Arda Güler’s beautiful left foot, his reference to Merih Demiral and a powerful save from Günok in added time have been sufficient for Turkey to defuse the philosophical and methodical Austria, who have been defeated 1-2 from a set piece, with two poisoned corners taken by the Actual Madrid participant completed by his teammate and which served to ship Vincenzo Montella’s group to a gathering with the Netherlands within the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
Turkey didn’t want rather more. That was virtually all they needed to do to beat a group that appeared destined to do one thing vital within the match. Or not less than that was what their coach, Ralf Rangnick, introduced the day earlier than, who guess on reaching the ultimate and even profitable it. He was not in need of arguments, his gamers often work like clockwork. Nevertheless, they didn’t depend on Güler, a unblocker along with his strike.
The beginning of the sport for the Ottomans was thunderous, nevertheless, pushed by 1000’s of explosive throats, simply what was wanted to dismantle Ralf Rangnick’s methodology that has been talked about a lot all through the Euros. In simply two minutes, the time it took Arda Güler to take a harmful nook, Turkey took the lead due to Demiral, who didn’t waste a useless ball that rolled by the realm to open the scoring.
Turkey’s aim was a blow to Austria, who’re used to taking part in with a algorithm worthy of a membership moderately than a nationwide group. The whole lot appears to have been studied to the millimetre by Rangnick, mentor of different compatriots who elevated his mannequin to the purpose of constructing it a champion (Hansi Flick, Thomas Tüchel and Jürgen Klopp) and accustomed to commanding with the ‘gegenpressen’, that’s, collective work and fast transitions which can be troublesome to use towards very closed groups.
And Vincenzo Montella’s males have been blessed with a present from heaven with Demiral’s aim. They locked themselves in on the again and made the ‘gegenpressen’ their very own. As quickly as they acquired the ball, they transitioned like devils ahead, with Arda Güler very impressed to interrupt strains with a single contact and Yildiz electrical within the overflow down the correct flank. Though they hardly tried once more within the first half with one other header from Demiral (additionally from a nook) and with a shot from the centre of the sector from Güler, they deactivated their opponent very properly organised in defence.
Austria solely responded seconds after Demiral scored, additionally with one other nook, from which the ball went over the road of the aim defended by Günok and was missed by Baumgartner by millimetres. That was all. For 1 / 4 of an hour, they did attempt to discover their approach across the Turkish half, however with out creativeness, however they achieved nothing. The incontestable 6-1 victory with which Austria ridiculed Turkey in a pleasant in March was removed from being repeated.
Rangnick reacted with fast adjustments after the break. Prass got here on at left-back, and he benched Austria’s most erratic participant within the first half and a shock within the line-up: Mwene. He additionally took Schmid off the pitch and introduced Gregoritch, a deeper participant, into midfield. He then started to wish for Laimer, Baumgartner and, above all, Sabitzer, who had fully disappeared, to seem.
Rangnick’s hand revived his group, who got here out in full pressure to try to equalise and got here near it with a one-on-one with Arnautovic that Günok defused along with his physique.
The Inter big squandered the chance to place the Central European group by and paid dearly for it, as Turkey wanted virtually nothing to attain with beautiful strikes from Güler and Demiral’s header. The pair linked once more with half an hour to go together with one other nook taken by the Actual Madrid participant which his teammate headed between the towers of the Austrian defence.
Virtually the whole stadium, with a Turkish majority and in addition a lot louder, thought that this was the top for Austria. However nothing could possibly be farther from the reality, as a result of 5 minutes later, and once more by a nook, they reacted by Gregoritsch.
Sabitzer flicked the ball on, Posch prolonged it on the close to submit and Gregoritsch headed it in to place Turkey again on observe, trapped and Austria prepared for the ultimate siege, which was unsuccessful as a result of Günok made the very best save of the Euros in added time. His hand, after a header from Baumgartner, was the hand of the whole stadium that jumped onto the pitch to embrace their goalkeeper on the last whistle.
