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Sat 22 Jun 2024 ‧ UEFA European Championship – Group Stage – Group F

    Turkey 0 – 3 Portugal 

.                                                   21′ Bernardo Silva
.                                                   28′ Samet Akaydin (own goal)
.                                                   55′ Bruno Fernandes

Portugal crushed Turkey and won the UEFA EURO 2024 Group Stage Group F Matchday 2 game on Saturday 22 June 2024. The victory gave Portugal the qualification to the Round of 16 as GroupF winners. The three goals scored by Bernardo Silva with his first goal at a major tournament, an own goal from Samet Akaydin and a goal by Bruno Fernandes. Turkey still have chance for qualification if they defeat on Wednesday the Czech Republic, who drew 1-1 with Georgia.

This was the fourth meeting between Türkiye and Portugal at the European Championships. Portugal have won all three previous games without conceding a goal: 1-0 in 1996 (group stage), 2-0 in 2000 (quarter-finals) and 2-0 in 2008 (group stage).

🇹🇷  Serie A Players with Türkiye’s EURO 2024 squad

Head Coach:  🇮🇹  Vincenzo Montella

• Defender Zeki Çelik (Roma) played all 90 minutes, yellow card 42nd minute
• Midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter) played all 90 minutes
• Forward Kenan Yıldız (Juventus) played from the 58th minute after replacing Kerem Aktürkoglu

🇵🇹  Serie A Players with Portugal’s EURO 2024 squad

Head Coach:  🇪🇸  Roberto Martínez

• Goalkeeper Rui Patrício (Roma) listed among subs
• Forward Rafael Leão (AC Milan) played the first 45 minutes, got a yellow card in the 39th minute and replaced by Pedro Neto.

Portugal took the lead in the 21st minute.  Bernardo Silva defeated Turkey goalkeeper Altay Bayindir with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Another own goal to add to the tally 😅

🎥 @FOXSoccer

pic.twitter.com/d49tz65SP9

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 22, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo made sure to take a photo with a young pitch invader before they were ushered away 🤳🫶 pic.twitter.com/wre3UveECQ

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 22, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo loves a EURO tournament 🔥 pic.twitter.com/3R9vhnxYwk

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) June 22, 2024

✅ Stats before the game: Considering all competitions, Turkey has won only two of nine matches against Portugal (seven defeats), both in friendly matches: 3-1 in 1955 and 3-1 in 2012. After the success in the opening match of EURO 2024 against Georgia, Turkey could win both the first two matches in a single edition between the European Championships and the World Cup for the first time in its history. Portugal has lost only one of the last nine group stage matches of the European Championships (W4, D4): against Germany in 2021 (2-4), scoring 18 goals in the period (exactly two on average per match). If successful in this match, Turkey would equal its record of victories in a single edition of the European Championships (two in 2008), while only in the 2002 World Cup has it won more than two matches in a major international tournament (4). Portugal made 30 crosses in the first match of this European Championship against the Czech Republic: a record on the first day of EURO 2024, the last time they attempted so many in the group stage of the tournament dates back to 2016 against Austria (36).

SEM PALAVRAS. 🤩 #PartilhaAPaixão | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/sre4bhw2tY

— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) June 22, 2024

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Player of the match

Olá do POTM! 🏆😁 #PartilhaAPaixão | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/vjZSmlRs5e

— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) June 22, 2024

Photo via x.com/EURO2024

📺 Click the video to watch Turkey 0 – 3 Portugal highlights on Saturday 22 June 2024

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Photo via x.com/EURO2024

 UEFA EURO 2024
Group F, Matchday 2

Turkey 0 – 3 Portugal
Saturday 22 June 2024
BVB Stadion Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany

18:00

Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp (GER) and Marco Achmüller (GER)
Fourth official: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Video Assistant Referee: Bastian Dankert (GER)

⚽️ Goals:  21′ Bernardo Silva, 28′ Samet Akaydin,  55′ OGBruno Fernandes

🟨 Booked: 25′ Abdülkerim Bardakci (T), 39′ Rafael Leão (P), 42′ Samet Akaydin (T), 42′ Zeki Çelik (T), 45′ João Palhinha (P)

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino: