Red goals contribute to victories

Representing their national teams, on Saturday, June 7, Aktürkoğlu, Amdouni and Pavlidis scored for Turkey, Switzerland, and Greece, respectively.

Pavlidis captained the Greek national team, which faced off against Slovenia at Pankritio Stadium. In Crete, in this friendly match, the Eagles' striker was at the origin of the opening goal: he shot at goal, the shot was saved by the rival goalkeeper, and the ball fell to Konstantelias, who opened the scoring in the 16th minute.

Very involved in the offensive plays, Pavlidis scored in the 66th minute with a shot inside the box, putting Greece in the lead, as Hancko had equalized in the 34th minute.

With the red striker no longer on the field (he was substituted in the 71st minute), Greece scored through Douvikas (88') and Hrncar (90'+2', own goal) to win 4-1.

Also in a friendly match, with Kökcü and Aktürkoğlu in the starting lineup, Turkey beat the United States 1-2 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford.

The host team took the lead through McGlynn in the opening minute, but the Turkish team equalized in the 24th minute through Arda Güler (24'), before Aktürkoğlu completed the comeback with a shot inside box in the 27th minute (1-2), sealing the result.

Kökcü was substituted in the 65th minute, while Aktürkoğlu left the field in the 84th minute.

Also in the United States, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Amdouni had an impact on the outcome when he came off the bench in the 62nd minute to score in the 64th minute in Switzerland's 4-2 victory over Mexico.

At BMO Field in Toronto, Trubin was among the starters for Ukraine, who were defeated by Canada 4-2 in another friendly. The goalkeeper was substituted in the 67th minute.

It should be noted that Bajrami was not used by Albania, who drew 0-0 with Serbia in Tirana in the third round of Group K qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.