twenty-one’
The Czech Republic continues to insist on the Georgia area, although now at a slightly slower pace than in previous minutes. However, their greatest insistence comes through lateral centers that, for now, are managing to defend well the Caucasian defense supported by Giorgi Mamardashvilli.
18′
Georgia has had a lot of difficulty in growing, which, until now, has only found an offensive response to Czech intimidation with spaces, and always being well defended by the team that is currently playing as a visitor. The team led by Willy Sagnol needs to make itself more noticeable with the Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ball, as well as for some ball to reach Georges Mikautadze near the area.
17′
Yellow card
Yellow card for Vladimír Coufal after hitting Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s foot when the Georgia star was in mid-dribble to escape the Czech player.
14′
Tomas Soucek missed the ball! Short combination on the left side of Vladimir Coufal with his West Ham teammate, who received inside the area with the possibility of turning and attempting a shot. However, at the moment of controlling and taking the touch to face the goal, he missed the ball, quickly getting lost along the baseline.
12′
Lukas Provod’s shot hits a defender and ends up bouncing into the hands of Giorgi Mamardashvilli. The Czech Republic midfielder wanted to try it again from afar, emulating the formula that gave him such a good result against Portugal, but this time he managed to get a defender between his goal.
10′
Zuriko Davitashvili falls into the area! Daniel Siebert was closely following the action, who finally chose not to signal any infraction in the play in which the Georgian attacker fell after the dispute for the ball with a Czech defender who ended up winning the game.
7′
The ball is passed in front of Georgia’s goal. The Czech Republic gained depth on the left wing thanks to the offensive projection of Vladimir Coufal, who put a cross with all the venom into the area that none of his teammates managed to finish nor clear the Caucasian defense to avoid the danger beforehand.
5′
The Georgian team seemed to have started better but, after two arrivals from the left lane, the Czech Republic had two almost consecutive chances and a subsequent long shot that forced the Georgia goalkeeper to once again stand as one of the most notable elements of the team. his team. Great entry by Giorgi Mamardashvilli in the match.
2′
DOUBLE STOP BY GIORGI MAMARDASHVILLI!! The Georgia goalkeeper was enormous to solve the double problem that arose for his team. The chance, which came after a hanging throw-in towards the penalty spot, came from a comb-over by a Czech footballer in the area towards the far post, where Adam Hlozek forced the goalkeeper into a feline reaction to avoid the goal. The rejection was found by Patrik Schick, who in his case had his hand raised to save his team.
The match starts at the Volksparkstadion! First ball of the match that puts into play, from the central circle, the team that is currently playing at home, Georgia.
The players are now taking the field! Leading the parade of footballers is the German referee Daniel Siebert accompanied by his team of assistants. Very soon he will get the ball rolling in the fiefdom in Hamburg! First, time for the hymns!
03. Since beating Switzerland in their opening match at EURO 2008, Czechia has lost seven of its last 12 EURO group matches (W3 D2). They have not lost their first two matches in a Euro Cup tournament since 2000 against the Netherlands and France.
02. Georgia lost its first match at Euro 2024 against Türkiye. Since the group stage was introduced, only two nations have lost their first match at the EURO but still qualified for the knockout stage, with Slovakia and Northern Ireland in 2016.
01. This is the first meeting between Georgia and Czechia in any competition. Czechia has won five of its last six games when facing a nation for the first time, although the exception was a 2-1 loss to Kosovo in its most recent such meeting in September 2019.
Now let’s go with some information about the meeting!
The person in charge of refereeing this match at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg will be Daniel Siebert (Germany). Assistants: Jan Seidel (Germany) and Rafael Foltyn (Germany). Fourth referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia). He will be supported in the VAR Room by referee Marco Fritz (Germany), AVAR for David Coote (England) and Pol van Boekel (Netherlands).
Czech Republic bench: Antonin Barak, Lukas Cerv, Tomas Chory, Mojmir Chytil, David Doudera, Vitezslav Jaros, Matej Jurasek, Matej Kovar, Jan Kuchta, Ondrej Lingr, Petr Sevcik, Pavel Sulc, Martin Vitik, Tomas Vlcek and David Zima.
The Czech coach moves with a line of three in attack, leaving three players out of the lineup compared to the match against Portugal. These are the cases of Jan Kuchta, David Doudera and Pavel Sulc, sacrificed to make way for David Jurasek, Václav Cerny and Adam Hlozek today.
Ivan Hasek changes his proposal for this match, introducing a formation with greater offensive progression and with three more attacking relays (3-4-3): Jindrich Stanek – Ladislav Krejcí, Robin Hranác, Tomás Holes – David Jurásek, Tomás Soucek, Lukás Provod, Vladimír Coufal – Adam Hlozek, Václav Cerny and Patrik Schick.
Georgia bench: Sandro Altunashvili, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Giorgi Gocholeishvili, Luka Gugeshashvili, Giorgi Gvelesiani, Otar Kiteishvili, Nika Kvekveskiri, Giorgi Kvilitaia, Saba Lobjanidze, Luka Lochoshvili, Giorgi Loria, Levan Shengelia, Gabriel Sigua, Jemal Tabidze and Budu Zivzivadze .
Just one change by the French coach who opts to leave out Watford midfielder Giorgi Chakvetadze. In his place, the attacker Zuriko Davitashvili, from Girondins de Bordeaux, appears in the eleven, who this season has scored 8 goals with the French team in Ligue 2, where he has been a regular starter.
Willy Sagnol slightly modifies his eleven for the duel on the second day, where it remains to be seen if the entry of Zuriko Davitashvili breaks out with a line of three in attack (5-2-3): Giorgi Mamardashvili – Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Lasha Dvali, Guram Kashia, Solomon Kverkvelia, Otar Kakabadze – Anzor Mekvabishvili, Giorgi Kochorashvili – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Zuriko Davitashvili and Georges Mikautadze.
We now have the lineups for both teams!
The Czech team led by Ivan Hasek opted for a very defensive approach in their approach against the Portuguese, playing with compact lines through which to suture the passing lines towards attacking players with a lot of mobility and with people with great vision behind them. However, and although the plan began to work out well for Czechia, resisting the challenge during the first half and taking the lead a few minutes into the second with a great goal from outside the area by Lukas Provod, they did not have the strength to resist, conceding a defeat that Now it forces them to win their duel against Georgia.
For its part, the Czech Republic made Portugal work hard to beat them. In fact, and when everything seemed doomed to a tie greatly worked by the Central Europeans, the numerous changes introduced by Roberto Martínez in the final moments of the match gave results, with Francisco Conceicao who would take all the photos when he confirmed the 2nd in stoppage time. -1 definitive in favor of the Portuguese, who thus managed to certify the comeback and allow the game, which they started losing, to fall on their side.
However, since fortune did not align with Georgia’s aspirations, their first victory in the competition is still waiting to be framed with golden threads and being able to do so against the Czech Republic would be a huge step for them, since The three points under their belt would not only confirm their first victory, but also the possibility of sneaking into the next round, doubling their success. But, to achieve this, they will continue to need the contribution of their ‘9’, Georges Mikautadze, who already managed to score against Turkey and who will try to replicate his performance against the Czechs, where they are also looking for the brilliance of a Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who has not yet dazzled with the focus given to the team’s great star.
Georgia was close to surprising in its debut in a Euro Cup, fighting on equal terms with a Turkey that ended up taking advantage of the stripes of experience and quality, highlighted in a very young Arda Güler as a shining star, to finally knock down the Caucasus team (3- 1). However, the Georgian team showed itself to be a brave team, fearless on the big stage before which they were appearing for the first time in their history, and showing signs of wanting to compete and surprise. In fact, they almost equalized before the final blow, with an own shot from the Turkish defense that crashed against the post and came close to changing the direction of the match.
Good luck to all of you! Welcome to this match on the second day of the group stage of Euro 2024 in Germany! Without points in their locker after the first round of matches for both Georgia and the Czech Republic, who will play in this clash practically all of their chances of continuing in the competition. A victory for one of them, in addition to allowing them to continue in the fight even for first place, would allow them to opt for second or, at least, get enough points to be able to place themselves as one of the best third places in the competition, therefore that both blocks are aware of the importance of this all-or-nothing match.
