The round of 16 pairings have already been defined, after a last day of the group stage in which Georgia achieved a historic qualification in its first European Championship after beating Portugal 2-0. Türkiye is also qualified after beating the Czech Republic 2-1.
Finally the round of 16 draw of the Euro 2024. The matches will now take a two-day break to resume on Saturday with the initial qualifiers. This is how the eighths look:
- Switzerland-Italy 6/29
- Germany-Denmark 6/29
- England-Slovakia 6/30
- Spain-Georgia 06/30
- France-Belgium 01/07
- Portugal-Slovenia 01/07
- Romania-Netherlands 02/07
- Austria-Türkiye 02/07
Georgia achieves historic classification
Georgia is in the round of 16 after winning by a surprising 2-0 to the Portugal of Cristiano Ronaldo in Group F, during the last day that closed the group stage on Wednesday night. The debutant Caucasian team needed victory to enter the knockout phase and scored their first goal at 93 seconds. Georges Mikautadze intercepted a poor pass and set up Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskelia to score with a low shot.
Later, Portuguese António Silva tripped Luka Lochoshvili inside the area. The referee blew the whistle penalty and Georges Mikautadze low-balled Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa in the 57th minute to make it 2-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo he threw a bottle of water when he was replaced in the 66th minute. Georgia’s victory also eliminated Hungary, third in Group A.
In the other match in Group F, Türkiye vention to the Czech Republic by 2-1 and also passed the round, while the Czechs were eliminated.
Cenk Tosun scored in the added time the goal that put Turkey into the round of 16 of Euro 2024 by beating the Czech Republic, which had 10 players, 2-1.
Czech captain Tomas Soucek equalized in the 66th minute to cancel out Hakan Calhanoglu’s opening goal, but it was not enough to keep his team in the tournament. The Czechs suffered expulsion of midfielder Antonin Barak in the 20th minute for a double warning.
The Czech Republic term last of Group F, behind Georgia, while Türkiye just second with six points. Portugal It also has six points, but it is first ahead of Türkiye by goal difference.
Group E: Romania finishes first, followed by Belgium and Slovakia, while Ukraine is out
In Group E, Romania and Slovakia they achieved a 1-1 draw which qualified both teams for the round of 16 of Euro 2024, with the Romanians in the lead ahead of Belgium.
During a thunderstorm and a torrential rain In the middle of the second half, both teams looked for the winning goal in a frenetic stretch of play, even though a tie suited them both.
Romania went first in the group, with Slovakia third, because Belgium, second, tied 0-0 with Ukraine, last, which is eliminated. Belgium will play against France in the round of 16.
Slovakia took the lead in the 24th minute with a powerful header from Ondrej Duda that slipped through the squad. Răzvan Marin tied it at 37 with a penalty awarded after a two-minute video review to decide whether Ianis Hagi had been tripped inside the area.
Romania will now play round of 16 for the first time since Euro 2000when Hagi’s father, Gheorghe, a national football icon, was the captain with the number 10 that his son now wears.
