After playing a strong match during the victory over Georgia (3-1), Samet Akaydin this time weighed heavily on Turkey during the Group F match against Portugal. The team was already late to a goal scored by Bernardo Silva, but the choice of Vincenzo Montella made the task more complicated. In the 28th minute, Joao Cancelo tried to throw Cristiano Ronaldo deep, but the pass missed. A safe situation for Turkey, but Akydin misses a back pass to goalkeeper Altay Binder. However, the Manchester United goalkeeper was off the field and therefore could not intercept the pass. Thus, the ball continued its journey into the net despite the return of Zeki Celik. If there are many own goals in this competition, the goal scored by Akidin will remain in the memory for a long time.
Thanks to this goal, which can be described as the most likely in the competition, Portugal is close to qualifying for the round of 16 of the competition. If they want to turn the situation around, and hope to qualify for the final stages, the Turks will have to achieve something remarkable.
Players Mert Muldur and Arda Güler, who scored the goals against Georgia, started the match on the bench, while Kerem Akturkoglu occupies a starting place, just as captain Hakan Calhanoglu is struggling to spark a revolution for the Turks.
