He netted her Austria and sent her Turkey at “8” o Demiral!
With two goals from her experienced stopper Atalanta and thanks to a HUGE surgery by Gounock at the head of Baumgarder at 90’+5′ Modela’s team prevailed Austria’s 2-1 and advanced to the semi-finals where he will compete with Netherlands!
Terrible match in Leipzig with the Austrians missing chances and Demiral scoring the fastest goal ever scored in a Euro knockout (57 seconds) and become the first defender who score billion in such a big organization phase after the Lillian Thuram in 1998 who scored two goals against Croatia!
The match:
The match started with the best conditions for her Turkey. From Guler’s corner, the ball took a strange trajectory, with Austria’s defense not properly clearing the Demiral with projection to open the score by hitting it fastest Euro goal in a knockout.
THE Austria he was not deterred and seconds later looked for the immediate equaliser. In the 3′ The Baumgardner found himself outside the area from the right and launched a shot towards the opposite corner, however the ball did not do him any favors and ended up wide. In the 5′ Ragnik’s team missed a “carbon” chance with that of Austria’s goal.
Corner from the left with Zambiger executing and the ball passing parallel up the line, but Baumgardner was unable to push the ball into the net with the phase ending there thanks to a chase by Demiral, who on replay appears to have kicked experienced midfielder
Austria again in the foreground two minutes later with a new corner executed from the right and Lichnart sending the ball out with a header.
Turkey saw their opponent intensifying the pressure and tried without success to get out of their frames. In the 25th minute, Demiral sent the ball out with a header after a corner by Guler, while in the 27th minute, Arnautovic’s attempt to find Schmidt was unsuccessful.
The first half was balanced, but with Turkey going to the dressing room with the score at 1-0 in their favour.
Austria made two changes in the second half with Rangnik throwing Bras and Gregoric into the fray. These moves by the experienced technician helped his team to take steps on the field and warn in the 50′ with a header from the forward of Freiburg going wide.
A few seconds later Austria missed a huge chance to score. It was in the 51st minute when Posh with a terrific vertical-hole in the area found Arnautovic, he made the move and went one-on-one with Gounock who parried with his body.
And while everything seemed that sooner or later Austria would manage to find the equalizing goal, the facts of the match changed. Corner for Turkey with Guler executing and Demiral with a terrific jump and header… dynamite made it 2-0!
Austria’s response was immediate, after a corner from Zabitzer in the 66th minute, Danso headed the second post, where Gregorić reduced the score to 2-1 and added another dimension to the match!
From that point on the match became a rodeo as Austria continued to dominate possession and keep Turkey stuck in their own half. In 84′, Posh made a cross in the area, Gounok came out wrongly, catching… air, but Gregoric’s header went wide.
The siege in the Turkish frames continued, with Turkey finding spaces and losing a big moment in the 90’+4′ to clear the match. Yilmaz went up against and one-on-one with Pencs and after clearing Weber, he slotted home, with the Austria keeper reacting impressively.
In the very next phase came the moment when the lights flashed and Austria reached extra time. After a cross that was made in the area, Baumgarder made the jump, caught the header and Gounok with an unimaginable intervention kept the score at 2-1 and sent Turkey to the “8”!
MVP: Mehdi Demiral may have been the scorer for Turkey, but the one who actually gave his team the qualification was Mert Guenok with the huge intervention he made at 90’+5′ on Baumgarder’s header!
Austria (Ralf Rangnick): Penz, Muene (46′ Pras), Linhart (64′ Weber), Danso, Poss, Seewald, Leimer (64′ Grealich), Zabitcher, Schmidt (46′ Gregoric), Baumgardner, Arnautovic.
Turkey (Vincenzo Modela): Gounok, Muldur, Dimiral, Bardaksi, Candioglu, Yukcek (58′ Ozkan), Ayhan, Kocsu (83′ Kahveci), Yilmaz, Yildiz (78′ Yokuslu), Guler (78′ Akturkoglu)
Source: Sport Fm
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