Türkiye overcoming Austria is considered the most surprising result in the 1/8 round of Euro 2024.

Not many people believe that Türkiye can overcome Austria because in a friendly match last March, Austria defeated Türkiye 6-1. Furthermore, in the group stage, Austria showed great stability, defeating Poland 3-1 and the Netherlands 3-2 to take the top spot in Group D, ahead of France.

However, Türkiye found victory thanks to the brilliance of Arda Guler. In the first minute, the Real Madrid star took a very uncomfortable corner kick, causing the Austrian player to clear the ball and hit his teammate. Even though the Austrian goalkeeper was able to push away on the goal line, Merih Demiral was there to score a goal for Türkiye.

The early goal helped Türkiye play more confidently while Austria was unlucky, missing one chance after another. Statistics show that Austria controlled the ball 60% and had 21 shots while Türkiye only had 6. In particular, Austria’s expected number of goals was very high at 2.73 while Turkey’s was 0. eighty seven.

However, thanks to a tight defense and excellent goalkeeper Mert Gunok, Türkiye created a wall in front of the goal. Under terrible pressure from Austria, Türkiye suddenly scored a goal to increase the score to 2-0. In the 59th minute, it was still Guler who took the corner kick and defender Demiral joined the attack to score a double.

Austria shortened the score in the 67th minute thanks to Gregoritsch and helped the match become dramatic in the final minutes. However, goalkeeper Gunok had the best match of his career to deny Austria any chance, helping Türkiye secure a 2-1 victory and a ticket to the quarterfinals against the Netherlands.