The temple of football in Dortmund has witnessed many great and memorable games, and during a rainy summer Tuesday, it unexpectedly received another memorable performance...
Perhaps the clash between Turkey and Georgia did not sound glamorous, but it brought everything that football can - the beauty of this game in 97 minutes.
In the end, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and his friends celebrated, although Hvić Kvarackeli and his teammates deserve applause for the first match in history at the European championships - 3:1.
The match, which had an ugly prelude after the conflict between the fans in the "Westphalia" stands, very quickly turned into the most beautiful one so far in the championship...
It was the 25th minute when the stadium in Dortmund "exploded" - Mert Muldur caught a volley from the edge of the penalty area, his projectile under the famous yellow wall, which was painted red this time, was undefendable for Giorgi Mamardashvili (1:0).
Vili Sanjol's selection, which until then mostly defended, quickly showed how dangerous it can be - after a nice action and several exchanged passes, Giorgi Kochorashvili found George Mikautadze (1: 1).
Even after that, the battle of "lowered guards" continued, Vincenzo Montela's team had the initiative, but the Georgians were very dangerous and concrete when they started to attack.
And then a new "explosion" arrived after a minor lull - why Arda Guler ended up in Real Madrid at a very young age in the best way Europe understood tonight. A projectile, diagonally from about twenty meters, into the far corner of the Mamardashvije goal - goal for 2:1.
At 19 years and 114 days, Arda became the youngest debutant to score a goal at the Euros - the record was previously held by Cristiano Ronaldo from Euro 2004.
Georgia tried after that, they struggled against a much stronger rival, and in stoppage time they managed to shake him violently - in those moments, the debutant hit the goal post, the Turkish players saved themselves from the goal line, but the ball did not hit the net.
Instead, Kerem Akturkoglu punished the departure of Mamardashvili in Georgia's attack and put an end to an unforgettable match in Dortmund (3:1).
Georgia did not disappoint on debut, Turkey showed how much class the name has - especially in young men who are the future of European football, like Guler or Kenan Yildiz.
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