Netherlands – Turkey

The favourite will win the match in regulation time

The second day of quarter-final matches at the continental championship will feature the teams from the lower half of the play-off grid, which looks less formidable than the upper half. Before the Dutch and Turkish players take to the pitch, they will know who the winner of their pair will face in the semi-final round. It will either be England or Switzerland. By and large, seeing the matchday opponents in Berlin at the current stage is not surprising. However, their tournament path has not been an easy one. The Netherlands started the group stage with a quick goal from Poland. After getting back into the game and squeezing their opponents in the end, the Oranje picked up the first and last three points in the group. The match with France was both sharp, but it was not a winner, while the Netherlands simply failed to win the game against the Austrians. Rangnick's team took the lead three times, allowing their opponents to get back into the game only twice. The final third place in the quartet, contrary to logic, did not lead the Netherlands to any formidable opponents. During the meeting with Romania, the Oranje never gave any doubts about their game advantage, scoring three unanswered goals. The Turkish team also fought their way into the play-offs. Even the opening round against Georgia was a hard-fought win for Montella's team, despite a 3-1 victory. In the course of the game, the Georgians got back on track and even had chances to take the lead. The second round was lost by the Turks to the Portuguese. Already in the first half the team gave the opponents two goals, one of which was comically scored into their own net. Having beaten the Czech Republic in the third match of the group, the Turkish team entered the play-offs against the winner of the quartet with the Netherlands - Austria. In the game with the Austrians, the Turks were more determined, which allowed them to get a hard-earned 2:1 victory. The last time the rivals crossed paths was in 2021, when they competed against each other for a World Cup berth. In the first meeting Turkey beat the Netherlands 4-2, but lost the second meeting to their rivals due to a 1:6 rout. The Netherlands have a higher class of performers and game cohesion, which should affect the result of the meeting. "Orange" will win the match in regulation time.