European Championship Qualifying
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Euro 2020 qualifiers: Turkey 2-0 France

Turkey
Kaan Ayhan's header was his third goal for his country

Turkey maintained their perfect start to Euro 2020 qualifying with a shock home victory over world champions France at the Torku Arena.

Kaan Ayhan opened the scoring after 30 minutes when he headed home.

Cengiz Under then doubled their lead just before half-time with a fine finish from just inside the area.

Turkey leapfrog France to top Group H having taken a maximum nine points from three Euro 2020 qualifiers, while France have two wins and a defeat.

The world champions sit in second, level with Iceland, with six points from their opening three qualifiers.

The hosts were the better side throughout and Ayhan's opener came after his centre-back partner Merih Demiral headed a deep free-kick back across goal for the Fortuna Dusseldorf defender to attack.

Their second second came after Dorukhan Tokoz capitalised on sloppy errors by Paul Pogba and Moussa Sissoko to slide in Roma's Under, who applied an emphatic finish.

France were poor for large periods and rarely threatened, though Antoine Griezmann did head wide a decent chance in the opening exchanges.

In fact, it was the first time in 10 years that Les Bleus have failed to have a shot on target.

For the hosts, Demiral headed wide late in the first half and Hugo Lloris did well to deny Burak Yilmaz and Mahmut Tekdemir in the second period.

France will look to bounce back from this disappointing result in Andorra on Tuesday while Turkey will attempt to make it four wins from four in Euro 2020 qualifying when they face Iceland in Reykjavik on the same day.

Line-ups

Turkey

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 12Günok
  • 2Çelik
  • 22Ayhan
  • 16DemiralBooked at 45mins
  • 3Kaldirim
  • 14TekdemirBooked at 39mins
  • 7ÜnderSubstituted forYaziciat 85'minutes
  • 5ToközSubstituted forÖmürat 90'minutes
  • 21KahveciSubstituted forTufanat 80'minutes
  • 9Karaman
  • 17Yilmaz

Substitutes

  • 1Bolat
  • 4Söyüncü
  • 6Tufan
  • 8Özyakup
  • 10Çalhanoglu
  • 11Yazici
  • 13Meras
  • 15Yalcin
  • 18Sangaré
  • 19Ömür
  • 20Türüç
  • 23Çakir

France

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Lloris
  • 2Pavard
  • 4Varane
  • 5UmtitiBooked at 45mins
  • 12DigneSubstituted forMendyat 45'minutes
  • 17Sissoko
  • 6Pogba
  • 10Mbappé
  • 7Griezmann
  • 14MatuidiSubstituted forComanat 45'minutesBooked at 86mins
  • 9GiroudSubstituted forBen Yedderat 72'minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Mendy
  • 8Lemar
  • 11Coman
  • 15Zouma
  • 16Areola
  • 18Dubois
  • 19Lenglet
  • 20Thauvin
  • 21Ndombélé
  • 22Ben Yedder
  • 23Maignan
Referee:
Damir Skomina
Attendance:
36,783

Match Stats

Home TeamTurkeyAway TeamFrance
Possession
Home37%
Away63%
Shots
Home11
Away4
Shots on Target
Home6
Away0
Corners
Home4
Away3
Fouls
Home10
Away16

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Turkey 2, France 0.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Turkey 2, France 0.

  3. Post update

    Offside, Turkey. Mehmet Zeki Çelik tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.

  4. Post update

    Foul by Kylian Mbappé (France).

  5. Post update

    Mahmut Tekdemir (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. Post update

    Offside, Turkey. Abdulkadir Omur tries a through ball, but Kenan Karaman is caught offside.

  7. Substitution

    Substitution, Turkey. Abdulkadir Omur replaces Dorukhan Tokoz.

  8. Post update

    Offside, France. Antoine Griezmann tries a through ball, but Moussa Sissoko is caught offside.

  9. Post update

    Samuel Umtiti (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. Post update

    Foul by Burak Yilmaz (Turkey).

  11. Booking

    Kingsley Coman (France) is shown the yellow card.

  12. Post update

    Kingsley Coman (France) has gone down, but that's a dive.

  13. Post update

    Attempt missed. Burak Yilmaz (Turkey) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kenan Karaman following a fast break.

  14. Substitution

    Substitution, Turkey. Yusuf Yazici replaces Cengiz Ünder.

  15. Post update

    Ferland Mendy (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  16. Post update

    Foul by Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Turkey).

  17. Post update

    Foul by Paul Pogba (France).

  18. Post update

    Fehmi Mert Günok (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  19. Substitution

    Substitution, Turkey. Ozan Tufan replaces Irfan Kahveci.

  20. Post update

    Wissam Ben Yedder (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Scores, Results & Fixtures

Saturday 8th June 2019

As It Stood

A

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1England220010196
2Czech Rep210126-43
3Kosovo20202202
4Bulgaria302134-12
5Montenegro302137-42

B

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Ukraine32107167
2Luxembourg31114404
3Portugal20201102
4Lithuania201123-11
5Serbia201116-51

C

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Northern Ireland33006249
2Germany22005236
3Netherlands21016333
4Estonia200214-30
5Belarus300318-70

D

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Republic of Ireland32103127
2Switzerland21105324
3Georgia31023303
4Denmark20204402
5Gibraltar200204-40

E

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Hungary32015416
2Croatia32015416
3Wales21012203
4Slovakia21012113
5Azerbaijan200225-30

F

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Spain33008269
2Sweden32108447
3Romania31117524
4Malta310226-43
5Norway302167-12
6Faroe Islands3003310-70

G

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Poland33004049
2Israel32108357
3North Macedonia31114314
4Austria310235-23
5Slovenia302123-12
6Latvia300318-70

H

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Turkey33008089
2France32018356
3Iceland320134-16
4Albania31023303
5Moldova310228-63
6Andorra300306-60

I

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Belgium33008179
2Football Union of Russia3201143116
3Scotland32014406
4Cyprus31026423
5Kazakhstan310237-43
6San Marino3003016-160

J

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Italy3300110119
2Finland32014226
3Greece311145-14
4Bos-Herze311145-14
5Armenia31024403
6Liechtenstein3003011-110
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