With the showdown between Austria and Turkey on Tuesday night (2/7, 22:00) in Leipzig, the round of 16 of Euro 2024 comes to an end.
In one among the most ambiguous (if not the most ambiguous) – at least before the… center – “conflicts” of the specific phase. The winner of the pair will face his counterpart in the quarterfinals on Saturday (6/7, 10:00 p.m.) in Berlin. Romania-Netherlands (2/7, 19:00).
The match will be televised by ERT1 and radio by News Bulletin 247while there will be live updates from sport-fm.gr.
On the one hand, therefore, Austria. Out of the many pleasant surprises of this year’s event (together with Switzerland, the strongest small and medium teams). His team Ralph Rangnick on the one hand she has won sympathy with her performances, on the other hand she managed to finish first (6b.) in group (4th) with France (5b.) and Netherlands (4b., last Poland with one point). Although it started with a defeat (0-1) – with an own goal – against the “blues”, then it went 2/2, against Poland (1-3) and “Oranie” (2-3). In fact, in the last game, he conceded the equaliser, but – in addition to quality – he also showed character.
Most, is seeking qualification to the “8” for the first time in its history. There, where it is very likely to fall again on the Netherlands, having the recent sweet memory of the match between them.
On the other hand, Turkey. The entirety of it Vincenzo Modela ended at 2nd place of the 6th group, trailing in the draw with Portugal due to the 3-0 loss in the 2nd match. He had started with 3-1 against Georgia, to prevail in the final with 2-1 against the Czech Republic (in a very tough match with 18 cards in total, a Euro record, 16 yellows and two reds). A team with enough quality and youth, but also its fans to create a hot atmosphere in every match it has played in the tournament (after all, Germany is home to a large number of Turks).
Against Austria – against whom it is considered an outsider – it will claim its qualification to the quarter-finals of the tournament for the third time in its history. Her top distinction is 3rd place at Euro 2008.
In the competitive part now, the stopper continues to be out for Austria Trauner who was injured in the match against Poland, while the winger completed cards Wimmer. The left back is back in training, Philippe Mounetwho suffered from a virus in the previous days.
The absence of its leader is very important for Turkey, Hakan Tsalhanoglou, who was among the… many who turned yellow in the match against the Czech Republic. Except for the same reason and the until recently central defender of Panathinaikos, Samet Akaidinwhile on the contrary the stopper returns from his own punishment Bardaksi.
Possible compositions:
Austria (Ralf Rangnick): Penz – Poss, Weber, Linhart, Pras – Seewald, Grealich – Laimer, Baumgartner, Zabitzer – Arnautovic.
Turkey (Vincenzo Modela): Gunok – Muldur, Demiral, Bardaksi, Candioglu – Ozkan, Yiksek – Guler, Koksu, Yildiz – Yilmaz.
It should be noted that in the recent friendly between the two teams, last March, Austria had disbanded 6-1(!) Turkey in Vienna. Balanced, however, in general the story between them. In total 14 meetingsour neighboring country has seven wins against six of her opponent, while just one game ended in a draw.
The referee of the match will be the Portuguese Arthur Soares Diaswhile VAR his compatriot, Thiago Martins.
Source: Sport Fm
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