Austria v Turkey LIVE: Result and final score after miraculous late save seals Euro 2024 shock
Two goals by Merih Demiral ensured a surprise win for Turkey as Austria crashed out of Euro 2024
Turkey beat Austria 2-1 in a thrilling last-16 encounter to advance to a Euro 2024 quarter-final against the Netherlands.
Merih Demiral opened the scoring after less than a minute and netted again in the second half. Michael Gregoritsch was left free at the back post for Austria’s response after another corner in the 66th but neither team could add any more despite a flurry of chances in the rain.
It is the first time Turkey have reached the last eight of the competition since 2008.
Follow all the live arection from Austria v Turkey in the live blog below:
The night Cristiano Ronaldo’s ego almost sent Portugal crashing out of Euro 2024
The Cristiano Ronaldo show rumbled into Frankfurt, and it didn’t disappoint. Well, unless you are a selfie-hunting, “siuuuu” screaming fanboy that is.
Portugal progressing via penalty shootout success over Slovenia to book a quarter-final date with France will be billed as a Ronaldo redemption story, but after a night where he did his utmost to make an entire match about himself, the veteran superstar, in tears mid-match, frankly doesn’t deserve it.
Instead, Diogo Costa must embrace all the acclaim that should be coming his way, after three other-worldly saves in the shootout to send a below-par Portugal through.
The night Cristiano Ronaldo’s ego almost sent Portugal crashing out of Euro 2024
Portugal 0-0 Slovenia (3-0 pens): Diogo Costa was the hero of the night, making three saves in the penalty shootout after a self-absorbed Ronaldo missed a spot-kick in extra time
Cristiano Ronaldo is out of control and exposes Roberto Martinez’s familiar mistake
Roberto Martinez won an army of admirers for how he reintegrated Cristiano Ronaldo into his team following a woeful World Cup in Qatar.
But like many before him, Martinez has taken his eye off the ball and the megalomaniacal ego is now out of control, causing more harm than good to Portugal’s chances of a second European Championship crown.
Monday night in Frankfurt is when it hit home for Martinez. Bringing Ronaldo back in from the cold having been frozen out by predecessor Fernando Santos in Qatar for a comfortable, hassle-free Euro 2024 qualification campaign, Ronaldo pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes in the opening two group stage matches.
Ronaldo is out of control and exposes Martinez’s familiar mistake
Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty before achieving redemption in the penalty shoot out with the Selecao advancing to the last eight to face an out-of-form France side
Ronaldo hit ‘rock bottom’ after penalty miss
Taking a glance back at yesterday’s matches now and Cristiano Ronaldo says he hit ‘rock bottom’ after missing a penalty in extra-time which would have won the game for Portugal.
Instead Slovenia forced a penalty shootout where Ronaldo scored as his side triumphed 3-0 thanks to Diogo Costa’s heroics in goal.
“Even the strongest people have their [bad] days. I was at rock bottom when the team needed me the most,” said Ronaldo afterwards.
“Sadness at the start is joy at the end. That’s what football is. Moments, inexplicable moments. I feel sad and happy at the same time.
“But the important thing is to enjoy it. The team did an extraordinary job. We fought right to the end and I think we deserved it because we had more authority.”
Austria v Turkey predicted line-ups and latest odds
Here’s how we think the two teams will line-up tonight as they look to set up a quarter-final with either Romania or the Netherlands:
Austria XI: Pentz; Posch, Lienhart, Wober, Mwene; Seiwald, Grillitsch; Schmid, Sabitzer, Baumgartner; Arnautovic.
Turkey XI: Gunok; Muldur, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Yuksek, Yokuslu; Kahveci, Guler, Yildiz; Yilmaz.
And here you can see the latest odds for the match with Austria overwhelming favourites to win:
Austria win 4/5
Draw 2/1
Turkey win 11/4
Austria v Turkey early team news
Ralf Rangnick will be forced into an alteration with Patrick Wimmer serving a one-match suspension. Christoph Baumgartner could come into the side at the ground where he plays his club football.
Turkey, meanwhile, will be without skipper Hakan Calhanoglu and Samet Akaydin after each received a second yellow card of the tournament in their final group game. Abdulkerim Bardakci is back from his own ban, though.
How to watch Austria v Turkey
The round of 16 encounter is due to kick off at 8pm BST on Tuesday 2 July at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on ITV1, with coverage on the channel from 7pm BST. A live stream will be available via ITVX.
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Romania v Netherlands
We’ll bring you the latest Austria v Turkey updates, team news and more ahead of kick off at 8pm but before that Romania are taking on the Netherlands in Munich with that match getting underway in a few minutes time.
Live match updates for the penultimate last-16 tie can be found right here:
Romania v Netherlands LIVE: Euro 2024 team news, build up and updates from Munich
Follow all the live action as the Netherlands look to progress at Euro 2024 against Romania
Austria v Turkey
Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage and build up to the Euro 2024 last-16 match between Austria and Turkey in Leipzig.
Austria topped a group including France and the Netherlands, while Turkey scraped through with a last-minute winner in a chaotic match against the Czech Republic.
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