Here’s today’s #TFAArchives content where Fintan O’Reilly dives deep into the archive of 15,000+ articles written over the years of Total Football Analysis

Arda Güler scored and produced a standout display for Türkiye versus Georgia — re-read our scout report from 2022 to discover what makes this now-19 y/o talent so impactful on the pitch.

Meanwhile, Georges Mikautadze got Georgia’s only goal of the 3-1 defeat against Türkiye in a game which allowed both teams to show off their attacking capabilities. Read all about Mikautadze and his game in our 2021 player analysis.

Cristiano Ronaldo was celebrating in jubilation with Francisco Conceição, a late substitute who scored Portugal’s stoppage-time winner versus Czechia. Learn all about the 21 y/o Porto talent via our scout report.

Croatia have a must-win clash with Albania for game two today. Spain did well to exploit some defensive weaknesses in their game, including the creation of isolations against centre-backs pulled out of the backline as we described in this pre-tournament preview. Will Albania successfully exploit this tendency today or will Croatia get the job done?

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