EURO Fantasy Matchday 2: Friday Goals, Assists and Player of the Match Awards
We continue our coverage of the summer tournament. Here our focus is on EURO 2024 Fantasy Matchday 2 as we cover all of Friday goals, assists and player of the match awards. We also highlight anything else of extreme significance.
Our EURO 2024 Fantasy Matchday 2 coverage could be invaluable for managers. Checking out goals, assists and player of the match awards from the previous matches could help with things like transfers, captaincy and chip strategy.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
Slovakia struck first in the 17th minute but a goal around the 54th to level it and a goal in the 80th meant Ukraine came away as 2-1 victors.
Ukraine midfielder Mykola Shaparenko (€5.5m) picked up a huge 14 points. Shaparenko had a part in both goals – scoring and assisting, helping him to collect the player of the match award. The second Ukraine goal came from veteran forward Roman Yaremchuk (€6m) who finished the game with four points.
Slovakia forward Ivan Schranz (€5.5m) scored his second goal of the competition to reach six points. Assisting him was midfielder Lukas Haraslin (€6.5m) who banked five points.
Popular Ukraine goalkeeper Andriy Lunin (€4.5m) failed to feature in the game to the disappointment of EURO Fantasy managers. Others who were un-used substitutes for Ukraine included defenders Yukhym Konoplia (€4.5m) and Vitaliy Mykolenko (€5m) and forward Viktor Vsygankov (€6m).
Poland 1-3 Austria
It was another disappointing game for Poland. Their 3-1 defeat to Austria meant they were the first team to be knocked out in the Group Stage.
Poland’ top earner was striker Krzysztof Piatek (€6m) who scored and collected six points.
The Austria win meant several of their players did well. One of the most successful assets was midfielder Christoph Baumgartner (€6.5m). Baumgartner scored his sides second goal and picked up player of the match to finish on 11 points. The other two goals came from striker Marko Arnautovic (€7m) who managed five points and defender Gernot Trauner (€4.5m) who hit eight points.
Creating one of those goals was midfielder Marcel Sabitzer (€6.5m) who earned the penalty. Sabitzer fell short of Baumgartner with just five points. The other assists came from defender Phillipp Mwene (€4.5m) who banked six points and midfielder Alexander Prass (€6m) who returned just four points.
France 0-0 Netherlands
On Friday evening we saw the first goalless draw of the competition.
Interestingly Netherlands started both defenders Denzel Dumfries (€5.5m) and Jeremie Frimpong (€5.5m) with the latter playing in right-wing. Both players failed to pick up an attacking return but still picked up a healthy six points. Joining his teammates amongst the points was captain and defender Virgil Van Dijk (€6m) who hit eight points due to ball recoveries.
The clean sheet also meant returns for the France backline. Defenders Jules Kounde (€5m) and Theo Hernandez (€5.5m) both finished the match on six points.
To the surprise of very few France midfielder N’Golo Kante (€6m) won the player of the match award which helped him take away a six-point return.
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