IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA EURO 2024 (Day 5)
Picture : Arda Güler became the youngest player to score on his Euro debut, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo's previous record (19 years 128 days), set in 2004. What a goal !
The statistics on 2024 Euro day 5 (18 June)
*After the first matchday of the Euro 2024 group stage, there are already 11 goals from outside the box, just 1 fewer than at the whole Euro 2020 (12).
*Since the current format of 24 teams has been established in 2016, the first matchday of the Euro 2024 group stage produced much more goals (34) than the same spell at other editions (22 in 2016, 28 in 2021).
*All these 34 goals have been scored by different players: no braces so far.
Turkey vs Georgia 3-1
*Turkey have won the opening game of a Euro for the first time in their history. They lost all 5 previous such games.
*36 shots in this game is the most in a game at Euro 2024 so far, and the most in a group stage match in the competition since Turkey vs Switzerland at Euro 2020 (42).
*Turkey became the 2nd team ever in the Euro history (after Hungary in 1964) to start a game with two teenagers, Kenan Yildiz (19 years 45 days)
and Arda Güler (19 years 114 days).
*Arda Güler became the youngest player to score on his Euro debut, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo's previous record (19 years 128 days), set in 2004.
Between them two, no other teenager has scored on his debut.
*Arda Güler is now 5th youngest scorer in the competition's history.
*Arda Güler's goal made Real Madrid the club that has contributed the joint-most goals (along with Juventus) in the Euro history (39).
*Arda Güler’s has also created 5 chances in the game: joint-most by a teenager in a game in the Euro history, along with Pedri and Wayne Rooney.
*Mert Müldür who opened the score in the game became the 500th player to score in Euro history (not counting own goals).
*Kerem Akturkoglu has scored in the 90+7 minute the latest goal (excluding overtime) in the Euro history.
*Georges Mikautadze has scored historical Georgia's first ever goal at a major tournament.
He found the net 6 times in his last 6 starts for Georgia.
*Facundo Tello (Argentina) became the 3rd non-European referee to officiate a game in Euro history, after his compatriot Fernando Rapallini (3 games in Euro 2020) and Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt, 2 games in 2000 edition).
Portugal vs Czech Republic 2-1
*This is the first game of Euro 2024 to be goalless at halftime.
*Last time Portugal have won a Euro match thanks to a goal in the compensated time on 17 June 2000 (vs Romania 1-0, with Costinha's goal in the 90+5 minute).
*Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to take part in 6 different Euro Finals (from 2004 to 2024).
*Cristiano Ronaldo has no competitors among European players in number of major tournaments for national teams – 11 (5 World Cups, 6 Euros).
Pepe became the joint-second in this ranking with 9 such participations, along with Lothar Matthäus and Luka Modric
*Francisco Conceição scored just 112 seconds after coming off the bench. He became the first Portugal player to score as a substitute in a Euro game since Éder in the 2016 final vs France.
*Francisco Conceiçao has scored the 2nd fastest goal after making his debut for Portugal in a major tournament (World Cup or Euro), behind only Jose Augusto in 1966 World Cup that took 95 seconds to score in his debut against Hungary.
*Francisco Conceiçao is the player who has taken the shortest time since his debut to score a winning goal in the Euro history.