Euro-2024: de Vrij and Gakpo take Netherlands to the semi-final
The Netherlands became the only team to take third place in its group and reach the semi-finals of Euro 2024. At the same time, the “orange”, unlike their competitors, did without extra times, beating Turkey thanks to two late goals by de Vrij and Gakpo.
Euro 2024
Netherlands - Türkiye 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: Akaydin, 35 (0:1); de Vrij, 70 (1:1); Gakpo, 76 (2:1)
Netherlands: Verbruggen; Ake (van de Ven, 73); van Dijk; de Vrij; Dumfries; Reijnders (Veerman J., 73); Simons Xavi (Zirkzee, 87); Schouten; Depay (Frimpong J., 87); Bergwijn (Weghorst, 46); Gakpo
Bench: Bijlow; Flekken; Blind; Geertruida; de Ligt; Wijnaldum; Gravenberch R.; Brobbey; Malen
Yellow Cards: Simons Xavi 30; Ake 55; van Dijk 64
Türkiye: Günok; Ayhan (Kılıcsoy, 89); Akaydin (Çelik, 82); Bardakçı; Müldür (Tosun, 82); Güler A.; Özcan Sa. (Yokuşlu, 77); Çalhanoğlu; Kadioglu; Yildiz Kenan (Aktürkoglu, 77); Yılmaz B.
Bench: Bayındır; Çakir U.; Kaplan A.; Kahveci I.; Yazıcı; Akgün Y.; Özgür B.
Yellow Cards: Tosun 90