Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the player with the most assists in EURO history.
On the evening of June 22, Portugal entered the second match of the EURO 2024 group stage. Their opponent was Turkey, the team that beat Georgia 3-1 in the opening match. Before the match, Turkey coach Montella declared: “Our first goal was to win the opening match. Now that we have won, our dream is to win the next match and advance to the knockout round.”
However, that goal of the Turkish national team could not come true. In the first 45 minutes, they conceded 2 goals. Although the Turkish team entered the game well, their net shook in the 21st minute. Ronaldo did not have time to finish after his teammate’s cross, but Bernardo Silva was there in time to finish the ball into the opponent’s net, thereby opening the score. number of matches. After this defeat, the Portuguese team played better.
Portugal won 3-0
In the 27th minute, the most unbelievable own goal at EURO 2024 happened, surprising fans of both teams. From a dangerous situation, Turkey’s center-back Akaydin passed the ball back from outside the penalty area, causing goalkeeper Altay Bayındır’s net to shake. According to statistics, Samet Akaydin (Turkey) is the 2nd player to score an own goal FROM OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA in EURO history, after Pedri in the match between Croatia and Spain (2021).
In the second half, the Portuguese team continued to dominate the match. However, right now, what Portuguese fans are most looking forward to is Ronaldo scoring. CR7 had a good chance when facing the goalkeeper after a pass from his teammate in the 56th minute. But instead of finishing, Ronaldo passed to Bruno to score to increase the score to 3-0.
Ronaldo leads the list of assists in EURO history
This is also the final score of the match. With 2 consecutive victories, Portugal has 6 points and will soon win a ticket to the next round. According to statistics, Ronaldo has the 8th assist in EURO. CR7 shares the record for most assists in EURO with Czech player Poborsky.
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Full time. Ronaldo and Portugal beat Türkiye 3-0. With this victory, Portugal secured their ticket to the next round.
83′: Portugal team makes a substitution. Antonio Silva left the field and Pepe replaced him.
80′: The Turkish team attacked but they could not score a goal.
75′: Samet Akaydin (Türkiye) left the field due to injury. Merih Demiral came on as a replacement.
70′: Türkiye team makes a substitution. Arda Guler replaces Yunus Akgun.
66′: DO NOT GO IN! Ronaldo headed inaccurately after a cross from his teammate.
62′: The Turkish team is facing a deadlock in the attack. They are facing their first loss at EURO 2024.
56′: GOAL! Ronaldo breaks free to receive a long pass from his teammate. In a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper, Ronaldo doesn’t shoot but passes to Bruno to score. 3-0 for Portugal.
53′: NO GOAL! Yusuf Yazici (Türkiye) shoots from outside the box but the ball doesn’t go too far for the opposing goalkeeper.
46′: Both teams make substitutions. On the Turkish side, Yusuf Yazici replaced Orkun Kocku. On the Portuguese side, Ruben Neves and Pedro Neto replaced Joao Palhinha and Rafael Leao.
