Holland will challenge a surprising Turkish team in the quarter-finals in Berlin for a place in the last four of EURO 2024. A meeting between two teams with totally different games.
Between a Dutch team that seems to have finally found its attacking momentum and a Turkish team that relies on its effectiveness on set pieces, this last quarter-final of EURO 2024 promises to be a great spectacle at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
Koeman has found the right formula
Dutch coach Ronald Koeman has racked his brains since the start of the competition to find his best attacking trident in his unchanging 4-3-3. Neither Simons (against Poland), nor Frimpong (against France), nor Malen (against Austria) convinced him on the right side of the attack. The exciting performance against Romania finally gave him some certainty about the trio Gakpo, Depay, Bergwijn. A more fluid ball circulation, well-felt passing combinations and a more lively and unpredictable forward play.
Criticized after a lackluster performance in the first round, the former Blaugrana coach should therefore return the same eleven against Turkey, trying to reproduce the same recipe as against Romania, or even better, as midfielder Jerdy Schouten hopes.Of course, every opponent has an influence on how we prepare. We can’t just copy and paste what we did against Romania. But the most important thing is that we look critically at the last game, even though it was a good performance. In terms of the way we play, pressing and building from the back, we have to do even better against Turkey.” Schouten assured. The only downside is that the many Dutch supporters who have accompanied their team since the start of the EURO will not be able to compete with the contingent of Turkish supporters at the Olympiastadion.
Turkey weakened
Vincenzo Montella’s men will need this extra support from their twelfth man, because the Turkish team will be facing the Netherlands much weakened. In addition to the absences of the two midfielders, Kokcu and Yuksek due to an accumulation of yellow cards, Turkey will be without their hero against Austria, Merih Demiral. The defender, who scored twice in the round of 16, was sanctioned for two matches by UEFA for a controversial gesture of a political nature. The task therefore looks tough for Hakan Calhanonglu’s partners, who will be back in the starting eleven after serving his suspension match.
The Inter Milan midfielder was also very ambitious yesterday in a press conference regarding his team’s chances of passing the Dutch cape.We hope to get another victory. That is our biggest dream. There is nothing we cannot achieve. Nothing is impossible. In fact, before the match against Austria, we said that we wanted to achieve [les quarts de finale] and that’s exactly what we did. We want to go into the field with the same mindset” he declared. His partners will nevertheless have to rely once again on a more defensive style with two very compact lines of four against the Dutch armada. A success in Berlin, and Turkey will be able to equal the fine performance of EURO 2008 where it reached the semi-finals.
The probable lineups of the two teams
The Netherlands team: Verbruggen (G) – Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké – Schouten, Reijnders , Simons – Gakpo, Depay, Bergwijn
Turkey Team: Günok (G) – Müldür, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu – Yokuşlu, Ayhan, Güler, Çalhanoglu – Yıldız, Yılmaz
Turpin on the whistle
French referee Clément Turpin will be in charge of the match between the Netherlands and Turkey, which will start at 9pm. The French referee will be in charge of his third match at the EURO after Germany-Scotland (5-0) and England-Slovenia (0-0).
What TV channel is Netherlands -Turkey broadcast on?
You will have two choices to watch this Netherlands-Turkey. This poster will be broadcast by TF1 and beIN Sports 1. The Qatari channel also broadcasts all the matches of Euro 2024.
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