Turkish U17 National Team beat Greece 3-1 in the opening group match of UEFA U17 European Championship organised in Liechtenstein.

The match was played in Eschen Mauren and played under heavy rain. Two goals were scored by captain Artun Akçakın and one from Okay Yokuşlu. Greece's Polycronasis was dismissed on 79th minute.

Captain Artun Akçakın who scored twice, said after the match "We know the next game is very important as well and we are not relaxing. We are going to play well - and we are going to win"

Turkey will be playing against Czech Republic on 21 May at 18.00. The venue will be Eschen Mauren Sportpark once again.

Stadium: Sportpark Eschen-Mauren
Referees:Christof Virant (Belgium), Angelo Boonman (Netherlands), Nikola Razic (Montenegro) 
Greece: Stefanos Kapino, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Konstantinos Rougkalas, Ioannis Polychronakis, Dimitrios Diamantakos, Christos Panagiotis Arianoutsos, Nikolaos Kousidis (Min 59 Christos Provatidis), Nikolaos Marinakis, Charalampos Mavrias (Min 73 Ioannis Gianniotas), Georgios Katidis, Konstantinos Stafylidis (Min 41 Fotios Kaimakamoudis).
Turkey: Muhammed Uysal, Erhan Kartal, Onur Yavuz, Metin Aydın, Oğuzhan Azğar, Servan Taştan, Taşkın Çalış, Artun Akçakin, Çağrı Tekin (Min. 80+2 Bilal Gülden), Okan Derici (Min 78 Rıdvan Armut), Okay Yokuşlu (Min 67 Recep Niyaz).
Goals: Dk. 62 (Pen) Dimitrios Diamantakos (Greece) Min. 16 Okay Yokuşlu, Min. 60 ve 80+3 (Pen) Artun Akçakın (Turkey).
Yellow Cards: Min 14 Panagiotis Arianoutsos, Min. 40+1 Charalampos Lykogiannis, Min 47 Ioannis Polychronakis (Greece), Min. 11 Taşkın Çalış (Turkey).
Red Card: Min. 79 Ioannis Polychronakis (Greece)

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