A National Team faced Croatia in the 2nd match of Group D of EURO 2024 Qualification. The side that won the critical fight was Croatia, with a score of 2-0.
Croatia’s goals are 20th and 45+4. It came from Kovacic’s feet at the minute. After these goals, Croatia won the game with a score of 2-0.
MINUTES FROM THE MATCH
Cengiz Ünder, who sent the ball diagonally to the goal with Salih Özcan’s intermediate pass in the 5th minute, could not pass the goalkeeper.
While entering the penalty area in the 10th minute, Kerem Aktürkoğlu’s shot was taken by goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic into the corner.
In the 17th minute, Orkun Kökçü’s shot in the carrom in the penalty area caught the ball in the goalkeeper.
In the 21st minute, Mateo Kovacic sent the ball into the nets, which fell into a carom after Andrej Kramaric’s pass. 0-1
Mert Günok did not allow a goal when Josip Stanisic entered the penalty area with the ball he won in the 31st minute.
45+4. In the second minute, Modric sent the ball to the back of the defense, while the goalkeeper Mert took the shot from the left diagonal of Pasalic’s penalty area, while Mateo Kovacic sent the ball to the empty goal. 0-2
In the 49th minute, İsmail Yüksek’s shot from outside the penalty area went wide over the goal.
In the 57th minute, Mario Pasalic could not pass the goalkeeper Mert Günok, who felt the goal with Luka Modric’s pass.
In the 70th minute, Cengiz Ünder hit the ball while he was entering the penalty area, and the ball came out from the side of the goal post.
In the 77th minute, Andrej Kramaric’s left foot kicked the round leather goal and came out from the other side.
90+3. The goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic prevented Cenk Tosun’s shot from close range in the second minute.
NOTES FROM THE FIGHT
Defeating Croatia 2-0 in the second match of Group D of UEFA 2024 European Championship (EURO 2024) Qualifiers, Turkey got its first defeat in the group.
Croatia’s goals came from Kovacic in the match, which was played at Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Stadium and the first half was completed with a 2-0 superiority of the guest team.
As a result of the first matches, Turkey, which was the leader of the group with 3 points, regressed to the 3rd place with this defeat. Croatia, on the other hand, increased its score to 4 and shared the top two places with the same points Wales.
The crescent and star team will play their third match in the group on 16 June away against Latvia.
4th DEATH AGAINST CROATIA
A National Football Team got its 4th defeat in the 11th match against Croatia.
Having only one win against its rival, Turkey scored 15 goals in these matches, and experienced 9 goals.
ARDA GULER CHANCES IN BURSA
Arda Güler, the young player of the A National Football Team, was included in the game in the second half of the match.
Supporting the crescent and star team in Bursa, football fans cheered in the first and second half for Arda Güler to enter the game. Coach Kuntz put Arda Güler on the field instead of Orkun Kökçü in the 67th minute.
REACTION FROM THE TRIBUNE TO TFF
In the last minutes of the fight in Bursa, some fans in the stands chanted against the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) administration. The fans invited the TFF management to resign.