A storm had been brewing all night and, right on full time, it erupted. Once it had cleared Turkey’s players bounced around in the centre circle, mimicked by the choirs encompassing them who somehow still had voices left. But first came the shower of bodies piling into each other near halfway, a brawl breaking out that gave the referee, Istvan Kovacs, plenty to do on top of what had already been an intimidating workload.
It took Vincenzo Montella to hotfoot across from the technical area and pull Arda Guler away as his prodigy, substituted earlier, piled into the fray.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/26/czech-republic-turkey-euro-2024-match-report
Author : Nick Ames at Volksparkstadion Hamburg
Publish date : 2024-06-26 21:08:20
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