At Monday’s showdown at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the latest World Cup champions France dominated the goalless first half at home.<\/p>\n
The home team scored the opening goal in the 76th minute, with a header by Olivier Giroud from a corner kick.<\/p>\n
However, Turkey gave a quick response with its own header goal by Kaan Ayhan in the 82nd minute.<\/p>\n
Turkish players celebrated by making a soldier’s salute to dedicate their goal to the Turkish soldiers who are currently in Syria’s north for Operation Peace Spring.<\/p>\n
The celebration was not televised by French TV direction.<\/p>\n
Top two teams in each group will qualify directly for UEFA EURO 2020.<\/p>\n
Both Turkey and France have big chances to reach EURO final.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Turkey beat Albania 1-0 in the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifiers to top the Group H.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile France won against Iceland 1-0 in Friday’s away game to chase Turkey perseveringly in the group standings.<\/p>\n
Turkey won six games out of eight group matches to score 19 points.<\/p>\n
Sitting on the second spot, France also earned 19 points in eight matches.<\/p>\n
Iceland were on the third spot as they had 15 points.<\/p>\n
In June, Turkey defeated France for the first time ever in its history, 2-0, to lead the Group H.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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