Real Madrid and Turkey midfielder Arda Guler has been in impressive form at Euro 2024, netting one of the goals of the tournament in the group stages. He was once again instrumental in Turkey’s progress against Austria, whipping in two fine corners for Merih Demiral to head home.
Guler, along with Marcel Sabitzer of Austria, saw objects rain down from the stands while he was taking the corners. After Demiral scored, he turned to the same fans lobbing objects at him and cupped his ear to the crowd.
"He doesn't mind giving it back"
Arda Guler and Marcel Sabitzer were unacceptably subject today to things being thrown from the crowd.#Euro2024 | #AUTTUR pic.twitter.com/fBoTFIoeH0
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 2, 2024
The 19-year-old shows no lack of bravery or willingness to back down in the face of a challenge, and it is not the first time that his spikey character has been on show.
Arda Guler vs Austria Euro last 16 pic.twitter.com/fVtwJcr8FD
— WolfRMFC (@WolfRMFC) July 2, 2024
During Turkey’s 2-1 victory over Czechia in their final group game, Guler nearly incited a brawl, laughing at the Czechia players following the final whistle, who had just been eliminated. He ended up picking up a yellow card for his trouble.
FT chaos and brawl at Czechia 1-2 Turkiye.
The brawl led to a red card for Tomas Chory and yellow cards for Tomas Soucek and Arda Guler.
Referee Istvan Kovacs gave out 18 cards in total at the match. Most cards given out in a single Euro game. #CZETURpic.twitter.com/xIlYRp1S8S
— Kyama (@ElijahKyama_) June 26, 2024