Our Kids advanced to the last 16 round of Euro 2024 after beating the Czech Republic 2-1.
The Czech Republic and Turkey faced off in the final Group F match of the 2024 European Football Championship hosted by Germany. Our national team won the match 2-1 at the Volkspark Stadium in Hamburg and advanced to the round of 16.
The Czech Republic said goodbye to the tournament with one point remaining.
The winning goal for the national team was a 90+4 goal from Hakan Calhanoglu in the 51st minute, followed by a goal from Cenk Tosun. The only goal for the Czech Republic was scored by Tomas Soucek in the 66th minute.
The card record is broken.
Meanwhile, the Romanian referee in charge of the match, Istvan Kovac, frequently used cards throughout the match.
Kovacs issued 16 yellow cards and two red cards in the match, making him the referee with the most cards issued in a match in European Championship history.
Twenty minutes into the game, Antonin Barak received a second yellow card, reducing the Czechs to 10 men, and after the match Chorley was also shown a direct red card, leaving the Czechs with nine men to finish the game.
Istvan Kovac showed a total of 11 yellow cards to the national team, including those given to substitutes.
Our competitors Austria
As a result, the national team finished second in the group with 6 points and advanced to the round of 16.
In this round, the Crescent Stars will face Austria on Tuesday, July 2nd at 22:00.
Great shots from a historic night
Czech Republic: 1 – Turkiye: 2
Stadium: Volkspark
Referees: Istvan Kovac, Vasil Marinescu, Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Czech Republic: Stanek (Koval 55 or higher), Halls, Franac, Krejci, Coufal, Soucek, Provod (Ringl 75 or higher), David Jurasek (Matej Jurasek 81 or higher), Barak, Chytil (Kufta 55 or higher), Hlozek (min. 55 or higher).
Turkey: Mert Günok, Mert Müldül, Samet Akaydın, Merih Demiral, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Salih Özcan (Kan Ayhan 46′), Ismail Yüksek (OK Yokuşlu 63′), Arda Güler (Cenk Tosun 75′), Hakan Calhanoglu (Orkun Kökçü min 87), Kenan Yıldız (Kerem Aktırkol min 76), Barış Alper Yılmaz.
Goals: min. 51 Hakan Calhanoglu, min. 90+4 Cenk Tosun (Turkiye), min. 66 Soucek (Czech Republic)
Red cards: Min. 20 Barak, Min 90+8 Chori (Czech Republic)
Yellow cards: min. 31 Salih Özkan, min. 37 Kenan Yıldız, min. 49 İsmail Yüksek, min. 65 Mert Günok, min. 66 Hakan Çalhanoglu, min. 68 Ürkan Çakır (bench), min. 81 Mert Mürdür, min. 85 Samet Akaydın, min. 90+5 Kan Ayhan, min. 90+5 Orkun Kökçü, min. 90+8 Arda Güler (Türkiye), min. 34 Sik (bench), min. 84 Jaros, min. 85 Serb (bench), min. 90+1 Krejci, min. 90+8 Soucek (Czech Republic)
