Arda Guler – ‘Turkish Messi’, broke Ronaldo’s record after a superb goal against Georgia in the opening match of Group F of EURO 2024.
Real Madrid prodigy Arda Guler soon became a candidate for the title of Best Goal of EURO 2024 , when he scored a masterpiece with his left foot in the match against Turkey 3-1 Georgia.
Arda Guler became the youngest player to score in his EURO debut
Guler, who is considered the ‘Turkish Messi’, surpassed Ronaldo and became the youngest player to score in his EURO debut, at the age of 19 years and 114 days.
Previously, Ronaldo scored for Portugal in the match against Greece, at EURO 2004, when he was 19 years and 128 days old.
Arda Guler’s impressive debut made Real Madrid even more praised for being wise in bringing this young talent from Fenerbahce last summer for a cheap price of only 20 million euros.
Young star Conceicao only took 111 seconds after entering the field to score a great goal for Portugal
Former Wales defender Ashley Williams told BBC Sport: “ What an amazing talent. We talked about EURO 2024 being Guler’s chance to introduce himself and boy did it. Guler has shown his qualities… “.
EURO 2024 is considered a strong rise of young people, when Guler is just one on the list, when a few hours later, Conceicao of Portugal also spoke up in a spectacular way.
Specifically, just 111 seconds after being put on the field, the 21-year-old scored the decisive goal to bring Portugal a late 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic.
Florian Wirtz is the youngest player to score for Germany at EURO
Previously, a number of other young stars were named on the opening day of EURO 2024:
Jamal Musiala: The 21-year-old striker of Bayern Munich attracted attention in the opening match of Germany 5-1 Scotland, being described by former Arsenal player Ian Wrigh as the ‘new Kaka’.
Florian Wirtz : Another young German player mentioned after the home team’s crisp victory. The 21-year-old Bayer Leverkusen striker became the youngest player to score for Germany at EURO.
Musiala, Jude Bellingham and Guler all won Best Player of the Match on the opening day with their country’s team.
Lamine Yamal : The 16-year-old Barca player became the youngest player to play at EURO, playing impressively in the match Spain 3-0 Croatia, including 1 assist.
Jude Bellingham : The 20-year-old star had a successful first season with Real Madrid with a double title, and continued to prove his value in the England team with his only goal against Serbia, helping coach Southgate’s team take off. EURO 2024 is favorable. He is the first European player to appear in three major international tournaments before turning 21.