2024-07-02 21:24:00
After Turkey’s Italian team defeated Austria 6-1 in a friendly match in March, Montella ensured that his players would not play with a deep-seated desire for “revenge.” However, they went one better on Tuesday to surprise one of the most attractive teams at the start of the World Cup, who finished first in Group D ahead of France.
It was the story of a corner kick in a very tight game with a lot of duels in between and both teams running endless runs from one end of the pitch to the other. The Austrian team received a heavy blow in the first minute: Baris Yilmaz received a corner kick and Arda Güler, a 19-year-old player from Real Madrid, was responsible for a shot very close to the cage. The Austrian defense was in disarray trying to clear the ball and the ball was passed to Merih Demiral but failed. The defender fish-lasered the ball into the net from close range and Turkish fans fired the first smoke bomb of the night, setting up one of the fastest goals of the European Cup (57 seconds).
Demiral scored twice from a corner kick
The situation is unusual for Austria, which has won 14 of its last 19 games and is hoping to reach the quarter-finals for the first time at the European Championships.
Ralf Rangnick’s men went into battle to equalize the score as soon as possible. Furthermore, they could have made it happen later on from a very similar corner kick, but the ball sailed over the goal line and teased Christoph Baumgartner. The Austrians were unable to create other great chances as the Turks were very focused and energetic.
After halftime, Austria increased the pressure and this time won most of the duels. They created more dangerous chances than they did in the first act, especially from Marko Arnautovic and goalkeeper Mert Gurnock (51e) and Laimer’s shot off the dribble was too soft (53e).
Then the Turks defeated the Austrians from behind a second time. In a corner there, also hit by Arda Güler, who was definitely inspired by this exercise and put it in Merih Demiral (59e)…we’re not going to change the winning formula.
Gunnock made a brilliant save at the end of the game
The Austrian had the advantage of reducing the deficit very quickly… again from a corner. Michael Gregorich, who entered the game earlier, didn’t hesitate to get the ball to the right spot (66e), in memory of the Turk who scored a hat-trick in the famous friendly match in March.
Turkish supporters began to hold their heads frequently, and the atmosphere became more tense. Austria pushed and pushed, but seemed clumsy, while Türkiye’s defense was heroic. In particular, goalkeeper Mert Gurnock blocked Baumgartner’s close-range header at the last minute. This great move was comparable to Englishman Gordon Banks’s header from Pele in the 1970 World Cup. The “save of the century” from the header.
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