Euro 2024 | Türkiye achieved a close victory against the Czech Republic and qualified for the round of 16 as second in the group

The group stage of the Euro Cup is over and those classified for the round of 16 have already been defined. Turkey and the Czech Republic faced each other for the last date of group F and a draw was enough for the Turks to advance to the round.

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The Czech Republic fought until the end for a result that would put them in the next round of Euro 2024. However, a red card, coupled with serious injuries, prevented them from achieving this feat.

Türkiye did its homework against the Czech Republic

A draw was enough for Turkey to qualify for the next round and that was the result they went looking for. In a match in which the Czech Republic went out looking for a win, Turkey knew how to control it and ended up winning and ending their rival’s hopes of progressing to the next round.

The first goal came from the hand of Çalhanoğlu, figure of the Turkish team at minute 51 after the rival was weakened at minute 20 due to a red card against Antonín Barak.

However, the Czechs did not give up and tied the match 15 minutes later with the hand of Tomas Soucek. Now, even though they were one player down and had everything to lose, they continued to try to turn the game around until the final minutes.

Turkey did not shine despite having one more in much of the match and the Czech Republic failed to come back despite having tried to do so on several occasions. The final blow came from Türkiye in the 4th minute of added time at the end of the game. Cenk Tosun He took a shot with his right foot and ratified the white star team’s classification to the round of 16.