Another day of excellent games at Euro 2024 saw the tournament lit up by a sensational game of football between Turkiye and Georgia, which the former won 3-1, headlined by a world-class goal from Real Madrid youngster Arda Guler.
Much-fancied Portugal also got their tournament off to a winning start with a 2-1 win against Czechia, thanks to Francisco Conceicao's late winner.
ESPN's By The Numbers brings you best stats from all the Euro 2024 action on June 18:
Turkiye 3-1 Georgia
1
Georgia scored the first-ever goal at the European Championships, thanks to Georges Mikautadze's strike that brought them level in this game.
2
With Arda Guler and Kenan Yildiz both starting, Turkiye became only the second team to having two teenagers start a game at the European Championships, after Hungary against Denmark in 1964 (Zoltán Varga and Ferenc Bene).
6
It was sixth time lucky for Turkiye at the European Championships, as they won their opening match of the tournament for the first time in six attempts. They'd lost their first game in all their five previous appearances at the competition.
36
There were 36 shots in this game (22 by Turkiye and 14 by Georgia) - the most so far in a single game at Euro 2024.
19Y, 114D
Arda Guler became the youngest Turkish player to score at a major tournament, with a sensational curling effort from 28 yards out.
19-year-old Arda Guler has broken Cristiano Ronaldo's record from 2004 to become the youngest player to ever score on their EURO debut ��
WHAT A TALENT �� pic.twitter.com/h0IUSektY7
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 18, 2024
Portugal 2-1 Czechia
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When he led Portugal out for this game, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to feature in six European Championships.
41Y, 113D
Pepe broke Hungarian goalkeeper Gábor Király's record (40 years, 86 days) as the oldest player to appear at the European Championships. Meanwhile, Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo became the two oldest outfield players to appear at the European Championships.
0
For the first time in Euro 2024, there were no goals scored in the first half of the match, but it wasn't for a lack of trying as Portugal created several openings without really testing Czechia's goalkeeper.
5
Cristiano Ronaldo has now gone five major tournament games without a goal for the second time in his career, having previously gone through such a streak between 2006 and 2008.
19
Goals for both teams in this game mean that 19 out of the 24 nations at Euro 2024 have scored a goal in their opening fixture - only Scotland, Croatia, Serbia, Belgium and Austria haven't found the net yet.
0/29
Cristiano Ronaldo has now taken 29 direct free-kick attempts at European Championships, and hasn't scored a single goal from them.
22/22
Cristiano Ronaldo completed all 22 of his passes vs Czechia. It's only the second time in 33 World Cup/UEFA EURO matches that Ronaldo completed 100% of his passes (min. 5 passes). He last did it in the 2010 World Cup vs North Korea, where he went 39-for-39 in a 7-0 win.
2
Francisco Conceição and his dad Sergio Conceição in 2000 are the second father-son duo to score EURO goals after Enrico Chiesa (1996) and Federico Chiesa (2020)
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)