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Michael Gregoritsch sparks hope of Euro 2024 comeback (Reuters)

Turkey beat Austria 2-1 in a thrilling last-16 encounter to advance to a Euro 2024 quarter-final against the Netherlands.

Merih Demiral opened the scoring after less than a minute and netted again in the second half. Michael Gregoritsch was left free at the back post for Austria’s response after another corner in the 66th but neither team could add any more despite a flurry of chances in the rain.

It is the first time Turkey have reached the last eight of the competition since 2008.

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Euro 2024’s true dark horses step into the light as Turkey stun Austria to reach quarter-finals

Turkey were supposed to be Euro 2020’s dark horses. Maybe everyone whose predictions looked hideously bad when they crashed out with no points and a lone goal merely got the wrong tournament. Three years later they are quarter-finalists, with a plausible route to the final. If Austria were perhaps the best side of the group stages, Spain apart, they were swept out of Euro 2024 by Vincenzo Montella’s team, subjected to an assault on the eardrums from Turkey’s fervent support and caving in at corners.

If a player from the Saudi Pro-League was going to score twice in a Euro 2024 game, few had thought it would be Merih Demiral. The centre-back succeeded where Cristiano Ronaldo failed. In a sense, he did the Thuram double; like Lilian Thuram in 1998, an irregular scorer mustered a potentially career-defining brace. Demiral had two goals in 47 caps. He doubled that tally inside an hour of his 48th.

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Austria then equalised from another set piece:

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Turkey then added a second with this effort:

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Let’s look at all the big moments from the game. Starting with:

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Former England defender Matt Upson speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live:

“I cannot think of a better game I’ve seen. Drama, commitment. Wow, what a game.

“Baumgartner thought that was in the back of the net. He does everything right. Off that greasy surface, he’s done so well. It was Gordon Banks, identical.

“The Turkish fans are going crazy.”

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