The pride of having passed the group stage, the dream of repeating the exploits of the team that came one step away from glory. Turkey is enjoying the passage of the round and plans big, as he said Merih Demiral at the end of the match won against the Czech Republic: “It was a very tough match, but we showed our character. I’m proud of my teammates”, said the former Atalanta defender to the official UEFA channels.
“We want to continue on our path with confidence, we hope we can get as far as possible in this tournament and have a great run, like the 2008 team did.” In that edition, played in Austria and Switzerland, Turkey lost 3-2 in the semi-final against Germany, with Lahm’s goal in the 90th minute being the decisive factor.
The match scoreboard:
Czech Republic (3-4-1-2): Stanek (55′ Kovar); Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Coufal, Soucek, Provod, D. Jurasek (81′ M. Jurasek); Barak; Chytil (55′ Kuchta), Hlozek (55′ Chory). All.: Hasek
Türkiye (4-2-3-1): Gunok; Muldur, Akaydin, Demiral, Dakioglu; Ozcan (46′ Ayhan), Yüksek; Guler (76′ Tosun), Calhanoglu (87′ Kokcu), Yildiz (76′ Akturkoglu); Yilmaz. All.: Montella
Referee: Kovacs
Scorers: 51′ Calhanoglu (T), 66′ Soucek (R), 94′ Tosun (T)
Booked: Ozcan (T), Schick (R), Yildiz (T), Yuksek (T), Gunok (T), Calhanoglu (T), Cakir (T), Muldur (T), Jaros (R), Cerv (R ), Akaydin (T), Kokcu (T)
Expelled: Barak, Chory (R)