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Netherlands and Turkey meet in the Quarter-Final at UEFA EURO 2024.
Netherlands and Turkey at a glance
When: Sunday 07 July (03:00 GMT+8 kick-off)
Where: Stuttgart Arena, Stuttgart
What: UEFA EURO 2024 Quarter-Final
What do you need to know?Having reached the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed teams following their 3-2 defeat against Austria, the Netherlands produced their best display of the finals to emphatically dispatch Romania 3-0 last time out and set Oranje fans dreaming of a repeat of their 1988 success in this competition. “We learned our lessons from the Austria game,” stated defender Denzel Dumfries. “We had a lot of conversations last week. I think we did very well, especially in the pressing and ball possession. We’re very proud because we came back from the Austria game.”
Turkey lost 3-0 against Portugal on Matchday 2 but now have back-to-back wins after seeing off Czech Republic 2-1 to reach the round of 16, then coming through a topsy-turvy contest against Austria by the same scoreline. “I’m very excited to play in Berlin in front of our supporters,” said midfielder Arda Güler, looking ahead to this game. “The Netherlands, of course, are very difficult opponents. But we believe in ourselves and want to go through to the next round too.”
If the round of 16 games involving these teams are anything to go by, plus the fact that the last two matches between these nations have produced a combined 13 goals, this one could be a thriller.
Possible line-ups
Netherlands: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Simons, Reijnders; Malen, Depay, Gakpo
Misses next match if booked: Dumfries, Malen, Schouten, Veerman
Turkey: Mert Günok; Mert Müldür, Samet Akaydin, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu; Okay Yokuşlu, Kaan Ayhan; Kenan Yıldız, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Barış Alper Yılmaz; Arda Güler
Suspended: Merih Demiral, Orkun Kökçü, İsmail Yüksek
Misses next match if booked: Kaan Ayhan, Uğurcan Çakır, Zeki Çelik, Arda Güler, Mert Günok, Mert Müldür, Salih Özcan, Kenan Yıldız
Route to the quarter-finals
Netherlands
Group D
2-1 vs Poland (Gakpo 29, Weghorst 83; Buksa 16)
0-0 vs France
2-3 vs Austria (Gakpo 47, Depay 75; Malen 6og, Schmid 59, Sabitzer 80)
Round of 16
3-0 vs Romania (Gakpo 20, Malen 83 90+3)
Turkey
Group F
3-1 vs Georgia (Mert Müldür 25, Arda Güler 65, Kerem Aktürkoğlu 90+7; Mikautadze 32)
0-3 vs Portugal (Bernardo Silva 21, Samet Akaydin 28og, Bruno Fernandes 56)
2-1 vs Czech Republic (Hakan Çalhanoğlu 51, Cenk Tosun 90+4; Souček 66)
Round of 16
2-1 vs Austria (Merih Demiral 1 59; Gregoritsch 66)
Expert predictions
Derek Brookman, Netherlands reporter
The Oranje responded magnificently to their 3-2 defeat by Austria, turning in their best performance of EURO 2024 so far in beating Romania 3-0. The increasingly prolific Cody Gakpo became the tournament’s joint-top scorer with his third in four matches, while Xavi Simons put in his best display yet for the national team. If the Dutch can maintain the aggression, rapid interplay, accurate passing and defensive solidity they demonstrated in Munich, Turkey are in for a torrid time.
Aydin Güvenir, Turkey reporter
After advancing from the group stage, Turkey withstood huge pressure to eliminate fancied Austria, their focus and mental strength (and a first-minute opening goal) proving crucial. Mert Günok’s last-minute save in Leipzig was one for the ages, and helped to put any memories of March’s 6-1 friendly loss to Austria aside. Turkey also lost 6-1 to the Netherlands three years ago, but if they can keep their heads, avenging that defeat is far from impossible.
Views from the camps
Ronald Koeman, Netherlands coach: “Sometimes it’s difficult to explain why you play badly in one game and why you reach a high level in another. [Against Romania] the start was hard, but we eventually found our game and caused them problems. Maybe one critical point was that it took too long to score the second goal. The final result is always the most important thing. We’re Dutch, though, and we have to play well. The whole performance [against Romania] was outstanding.”
Vincenzo Montella, Turkey coach: “The Netherlands are a very talented team like us so it will be a tough match. We are one of the teams with the least tournament experience, so we are all the happier to have come this far. I don’t believe in formations, but I do believe in tactics. We try to change from match to match according to our opponents.”