Türkiye beat Austria 2-1 and returned to the quarterfinals of the Euro Cup Thanks to two goals with the ball stopped, the first by Merih Demiral after a minute conditioned the game and the second left the tie in their favor, the Austrian team reacted, but it was not enough to achieve a historic classification.
Austria ended its best participation in a Euro with a bittersweet taste, advanced for the first time as leader of its group and faced a tie with a team of the same level, but from the first minute it was at a disadvantage after a corner kick.
Demiral appeared in the small area to send a rebound into the nets after a close charge by Arda Güler from the right point, a blow that left the ‘Wonder Team’ semi-knocked out, who reacted until after the break and knocked on Mert Günok’s door without achieve the tie.
The defender increased the lead on a corner in the 59th minute and celebrated his first double in the tournament. Austria reacted and maintained hope thanks to Michael Gregoritsch in the 66th minute after an assist from Stefan Posch.
The ‘Wonder Team’ went all out in search of a tie and died looking for the goal that would lead to extra time, but Turkey defended the score and Günok made the save of the tournament at 90+3 to seal the ticket to the quarterfinals of the Euro Cup third time in its history and first since 2008.
