– It looked completely dead. Now it looks like that, exclaimed TV 2 commentator Øyvind Alsaker after Cody Gakpo cheered for 2-1 to the Netherlands. Then, in just a few minutes, things had turned from Turkish dominance, scoring and hitting the post to despair among the Turks. Because when Stefan de Vrij first put in 1-1 after 71 minutes, something happened. And four minutes later there was a wild atmosphere among Dutch players, managers and fans in the stands. – We see the pain in the Turkish faces, says Alsaker. Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP The Turks had every reason to despair when the final signal went. Because they did not give up against the Netherlands and had several huge chances to equalize completely in overtime of the match. But the ball wouldn’t go in. And the Netherlands has Bart Verbruggen to thank for that. – Fantastic rescue, says TV 2 expert Brede Hangeland. For Verbruggen, he held out with an absolutely decisive save two minutes into overtime. – I feel a little bad for the Turkish team. They have done everything, absolutely everything, they can to get to a semi-final, says news expert Bengt Eriksen. And after the intense match, he now has faith in the Netherlands in the fight for the EC title. – It could quickly become the Netherlands, because they have more to go on than today. I have the Netherlands as number one, France as number two, says news expert Bengt Eriksen. Photo: JAVIER SORIANO / AFP Dobbelabbe But it looked ugly for a long time for the Netherlands. And it was particularly bad when Turkey went up 1-0 in the first half. For the Dutch star Dumfries made a mistake, which for a long time seemed to send the Dutch out of the European Championship. – Dumfries must never let that ball bounce inside their own 16-metre area. He must take it before it bounces, was the clear verdict from news expert Bengt Eriksen. The only problem was that the Dutch star player realized the mistake too late. Because when he threw his arms out in frustration, he realized what had happened. He had screened the ball out in a controlled manner. The only problem was that he hadn’t realized that the ball had hit a Dutch player first. Eriksen was clear: the player clumsy in the defensive game. Dumfries’ mistake in the match between the Netherlands and Turkey led to scoring in favor of Turkey. See it here! And when the jubilation went up among Turkish fans after Samet Akaydin’s 1-0 goal from the corner afterwards, it was clear that Dumfries was once again central. Because when the Turks lined up to put the ball in the goal, Dumfries stood between the Turks and the goal. And he probably shouldn’t have stood there either. Photo: JAVIER SORIANO / AFP – Presumably it would have been offside if Dumfries had been further out, says TV 2 expert Simen Stamsø Møller about the goal. But the Netherlands had also lived dangerously for quite some time. And the team, which has received a lot of criticism in its home country for its EC performances, once again got pepper for the performance. – The Netherlands are rattled, said the former football star Chris Sutton on the BBC. Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP Stopped by police It was a hot prelude to the match from the Turkish side. In the stands, the banned Demiral saw his substitute head in 1-0 against the Netherlands. Demiral was banned for the wolf salute after being completely in the round of 16 And AFP reported before the match that a Turkish fan parade in Berlin was stopped by the police. The reason was that several supporters made political hand gestures. It is the so-called “wolf greeting”, which is a high-extreme movement. It was the same type of political marking that the Turkish player Merih Demiral was banned for two games for, after the round of 16. Published 06.07.2024, at 22.54 Updated 06.07.2024, at 23.06
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