A first minute goal and a stellar save in the final seconds helped send Turkey into the quarterfinals of Euro 2024.
Merih Demiral scored twice, including the opener after just 57 seconds, and goalkeeper Mert Günok pulled off one of the saves of the tournament deep into injury time as Turkey beat Austria 2-1 in the round of 16 on Tuesday.
“Our team spirit showed until the last minute,” Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella said.
Günok showed great reflexes and agility, diving to his right to palm away a close-range header from Christoph Baumgartner four minutes into added time.
That save set up a quarterfinal on Saturday against the Netherlands, a 3-0 winner over Romania. Montella said the Netherlands “fight like lions. We will gather our mental and physical strength and keep following our path.”
The other quarterfinal matchups: on Friday, Spain vs. Germany and Portugal vs. France; on Saturday, England vs. Switzerland.
Austria had 21 attempts compared with Turkey’s six, regularly testing Gunok.
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