before dispatching Greece 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

In their only pre-tournament warm-up match, they beat Montenegro 3-1 in Podgorica.

Turkey have never won the opening game in any of their previous five European Championship campaigns, and they lost all of their group games at Euro 2020, finishing bottom of the group.

Nevertheless, they finished top of a potentially difficult qualifying group, ending the campaign one point above Croatia having won five, drawn two and lost one of their eight games.

They’ve had very mixed form in their last five matches though, losing 1-0 to Hungary and 6-1 to Austria in March friendlies, a few months after drawing 1-1 to Wales in their final qualifying game.

In their warm-up matches, Vincenzo Montella’s side drew 0-0 with Italy before falling to a 2-1 loss to Poland on 10 June.

Inside BVB Stadion after a hell of a time trying to navigate the elements, and it is remarkable how this ground contains noise. There’s almost something overwhelming about it.

Some neutrals might have identified this group game as the one they were the least fussed about, but the atmosphere is already something else.

There has been fighting in the stands, biblical rain, and now intense noise. The violence and weather have made for a tension here, too.

When the noise rises, it feels like things are on a knife edge. This should be very interesting.

Fans of Georgia and Turkey brawled inside the BVB Stadion Dortmund an hour before kick-off in the two countries’ opening Euro 2024 match.

Video footage circulated on social media showed groups of opposing supporters clash in one corner of the stadium, with punches thrown and missiles launched before police intervened to quell the violent scenes.

The fighting came amid torrential rain in Dortmund on Tuesday which caused the stadium’s roof to leak waterfalls of rain on to fans below.

Fans have been left drenched in Dortmund after heavy rain caused water to pour through the roof of the stadium ahead of Turkey’sEuro 2024 clash with Georgia.

Parts of Germany have been hit by inclement weather on Tuesday, with fan parks at the tournament forced to close in stormy conditions.

Severe weather warnings are in place across the host nation, while the level of precipitation was too much for the BVB Stadium to handle.