Euro 2024: Turkey Vs Portugal, Chasing Tickets For The Fall

Portugal is seeded against Turkey (Instagram/@portugal).

JAKARTA Turkey vs Portugal is presented in the second match of Group F Euro 2024. Both teams need to win to secure a place in the knockout round.

The clash between the two teams will take place at Borussia Dortmund headquarters, Signal Iduna Park or Westfalens Stadium, on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 23.00 WIB.

The two previous countries claimed maximum points in the group's first match. Turkey came out victorious with a score of 3-1 against the tournament debutant team, Georgia.

Hours later, it was Portugal's turn to seal a 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ceska. Cristiano Ronaldo and his friends rose from behind to secure the victory.

Turkey came to Euro 2024 after five wins without a win in all competitions. In addition, they also lost the opening match of their previous five appearances at the Euros.

However, they performed outstanding against Georgia. Turkey took the lead through Mert Muldur's goal. Two winning goals after that were scored by Arda Guler and Kerem Akturkoglu.

Georges Mikautadze had identified the score after Muldur's goal. However, the youngest star of Real Madrid, Guler, then announced his name on this big stage to bring his team back in the lead.

The goal made Guler list his name as the fifth youngest goalscorer in Euro (19 years and 114 days) history. He was also the first teenager to score on his Euro debut since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2004.

Acturkoglu then came off the bench to score a third goal for Turkey ahead of injury time to strengthen the three points. The achievement was also a birthday gift for coach Vincenzo Montella.

Despite having good statistics, losing only twice in the last 15 competitive matches (win 10, series 3), Turkey will most likely find it difficult to get full points against Portugal.

The reason is, they are noted to have never beaten Portugal at the Euros. In fact, Turkey also failed to score in three meetings. Thus, these clashes put Portugal as a favorite.

Portugal has recorded only one clean sheet in their last six international matches. However, they have always won in the six most recent competitive clashes against Turkey.

Formation Estimated

Turkey (4-2-3-1): Gunok; Muldur, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Ozcan, Calhanoglu; Guler, Kokcu, Yildiz; Yilmaz

Portugal (3-4-3): Costa; Pepe, Dias, Mendes; Dalot, Fernandes, Vitinha, Cancelo; Bernardo, Ronaldo, Leao