Turkey has recovered its two suspended players to face the Netherlands in the last of the Euro 2024 quarterfinals.
The Turks played well against one of the best players in the tournament, but they were lucky enough to win 2-1 and were saved thanks to one of goalkeeper Mert Gunok’s saves of the tournament.
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However, they emerged unscathed from the attack and will have to deal with the Dutch, who are without several key players.
Prior to the Austria match, 10 players were in danger of suspension after receiving yellow cards in their last hosting match against the Czech Republic and that number increases to 8 ahead of today’s match.
Orkun Kokcu and Ismail Yuksek were cautioned against quarter-final midfielder Austria.
Central defender Merih Demiral, who scored any of Turkey’s goals in the round of 16, will also miss the match due to suspension. UEFA gave him a two-match ban for his arguable one-goal birthday game against Austria.
Two players return from suspension to update their sanctioned teammates. Captain Hakan Calhanoglu and defender Samet Akaydin missed the match against Austria and are in the starting eleven to face the Netherlands.
Turkey XI: Gunok; Muldur, Akaydin, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Ozcán, Ayhan; Güler, Calhanoglu, Yildiz; Yılmaz
Suspensions: Kokcu, Yuksek, Demiral
Time and date: 8pm BST on Saturday 6 July 2024
Location: Berlin Olympic Stadium
TV and broadcast channel: ITV1, ITVX