Türkiye triumph in five-goal thriller, defeating 10-man Latvia in EURO 2024 qualifiers

Türkiye triumph in five-goal thriller, defeating 10-man Latvia in EURO 2024 qualifiers

Türkiye tasted a 3-2 away win over 10-man Latvia in Group D in a UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying match Friday.

Türkiye scored the primary aim when Abdulkerim Bardakci hit in a header, assisted by Merih Demiral within the twenty third minute at Riga’s Skonto Stadions.

In the thirty ninth minute, Ferdi Kadioglu’s close-range end was dominated out by the video assistant referee (VAR) after his foul in opposition to defender Roberts Savalnieks.

Latvia equalized with a header from Eduards Emsis in minute 51, with Vladislavs Gutkovskis aiding.

The Turkish nationwide workforce took the lead once more when Cengiz Under powered a close-range end within the 61st minute, assisted by Orkun Kokcu.

Gutkovskis slotted the ball into the web for Latvia within the 72nd minute, however his aim was declared offside by the VAR.

The Latvian nationwide workforce had been all the way down to 10 males after Emsis obtained a second yellow card and was despatched off in minute 83.

Kristers Tobers leveled the match contained in the field in stoppage time (90+4).

However, a minute later, Irfan Can Kahveci scored the winner and the match led to favor of Türkiye.

In one other Group D match, Wales suffered a shocking 4-2 house defeat in opposition to Armenia at Cardiff City Stadium.

Türkiye are atop of the standings with six factors, adopted by Croatia and Wales with 4 factors every.

Group B:

Gibraltar – France: 0-3

Greece – Ireland: 2-1

Group C:

N. Macedonia – Ukraine: 2-3

Malta – England: 0-4

Group H:

Finland – Slovenia: 2-0

San Marino – Kazakhstan: 0-3

Denmark – Northern Ireland: 1-0

Group I:

Kosovo – Romania: 0-0

Andorra – Switzerland: 1-2

Belarus – Israel: 1-2

Source: www.anews.com.tr