JAKARTA Georgia and the Republic of Ceska both did not get points when they met in the second match of Group F Euro 2024 at Volksparks Stadium, Saturday, June 23, 2023, at 20.00 WIB.
The two countries suffered defeat in the group's first match. Georgia was beaten by Turkey (1-3), while the Republic of Ceska was hit by a comeback (1-2) when they faced Euro 2016 champion Portugal.
The defeat in the inaugural match put both teams in third and fourth place in the standings without points. Ceska was in third place followed by Georgia at the bottom of the standings.
The two teams clearly cannot suffer defeats in this clash if they want to take the chance to the knockout stages. Moreover, this is the first duel for the two countries in any event.
Against Turkey, the Georgia debutants appeared so impressive. They scored their first goal in the history of the official tournament through Georges Mikautadze to equalize the score after Mert Muldur put Turkey ahead.
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Overall, Willy Sagnol's team fired 14 shots at the Turkish goal. That number is the highest compared to any debutant since Austria in 2008. However, unfortunately they conceded twice again.
Since the group stage was introduced, there have only been two teams that lost their debut matches at the Euros, but then bounced up and got tickets to the knockout stages.
Slovakia and Northern Ireland are two countries that were able to do this in the 2016 edition. Thus, Georgia will automatically become a third team if it is able to get through the group stage.
To be able to carve out that record, the match against Ceska really had to be used by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and friends. The reason is, in the last match of the group, they met a tougher opponent, namely Portugal.
On the other hand, a draw will also keep the hopes of the Republic of Ceska intact. However, they will not be able to reach the round of 16 if they lose and Turkey is not inferior to Portugal.
If you refer to statistics, Ceska's chances of reaching the knockout stages are arguably smaller. Although they almost got valuable points against Portugal, they were recorded to have completed less passes than any team in the first round of Euro 2024.
In addition, the team nicknamed Narodni only made eight touches in the opponent's penalty box. So, they need to improve themselves if they don't want to be missed against Georgia later.
Ceska, runner-up at Euro 1996 and quarter-finalist in two of their last three Euros, has also lost seven times in a dozen group games since the 2008 finals.
Formation Estimated
Georgia (3-5-2): Mamardashvili; Dvali, Kashia, Kverkvelia; Kabadze, Kochorashvili, Mekvabishvili, Chakvetadze, Tsitaishvili; Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze
Republic of Ceska (3-5-2): Stanek; Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Soucek, Coufal, Barak, Provod, Doudera; Chytil, Schick
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