Today, the quarter-finals of EURO-2024 will be concluded with the Netherlands-Turkiye match in Berlin.
Idman.biz reviews the competition history of the teams before the game.
The competition between the teams started in 1958 with a friendly match where Turkiye won 2:1. In total, the Dutch won 6 times and lost 4 times in 14 games. The ball difference is also in their favor - 21-14.
The teams will meet for the first time in the final stage of major tournaments. So far, official meetings have been held only in qualifying rounds. The Turks, who drew 1:1 on the road in the EURO-2016 qualifiers, disappointed the opponent at home with 3 unanswered goals.
Competitors have met 8 times in the qualifiers of the world championships. In the qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup, "oranges" won both games with a score of 3:1. Hakan Şukur scored the only goal in two games after 4 years. On the way to the 2014 World Cup, the Netherlands won both games with the same score - 2:0. The teams played a productive game in the qualifiers of the last world championship. The Turkish national team, which won 4:2 at home thanks to Burak Yılmaz's hat trick, suffered a heavy defeat 1:6 away. That match was the last meeting of the teams.
In 4 friendlies, the sides have 1 win and 2 goals each.
The game will start at 23:00.
Vugar Mammadov
Idman.biz
