Turkey v Wales, 16 June 2021

Score2-0 to Wales
Referee Artur Dias
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group A
VenueOlympic Stadium, Baku
Attendance19,762

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Kick-off: 8.00pm local (5.00pm BST) Attendance limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Assistant referees: Rui Tavares (POR) and Paulo Soares (POR) Fourth official: Bartosz Frankowski (POL) Video assistant referee: João Pinheiro (POR) This was match no. 13 of the pan-Europe Euro 2020 tournament. This was the first meeting since 20 August 1997. Turkey won the FIFA World Cup qualifier in Istanbul 6-4. Current manager Rob Page played in the team that remained as the only time that Wales had scored four or more goals in a game but lost.

0 Turkey

Manager: Şenol Güneş

2 Wales

Manager: Rob Page

Goals:

Goals:

Aaron Ramsey 42 G
Connor Roberts 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakir
Defender Cağlar Söyüncü
Defender Umut Meraş
Defender Zeki Çelik
Defender/Midfielder Kaan Ayhan
Defender/Midfielder Ozan Tufan
Midfielder Cengiz Ünder
Midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Midfielder Okay Yokuşlu
Forward Burak Yilmaz (captain)
Forward Kenan Karaman

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Chris Mepham
Defender Joe Rodon
Defender/Midfielder Ben Davies
Defender/Midfielder Connor Roberts
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Gareth Bale (captain)
Midfielder Joe Allen
Midfielder Joe Morrell
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Daniel James
Forward Kieffer Moore

Substitutions:

Merih Demiral for Okay Yokuşlu 46
Yusuf Yazici for Ozan Tufan 46
Mert Müldür for Umut Meraş 72
Halil Dervişoğlu for Kenan Karaman 75
Irfan Kahveci for Cengiz Ünder 83

Substitutions:

Ethan Ampadu for Joe Allen 73
Harry Wilson for Aaron Ramsey 85
Neco Williams for Daniel James 90

Cards:

Burak Yilmaz 90 Y
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 90 Y

Cards:

Ben Davies 90 Y
Chris Mepham 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Altay Bayindir
Goalkeeper Mert Günok
Defender Merih Demiral
Defender Mert Müldür
Defender Ozan Kabak
Midfielder Dorukhan Toköz
Midfielder Irfan Kahveci
Midfielder Orkun Kökçü
Midfielder Taylan Antalyali
Midfielder Yusuf Yazici
Midfielder/Forward Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Forward Halil Dervişoğlu

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Adam Davies
Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey
Defender Chris Gunter
Defender Tom Lockyer
Defender Rhys Norrington-Davies
Defender/Midfielder Ethan Ampadu
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder David Brooks
Midfielder Dylan Levitt
Midfielder Jonny Williams
Midfielder Harry Wilson
Forward Tyler Roberts

Comments:

Turkey qualified for this UEFA European Championship finals by finishing as runners-up to reigning FIFA World Cup holders France in Group H (23 points from ten games). They only conceded three goals in qualifying for Euro 2020; the best defensive record along with Belgium. Turkey had now won two and lost two of the five games they had played in neighbouring Baku.

Comments:

Only France (six) had now won more games at the UEFA European Championship finals of 2016 and 2020 than Wales (five). They had now failed to score in one of their eight games at UEFA European Championship finals; the 2-0 semi-final defeat against Portugal in 2016. Gareth Bale missed a penalty after 61 minutes. He had now failed to score in his last 13 games for Wales; his longest such run since 2010.