Euro 2024: Republic Of Ceska Vs Turkey, Opportunity To Prove
JAKARTA The Republic of Ceska vs Turkey will appear in the last match of Group F Euro 2024. Both have the last chance to win the group runner-up status.
The two teams will face off at Volksparks Stadium, Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday, June 27, 2024, early morning at 02.00 WIB. Whoever wins can't win the group.
Turkey must avoid defeat to become runners-up, while Ceska needs to win to end the group's journey in second place while hoping Georgia will play a maximum draw against Portugal.
If they lose in the last match, Portugal's position at the top of the group standings will no longer be disturbed. They will still qualify with the title of group winner.
Turkey will have the same points as Portugal if they win. However, this team will remain runners-up as head-to-head loses to Portugal.
As for the other two teams, an additional three figures will not be able to become capital to overtake Portugal. The reason is, currently Ceska and Georgia are only collecting one point together.
After losing the opening match against Portugal, Ceska is in serious trouble. They only drew against Georgia 1-1.
Georges Mikautadze put Georgia ahead with a penalty in first-half injury time. Fortunately, Patrik Schick, who became the hero on their way to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020, scored a goal back early in the second half to thwart Georgia's first win in their debut at the Euros.
Ceska could finish as group runners-up if they beat Turkey on Georgia's record not to beat Portugal. However, if both of them win then their position is determined by goal difference.
If they get a draw, the Republic of Ceska will hope to qualify as the best rank. Meanwhile, they will definitely not be able to reach the knockout stages if they lose this match.
Ivan Hasek's troops arrived in Germany with five wins in a row, mostly in friendly matches. However, they only won four of their last 15 competitive matches.
On the other hand, Turkey has a sweet history against Ceska. They won in the last two meetings before Euro 2024.
First, a spectacular 3-2 comeback victory in 2008. Then, the second victory was won eight years later with a score of 2-0. Both victories were won together at the Euros. So, this record made them a little more champions.
Turkey will qualify for the round of 16 as group runners-up if they manage to avoid defeat or at least draw. You see, Georgia's victory over Portugal will not be able to displace Turkey from runners-up because it lost head-to-head.
However, the problem is that if Turkey loses and Georgia wins, Vincenzo Montella's troops will fail to advance because they are shifted to the bottom of the standings.
The meeting of the Republic of Ceska vs Turkey is also proof of both teams. In 11v11 records, the clashes between the two drew, both packing five wins and one match ending in a draw.
No wonder, both of them have ambitions to be the best in the statistics of the meeting.
Formation Forecast
Republic of Ceska (3-4-2-1): Stanek; Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Coufal, Soucek, Provod, Doudera; Barak, Hlozek; Chytil
Turkey (4-2-3-1): Bayindir; Muldur, Demiral, Ayhan, Kadioglu; Yuksek, Calhanoglu; Akturkoglu, Guler, Yildiz; Yilmaz