After the opening whistle, the Netherlands pushed up their formation with the ambition to “preemptively attack” Türkiye in the first 20 minutes. However, the “Orange Storm”‘s attacks were not sharp enough to convert into goals, not to mention that the Turkish defense also played very focused.

By the middle of the first half, coach Vicenzo Montella and his team rose up strongly, and their perseverance was rewarded. In the 35th minute, Real Madrid star Arda Guler made his mark with a well-placed cross for Akaydin to head into the Dutch net to open the scoring.

Receiving a “cold shower”, coach Ronald Koeman made many changes in personnel and tactics to increase the Netherlands’ attacking power, and then the “Orange Storm” completely transformed in the second half. In the 70th minute, Depay crossed the ball for De Vrij to jump high and head the ball into the Turkish net.

Not stopping there, in the 76th minute, in an effort to stop Gakpo from finishing, defender Muldur accidentally scored an own goal, helping the Netherlands take the lead 2-1.

In the remaining time, the goalkeepers and defenses of both teams worked at full capacity to prevent dangerous attacks. As a result, there were no more goals, besides a red card for reserve striker Yildirim of the Turkish side.

The match ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of the Netherlands. This victory helped coach Koeman and his team enter the semi-finals of EURO 2024 to face England.