Italian coach Vincenzo Montella has taken Turkey to the EURO 2024 quarter-finals after taking revenge on Marko Arnautovic’s Austria with a brace from ex-Atalanta defender Merih Demiral.
They’ll face the Netherlands on Saturday night in Munich.
Inter midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu was suspended, together with defender Samet Akaydin, so Montella unleashed Juventus teenager Kenan Yildiz and Actual Madrid starlet Arda Guler. Austria topped their group forward of France and the Netherlands, with Inter striker Marko Arnautovic upfront and Bologna’s Stefan Posch in defence, however Patrick Wimmer sat out a ban.
There was rigidity round this match, as within the March warm-ups for the match Austria had crushed Turkey 6-1 in a pleasant, sparking requires Montella to be sacked.
It was an astonishing begin, as former Juventus, Sassuolo and Atalanta defender Merih Demiral opened the scoring after 57 seconds. The Austrian defending on the Arda Guler nook was completely chaotic, permitting Demiral to pounce from 4 yards.
TURKEY SCORE INSIDE 57 SECONDS 🇹🇷
What a begin to the sport 🤩#Euro2024 | #AUTTUR pic.twitter.com/4rNwKL4yyy
— ITV Soccer (@itvfootball) July 2, 2024
Christoph Baumgartner drilled inches large moments later and an Austrian nook bobbled throughout the face of objective, Demiral simply stopping Baumgartner from bundling over the road.
After the restart, Mert Gunok made a decisive save one-on-one with Arnautovic, however Turkey doubled their lead with Demiral’s glancing header from one other Arda Guler nook, the defender finishing his brace.
One other set piece objective for Turkey they usually may very well be heading to the quarter-finals 🇹🇷#Euro2024 | #AUTTUR pic.twitter.com/YtVVJmLD5c
— ITV Soccer (@itvfootball) July 2, 2024
Austria received again into it with a nook flicked on by Bologna defender Posch to the again submit, the place Michael Gregoritsch fired into the roof of the online, sparking a late siege.
Turkey held on beneath fixed strain and virtually received their very own objective too with a pair of failed Baris Alper Yilmaz counter-attacks, however on the 95th minute Mert Gunok made a merely astounding response save on Baumgartner from point-blank vary.
Austria got here desperately near equalising with seconds left on the clock but it surely was all too late 🫣#Euro2024 | #AUTTUR pic.twitter.com/WMB3jLPM0P
— ITV Soccer (@itvfootball) July 2, 2024
Austria 1-2 Turkey
Demiral 1, 59 (T), Gregoritsch 66 (A)
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