Euro: Group F: Turkey vs. Georgia

[Live in the Now]

Turkish language police won't get me to write down their 'new' name. This is a tasty matchup though.

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[TheGreenTBer]

My family has good friends from Turkey. I know nothing about their soccer team.

 

[robertmac43]

Not too high on this Turkey team but they should get it done today.

 

[luiginb]

My family has good friends from Turkey. I know nothing about their soccer team.

Keep an eye on Calhanoglu (great guy and their best player), Kokcu (asshole, but good player) their super 19 year olds Guler and Yildiz, and Dutch born Kadioglu

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Keep an eye on Calhanoglu (great guy and their best player), Kokcu (asshole, but good player) their super 19 year olds Guler and Yildiz, and Dutch born Kadioglu

Thanks.

Our friends are really good people, and one of them likes me even more because I saved him from eating a bacon donut (true story) which he had never seen before

 

[luiginb]

I come from a city that used to be Turkish for 500 years (well, Othman) and I have a Turkish aunt, but the Turks I know from there would fight me over bacon donuts hahahaha

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I come from a city that used to be Turkish for 500 years (well, Othman) and I have a Turkish aunt, but the Turks I know from there would fight me over bacon donuts hahahaha

Are you Romainian?

 

[luiginb]

Are you Romainian?

Yes, from Dobruja, which only became Romanian 100 years ago. But with German/Austrian/Hungarian/Gipsy family, long story haha

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Yes, from Dobruja, which only became Romanian 100 years ago. But with German/Austrian/Hungarian/Gipsy family, long story haha

Wow do you have a complicated ancestry or what

 

[kaiser matias]

Going to join a group of Georgians to watch here in Edmonton. Lived in the country briefly and grew to like the place, so hoping they can maybe suppose this tournament, though I know that's not likely.

 

[Jussi]

Raining quite hard in Dortmund.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Turkey like Scotland really seemed to have lost momentum going into this tournament because I thought they looked good in qualifying. They outplayed Croatia in both matches (however lost one of the games because Croatia finished their few chances)

Don’t expect much from Georgia, I think if they score a goal it will be an accomplishment. A better team like Macedonia in the last edition went three and out but were competitive in their first two matches

 

[JoVel]

The police and other security staff in Dortmund are lucky that Georgia won those penalties, otherwise this match would be between Turkey and Greece.

 

[gary69]

Argentinian Tella as the ref in the match. Is this only one-off and he goes back to whistle at Copa later? And will there some European ref at Copa too?

 

[HajdukSplit]

Argentinian Tella as the ref in the match. Is this only one-off and he goes back to whistle at Copa later? And will there some European ref at Copa too?

Last few tournaments there has been a UEFA-CONMEBOL exchange program with refs. At the last Euro an Argentine ref did 3 matches including a knockout game

There’s an Italian referee crew at Copa

 

[OKR]

Lovely connection there

 

[gary69]

Nice volley by Mert to put Turkey ahead. Not a bad match by either team, neither is holding back.

And then it's quickly 2-0. Edit: offside

 

[PanniniClaus]

That is a work of art..

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I'm going to keep a keen eye on Kadioglu this game.

 

[The Moose]

Georgia looks completely overmatched.

 

[Jussi]

Georgia looks completely overmatched.

And are now level.

 

[PanniniClaus]

that is a sharp finish

 

[gary69]

Game back on, Mikautadze with their first ever finals goal,

 

[robertmac43]

Great goal, what an absolute bonkers pace to this game to start things off.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Turkey are usually fun to watch because they play without structure and go gung ho, especially in an atmosphere like this, but that’s why they rarely go far