IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA EURO 2024 (Day 9)
Picture : Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal won sovereign the second game !
The statistics on 2024 Euro day 9 (22 June)
Georgia vs Czech Republic 1-1
*Czech team recorded 12 shots on target; the most by a team who failed to win a Euro match.
*Giorgi Mamardashvili made 11 saves which is the most by any keeper since Latvia’s Alexandrs Kolinko (12) vs Netherlands in 2004 (0-3).
Last keeper to make 11 saves at Euro was Shay Given (Ireland) vs Spain in 2012 (0-4).
*Mamardashvili is the 3rd keeper in Euro history to avoid defeat for his team by making 10+ saves in a match, alongside:
Francesco Toldo (Italy) vs Belgium at Euro 2000 (2-0 win),
Yann Sommer (Switzerland) vs Spain at Euro 2020 (1-1 after extra time).
Patrik Schick has scored his 6th goal in Euro games. He has overtaken Milan Baroš (5) as Czechia's all-time top goalscorer in the Euro history.
*Schick is the first ever player to score a goal with his chest for his country in the Euro history.
There was also an own goal scored by chest: by Demiral (Turkey) vs Italy at Euro 2020.
*Schick ahs now goals/game ratio 0.86 in Euro games (6 goals in 7 games). This is the 2nd rate among players with 5+ games, behind only Michel Platini (France) - 1.8 (5 games, 9 goals).
The 3rd is Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia) - 0.8 (5 games, 4 goals).
*Georges Mikautadze (Georgia) is the first player to score in his country’s first ever two Euro matches since Gareth Bale (Wales) at Euro 2016.
*Mikautadze is the 6th player to score both of his nation's first 2 goals at the Euro, after:
Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union, 1960),
Ferenc Bene (Hungary, 1964),
Gerd Müller (Germany, 1972),
Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria, 1996),
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine, 2012).
Turkey vs Portugal 0-3
*Portugal became the 2nd team, along with Spain, that have already secured first place in the group.
*Portugal have won all 12 competitive matches since Roberto Martínez became their coach.
*Portugal repeated for the 4h time their biggest win at the Euros (also 3-0 vs Croatia in 1996, 3-0 vs Germany in 2000 and 3-0 vs Hungary in 2021).
Portugal is the 3rd team in Euro history with 2 own goals in their favor in the same edition (also Germany and Spain in 2021).
*Cristiano Ronaldo made his 7th assist in Euro games and became the sole record holder in this category, surpassing Karel Poborský (6).
The next are Dennis Bergkamp and Bastian Schweinsteiger (5 each).
*Cristiano Ronaldo won his 23rd match at major tournaments (World Cups, Euros); only Miroslav Klose and Bastian Schweinsteiger have celebrated more such victories in history (25 each) and Philipp Lahm also 23.
Belgium vs Romania 2-0
*For the first time in Euro history, all 4 teams in a group (Group E) are level points (3 each) going into the final matchday.
*Belgium was the last of 24 nations at Euro 2024 to score a goal.
*Youri Tielemans has scored the third-fastest goal in the Euro history (73 seconds), behind Nedim Bajrami (Albania, 23 sec vs Italia in 2024) and Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia, 67 sec vs Greece in 2004).
*Tielemans goal is also Belgium’s fastest-ever at major tournaments.
*Romelu Lukaku, again unlucky seeing another his goal ruled out, is the leader at Euro 2024 on disallowed goals (3), as well as on shots on target (5) and big chances missed (4).
*Koen Casteels (Belgium) became the 3rd goalkeeper in the Euro history to give an assist, after:
Thomas Myhre (Norway, vs Spain in 2000),
Sander Westerveld (Netherlands, vs against France in 2000).