Euro 2024 Daily | Turkey’s bangers-only policy lights up a rip-roaring occasion
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Let’s be real here: we didn’t really know what to expect from Turkey v Georgia. Hell, neither Turkey nor Georgia knew what to expect from Turkey v Georgia. The formers were infamously the hipster’s choice at the last Euros before delivering a total of zilch points and a goal difference of minus seven; the latter headed to Dortmund for their major tournament debut. Cue an under-the-table deal between the two sides to, regardless of the result, deliver a rip-roaring occasion under torrential rain that made the Westfalenstadion roof do a terrific impression of Old Trafford.
We have won three medals, England won one [more than] 50 years ago but they are a great team, we are not, we are always the dark horse. We are little but we are brave, we will fight and we have the evidence of thousands of [fans] in Berlin. We are a nation that is entitled to feel proud and our results show that we are better than our perception” – Zlatko Dalic uses England as a punchbag while defending his Croatia team against criticism after the humbling by Spain.
