DORTMUND, Germany, June 19, (AP): With Kylian Mbappe about to join a throng of attacking superstars at Real Madrid, Arda Guler faces an even tougher fight to break through at Europe’s top team.
The Turkey teenager might just succeed on the evidence of his explosive debut in international tournament soccer.

The 19-year-old Guler enhanced his reputation as one of Europe’s brightest young talents by curling home a brilliant second-half goal to help Turkey beat tournament debutant Georgia 3-1 in a European Championship thriller.

Guler brought a strong end to his first season at Real Madrid to the Euros by cutting in from the right and bending a fierce shot into the top corner in the 65th minute, regaining the lead for Turkey at 2-1 to become the youngest-ever debut scorer at the Euros - surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo from 2004.

Substitute Kerem Aktürkoğlu scored a breakaway goal in the final seconds of stoppage time for Turkey’s third, settling a back-and-forth Group F match in Dortmund which featured fan disorder before kickoff and was played in the most febrile and intense atmosphere.

This was a nation-stopping moment for Georgia, a South Caucasus country of 3.7 million people that is making its debut in an international tournament since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, amid protests and political turmoil back home.