⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL

[Pandorak]

Georgia is really lucky, Czechia almost beat them since Czechia have 24 shots and 12 on target, props to Mamardashvili i.e. Valencia's goalkeeper, he's tall, young and potential, maybe other big teams will interested to sign him.

The first goal given by the Czechs should have been valid, but unfortunately the referee decided that it was invalid through a VAR check. I'm confused, why was the goal disallowed, wasn't it clearly a goal?, because clearly from the replay we can see that it should have been a goal. I do agree that Georgia is really lucky, and their goal come from a penalty kick. However it was amazing to see the fierce match between Georgia vs Czech this time.

[Velvet78]

It was a terrible start by Turkey.    First that easy goal because of poor defending and the 2nd one was hard to explain... How can he not even look at where the goalkeeper is before passing the ball? 

Portugal are really comfortable at halftime by a 2-0 lead. I don't think Turkey will be able to make a comeback. Actually they were good in offense at the beginning but couldn't finish the chances they created with goals. This is costing them too much now. In case they lose 3 points today they still don't need to worry. They should fully concentrate on their next game. Even one point will be enough for them to qualify from Group F.

[LGD2Business]

As a result of poor squad selection and wrong tactics, Türkiye fell 2-0 behind in the first half. The interesting thing is that Portugal has also slowed down the tempo and is playing as if the match is over. I guess they are using their power sparingly. They won't take too many risks as long as the score is like this. It's important for the teams to stay healthy. In the last 15 minutes the tempo has dropped a lot, which is in Portugal's favor. If Türkiye can't find a goal, it looks like the game will continue in the same way. Substitutions must be made to affect the match.

[letteredhub]

So far no cause for alarm on the Portuguese rram as the Turkish side have literally not shown any quality opposition in this game throughout the 45 mins played. They have been with a lot of poor tackles and poor ball controls with the turkey side, we clearly witness that own goal with  Akaydin in the 28th mins  assisting the Portuguese passing the ball to the back of their net, a terrible own goal that renders a lack of confidence among the players against their opponent. I don't think the second half would be of any difference than Portugal continuingly their show of dominance with more goals to the number.

[uchegod-21]

It was a terrible start by Turkey.    First that easy goal because of poor defending and the 2nd one was hard to explain... How can he not even look at where the goalkeeper is before passing the ball? 

Portugal are really comfortable at halftime by a 2-0 lead. I don't think Turkey will be able to make a comeback. Actually they were good in offense at the beginning but couldn't finish the chances they created with goals. This is costing them too much now. In case they lose 3 points today they still don't need to worry. They should fully concentrate on their next game. Even one point will be enough for them to qualify from Group F.

Actually I have been so busy today and I forgot to set alarm to view the Portugal match. It is nice that I have not missed out totally as I can still watch the second half of the match. I have just viewed the lineup of the two countries and I discovered that the Portugal side are doing better than the Turkey side. But I was wondering why Bruno Fernandez score has to be lower than other people in the Portugal squad. Is he not living up to expectation in today's match?

For Turkey national team, I think it is over for them. It will be very difficult for them to come back from two goals down. I also discovered that the Portugal players are not passing the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo the way they are supposed to. This has contributed to him not scoring as much goals as possible in this world cup. Despite his age, he is still doing great in the pitch.

[Oluwa-btc]

I believe the referees were unfair to Netherlands yesterday. It was clearly a goal, there wasn't any offside. I don't think there was anything like hindering the goalkeeper there and there wasn't a touch by the forward player either. Maybe they were going to win thanks to that goal. Unfortunately VAR can still make scandalous decisions even in big tournaments like this.  

Anyway now I'm fully concentrated on the Turkey v Portugal match.    We need 3 points against Portugal but our defense is still alarming. It was great to see Georgia - Czechia match ending 1-1. It is time to turn it into an advantage.

No True! Officials in the Euros are currently doing a beautiful and great job I must say. That was a perfect decision take by the match officials as that was a clear offside, not really offside but we could see the Inter Milan defender Dumfries dodging that ball that was shot from Xavi Simons...
Give them credits when due. They're not doing bad in this tournament.

So sad to see that they dumped two goals already in the first half of the game. Bernado Silva with the first goal for Portugal and lack of communication lead to that second goal between goalkeeper and player.... Just as you said, the defense is indeed poor. No Àrda Guler today?

Georgia should have done well to win that game. They had chances they messed up with. Absolutely embarrassing.

[Sexylizzy2813]

It was a terrible start by Turkey.    First that easy goal because of poor defending and the 2nd one was hard to explain... How can he not even look at where the goalkeeper is before passing the ball? 

It was really funny when the defender passed the ball with full confidence that the goalkeeper will get it but things went the other way but my problem is why is it that Ronaldo is always complaining when the ball is not given to him the way he wanted? Is really bad for the team I must say and don't get me wrong about the Ronaldo stuff, no hate but this guy is not letting the other guys play freely and it mustn't have to be him all the time, when Cancelo passed the ball that led to the own goal he wasn't happy but let's see if he'll change in this second half, that's if he can.

[Palakka]

Turkey vs Portugal

Portugal — Costa, Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Mendes, Palhinha, Vitinha, Fernandes, Bernardo, Leao, Ronaldo.

Turkey — Bayindir, Celik, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu, Calhanoglu, Ayhan, Akgun, Kokcu, Arturkoglu, Yilmaz.

Here we go for the top teams in the group, today we will know who will lead in the table, to me predictions can be make but let see what the first half will look like.

The first half has ended with a temporary victory for Portugal with a score of 2-0 over Turkey, both teams played very impressively and even endangered each other defenses, so far Portugal has been able to dominate the match a little, but although Turkey is often under pressure but in my opinion they are still able to give resistance to Portugal, but indeed the Portugal defense built by Pepe and Cancelo is currently quite solid In breaking every attack made by the Turkish attackers, the first goal from Silva of course still make Portugal even more ambitious to get the next goal, but unfortunately for Turkey when a ridiculous blunder made by Akaydin and resulted in a goal that made their spirit collapse.

Throughout the first half I saw Ronaldo play quite well and of course he can still perform quite great so far, but there was a little bit of a bother me when the Portuguese players got the ball and created chances, but it seems that they are more inclined to throw away those chances than pass them to Ronaldo, is it just my feeling or are you all aware of it?

[Catenaccio]

No True! Officials in the Euros are currently doing a beautiful and great job I must say. That was a perfect decision take by the match officials as that was a clear offside, not really offside but we could see the Inter Milan defender Dumfries dodging that ball that was shot from Xavi Simons...
Give them credits when due. They're not doing bad in this tournament.

The rejected goal of Xavi Simons is ridiculous because no way for Maignan to response and make a save in that situation. He did not react not because Dumfries was there but because after a first save, he was not ready for a second save.

Anyway, why the main referee did not watch the slow-motioned video but only rely on VAR team's opinion to make his decision, and refuse that goal. 5 minutes and he did not watch the video by himself. It is like a plan to avoid France to be out too early in this Euro. France are strong but they don't need to rely on such controversial decision from referee to avoid a loss.

[red4slash]

It was a terrible start by Turkey.    First that easy goal because of poor defending and the 2nd one was hard to explain... How can he not even look at where the goalkeeper is before passing the ball? 

2 goals were given easily to Portugal in the first half this time because looking at what they showed, actually 2 goals in the first half should not have happened but because there was a miss of communication and poor cooperation, it made it complicated for Turkey in the end.

The 2 goals in the first half clearly made Portugal more comfortable in the second half although it cannot be denied that in today's match Turkey also played quite well although their dominance was a little weak but for the problem of counterattacks they can still be expected.
But following 2 goals in the first half against Portugal is definitely a difficult thing because surely for Portugal they will definitely make a comfortable game pattern for them in the second half later although the intensity of the attack will not be lowered but still they definitely do not want to miss and secure 3 points in today's match.

[topbitcoin]

I hope Türkiye can thwart Portugal from achieving victory. It sounds like I don't like Portugal, but I have a betting target that I win because I bet on a draw.
I made a different analysis than most people regarding betting on the Turkey vs Portugal match because I was tempted by the big odds for those who chose a draw.
Turkey's impressive performance when they beat Georgia and Portugal's lackluster finishing made me conclude that Portugal will have difficulties in this match.

The situation is complicated at the moment. After the first half Portugal was up by 2 goals we can see that for this second half they played very comfortably where Portugal seemed to play without burden in the second half this time.
The third goal came again for Portugal where Cristiano's offside trap allowed Bruno to comfortably score 3rd goal of the match today.

This was a slap in the face to those who suggested that Cristiano was benched in Portugal because his presence was considered disruptive but with the moves he made in today's match even though he could not create a goal but of course we are aware that how the assist given to Bruno some time ago showed that he did not act alone for Portugal's victory he did not want to be selfish when he was already one on one with the goalkeeper but preferred to provide an assist rather than force a goal himself.

[X-ray]

Georgia is really lucky, Czechia almost beat them since Czechia have 24 shots and 12 on target, props to Mamardashvili i.e. Valencia's goalkeeper, he's tall, young and potential, maybe other big teams will interested to sign him.

perfect analysis mate, the way the tournament started up at first it was almost like as if all the big teams were going to win all their games but to my surprise the results started going harder as the smaller nation have stepped up their game and one of the team that are capable of getting the better of their opponent is probably this turkey team and if Portugal understand this then they would need to step their game and play harder.

Believe me, Portugal will destroy those guy, remember that Portugal has the best player in the world. Turkiye is a nothing team, they only beat weak country and their past history they almost never win any match.

SIIIIIIIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

It was happening, my friend, Portugal is leading the game by a large margin. I'm still wondering why so many people were rooting for Turkey over Portugal, considering it's clear to me that Portugal would win the game.

Arda Guler was benched since this match was too difficult for him. It is too hard for Turkey, and finally, Portugal will grab three points from Turkey.

Another goal for Portugal, this time assisted by Ronaldo. I have a feeling King Pepe is going to be MOTM.


Siuuuu!!!!!!

[MAAManda]

As a result of poor squad selection and wrong tactics, Türkiye fell 2-0 behind in the first half. The interesting thing is that Portugal has also slowed down the tempo and is playing as if the match is over. I guess they are using their power sparingly. They won't take too many risks as long as the score is like this. It's important for the teams to stay healthy. In the last 15 minutes the tempo has dropped a lot, which is in Portugal's favor. If Türkiye can't find a goal, it looks like the game will continue in the same way. Substitutions must be made to affect the match.

Portugal completely dominated this match, in the first half they were able to close it out with Türkiye 0 - 2 Portugal. This should be enough to lock in the 3 points they will get and ensure their position in the knockout round. But they didn't stop there, Bruno Fernandes then scored the third goal for Portugal in the 55th minute. There is still a lot of time left, I think it's possible that we'll see 1 more goal that will happen, who knows where it will come from, it could be from the Turkey side or it could also be Portugal who adds to their lead.

[Dailyscript]

Turkey vs Portugal

Portugal — Costa, Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Mendes, Palhinha, Vitinha, Fernandes, Bernardo, Leao, Ronaldo.

Turkey — Bayindir, Celik, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu, Calhanoglu, Ayhan, Akgun, Kokcu, Arturkoglu, Yilmaz.

Here we go for the top teams in the group, today we will know who will lead in the table, to me predictions can be make but let see what the first half will look like.

Portugal is already leading the game in just 50 minutes of the match and am so certain that they will the game at the end of the match. Turkey has not made any good attempt yet rather they have been doing more defense work so that more goals won't enter their goal post and they are also expecting any counterattack to see. If they continue like that there might not be any opportunity for any counterattack.

It seems the game will completely end with 5 goals plus because i still believe that more goals will enter time goes on. This is because Portugal is consistently pressing to score more, and the legendary Ronaldo is still doing wonders at the age of 39, still bringing defenders down on there feet. Am truly enjoying the game.

[uchegod-21]

No True! Officials in the Euros are currently doing a beautiful and great job I must say. That was a perfect decision take by the match officials as that was a clear offside, not really offside but we could see the Inter Milan defender Dumfries dodging that ball that was shot from Xavi Simons...
Give them credits when due. They're not doing bad in this tournament.

Anyway, why the main referee did not watch the slow-motioned video but only rely on VAR team's opinion to make his decision, and refuse that goal. 5 minutes and he did not watch the video by himself. It is like a plan to avoid France to be out too early in this Euro. France are strong but they don't need to rely on such controversial decision from referee to avoid a loss.

This is what I always advocate and I don't know why it happens that in a very controversial situation, the central referee will only depend on what the VAR assistant referees tells him. No matter the number of people in the VAR, if only one person disagreed with a decision, the ref should go and see for himself.

But I was wondering why Bruno Fernandez score has to be lower than other people in the Portugal squad. Is he not living up to expectation in today's match?

Not quite long I said it and fortunately Bruno has got a goal to further solidify his country's win tonight and his rating is now up.

[Odohu]

Turkey vs Portugal

Portugal — Costa, Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Mendes, Palhinha, Vitinha, Fernandes, Bernardo, Leao, Ronaldo.

Turkey — Bayindir, Celik, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu, Calhanoglu, Ayhan, Akgun, Kokcu, Arturkoglu, Yilmaz.

Here we go for the top teams in the group, today we will know who will lead in the table, to me predictions can be make but let see what the first half will look like.

I'm so disappointed at Turkey in the very match. They are playing as though they were not for the competition. I understand that Portugal is the favorite side but I expected some serious resistance from them, a fight that will give them the hope of at scoring a goal. With their performance that is looking like they are fatigued, it will be hard for them to score a single goal tonight. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo have once again demonstrated team spirit and leadership in the ball he passed to Bruno Fernandes. Ordinarily Ronaldo would have scored but seeing Bruno was in a better position, he passed the ball to him to make it 3 goals to nil against Turkey.

[Falconer]

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The first half has ended with a temporary victory for Portugal with a score of 2-0 over Turkey, both teams played very impressively and even endangered each other defenses, so far Portugal has been able to dominate the match a little, but although Turkey is often under pressure but in my opinion they are still able to give resistance to Portugal, but indeed the Portugal defense built by Pepe and Cancelo is currently quite solid In breaking every attack made by the Turkish attackers, the first goal from Silva of course still make Portugal even more ambitious to get the next goal, but unfortunately for Turkey when a ridiculous blunder made by Akaydin and resulted in a goal that made their spirit collapse.

Throughout the first half I saw Ronaldo play quite well and of course he can still perform quite great so far, but there was a little bit of a bother me when the Portuguese players got the ball and created chances, but it seems that they are more inclined to throw away those chances than pass them to Ronaldo, is it just my feeling or are you all aware of it?

Portugal was 0-3 ahead of Türkiye, Bruno scored the third goal for Portugal after receiving a spoiled assist from Ronaldo. This was a good victory to maintain until the end, but it does not rule out the possibility of additional goals because Portugal did not reduce their attacking tension.

Regarding some comments regarding Ronaldo's lack of involvement in Portugal's attack scheme, it feels like this is just part of the game strategy. Ronaldo has not been used as a target man in the last few matches, he only opens up space while other players use space to score goals. It's not true what you feel, even here Ronaldo doesn't need to score a goal to win the match.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Portugal completely dominated this match, in the first half they were able to close it out with Türkiye 0 - 2 Portugal. This should be enough to lock in the 3 points they will get and ensure their position in the knockout round. But they didn't stop there, Bruno Fernandes then scored the third goal for Portugal in the 55th minute. There is still a lot of time left, I think it's possible that we'll see 1 more goal that will happen, who knows where it will come from, it could be from the Turkey side or it could also be Portugal who adds to their lead.

2 goals in the first half made Portugal very comfortable and confident playing in the second half. They were very calm on the ball but that made them play much better than the first half.
Now the score has changed to 0-3 which of course makes Portugal more comfortable and with the remaining time situation now it looks like Portugal will ensure itself to qualify for the last 16 phase in this second match .

Turkey are losing their momentum at the moment and it is very difficult now to make a difference for the end of the match after they are 3 goals down for now.  Arda has been brought on as a supersub again and I'm keen to see if the kid can make a significant difference now because the way he was greeted when he entered the pitch it looked like Arda was the new hope but it's too late now because with a 3-goal deficit against a Portugal side that is already very comfortable and just needs to play like this until the end Turkey will find it very difficult to change the rhythm.

[AYOBA]

perfect analysis mate, the way the tournament started up at first it was almost like as if all the big teams were going to win all their games but to my surprise the results started going harder as the smaller nation have stepped up their game and one of the team that are capable of getting the better of their opponent is probably this turkey team and if Portugal understand this then they would need to step their game and play harder.

Believe me, Portugal will destroy those guy, remember that Portugal has the best player in the world. Turkiye is a nothing team, they only beat weak country and their past history they almost never win

I would be so sure to conclude that Portugal will destroy Turkey, maybe you are underestimating them. Turkey comfortably defeated Georgia 3-1 whereas Czech Republic couldn't win them and almost lost to them. Remember than Czech Republic always won Portugal if not of the late goals that helped the later win 2-1. Based on this analysis,  I think the best result Portugal can get tonight is a draw. If I'm to bet on the match, I will go with both teams score to be on the safer side instead of going for outright win.

Turkey didn't have that performance to compete with Portugal even when some people's was predict that Turkey will going to destroy the Portugal in easily way i know that it will no be possible, because with how the Portugal have the so much performance no one will have hope for turkey that they able to defeat them, and with tye result given currently now is show that turkey will not have any single goal again, because Portugal is leading them by 3:0 and it will hard for them to equalize back since they only less than 15 minutes remain I don't think turkey can bring any positive results in this dai minutes.

[shinratensei_]

As a result of poor squad selection and wrong tactics, Türkiye fell 2-0 behind in the first half. The interesting thing is that Portugal has also slowed down the tempo and is playing as if the match is over. I guess they are using their power sparingly. They won't take too many risks as long as the score is like this. It's important for the teams to stay healthy. In the last 15 minutes the tempo has dropped a lot, which is in Portugal's favor. If Türkiye can't find a goal, it looks like the game will continue in the same way. Substitutions must be made to affect the match.

Portugal completely dominated this match, in the first half they were able to close it out with Türkiye 0 - 2 Portugal. This should be enough to lock in the 3 points they will get and ensure their position in the knockout round. But they didn't stop there, Bruno Fernandes then scored the third goal for Portugal in the 55th minute. There is still a lot of time left, I think it's possible that we'll see 1 more goal that will happen, who knows where it will come from, it could be from the Turkey side or it could also be Portugal who adds to their lead.

Right now, I'm happy since Portugal's superiority has totally helped them to wipe Turkey. The current score is 3-0. Portugal clearly has a very easy game and can still score another goal against Turkey. I believe, Turkey will not score in this game since it overconfidence in attacking Portugal, and let Portugal's attackers launch a proper counter attack.
Portugal is now lead Group F having gained three points over Turkey. Arda Guler's substitution into this game has little effect on Turkey's performance since Portugal played the top defenders.

In the end, Turkey's erratic performance has cost them three points; thus, Portugal is in first position.