Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Group F - Turkey v Georgia - Dortmund BVB Stadion, Dortmund, Germany - June 18, 2024 Turkey's Arda Guler and Orkun Kokcu celebrate a goal that was later disallowed REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Georgia lost on their debut on the big stage but won soccer fans' hearts with a never-say-die display in a 3-1 defeat to Turkey in their Euro 2024 opener on Tuesday that could easily have finished in a draw for the underdogs.
In the dying seconds of arguably the tournament's most exciting match so far, Georgia struck a post and had their opponents pinned back, only to see Turkey substitute Kerem Akturkoglu break away, charge down the field and roll the ball into an empty net to guarantee the win.
