On day 9 of Euro 2024, Portugal qualified for the Round of 16, Georgia continued to entertain, and Belgium just about stayed alive in the competition.
Georges Mikautadze’s second goal of the tournament had Georgia dreaming, but they were denied a win by Patrick Schick’s equaliser, as both teams notched up their first point in the competition. Then Portugal won Group F with a convincing 3-0 win over Turkey, as Cristiano Ronaldo took centrestage and later Kevin De Bruyne inspired Belgium to bounce back with a 2-0 victory over Romania.
The tournament now heads into the final round of matches with the identities of only 3 of the 16 teams known at the moment. .
ESPN’s By The Numbers brings you best stats from all the Euro 2024 action on June 22:
Georgia 1-1 Czechia
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Giorgi Mamardashvili’s 11 saves in this game were the most in a single European Championship game since Ireland’s Shay Given had 11 vs Spain in the 2012 group stage (Spain won 4-0)
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Patrik Schick’s 6 goals in Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 combined are the most of any player in that span.
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Georges Mikautadze became the fifth player to score both his nation’s first and second goals in European Championships history, after Bulgaria’s Hristo Stoichkov, Hungary’s Ferenc Bene, Ukraine’s Andriy Shevchenko, West Germany’s Gerd Muller and the Soviet Union’s Valentin Ivanov.
Portugal 3-0 Turkiye
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Portugal have now won two group stage games at Euro 2024 – more than they won at Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 combined.
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s assist for Bruno Fernandes was his 8th in European Championships – making him the joint highest assist-maker, alongside Karel Poborsky. Ronaldo has scored more goals than anyone in European Championships.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored a goal in his last 6 EURO and World Cup games. This mark his longest scoreless streak in World Cup/EURO games ever, breaking a tie with another 5-game scoreless streak from the 2006 World Cup to EURO 2008.
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Bernardo Silva scored his first goal in major tournaments for Portugal, coming in his sixth Euros appearance, to go alongside
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Rafael Leao received his second yellow card of Euro 2024, with both of them for diving. He’s the only player on record (since 1980) to have multiple cards for simulation in the European Championship.
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Turkey suffered their 11th defeat in the group stages of the European Championship, with only Denmark (13) having more such losses in the history of the competition..
Belgium 0-0 Romania
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Youri Tielemans scored the 3rd fastest goal in EURO history in this game (73 seconds). We have now had 2 of the 3 fastest EURO goals scored at this very tournament.
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Romelu Lukaku’s 3 overturned goals by VAR at this year’s EURO are more than any single player has scored.
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Kevin De Bruyne has 7 goal contributions at the EUROs in his career, tied with Romelu Lukaku for most by a Belgian player all-time.
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)