Euro 2024, Austria-Türkiye at 9pm, Rangnick’s team starts as favourite

At the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, the last eighth finals of Euro 2024, Austria and Turkey will take to the field at 9 pm, two of the national teams that have passed the group stage without needing to be re-introduced. The remnants of Italy will take to the field, from Montella, the Turkish coach, to Arnautovic, who plays in Serie A for Inter.

Ralf Rangnick’s Austria came in second in Group D, surprisingly finishing ahead of both France and Holland: the 3-1 victory against the Oranje on the last day was decisive. The path of the Türkiye by Vincenzo Montellawho, thanks to the 2-1 in the last round against the Czech Republic, finished at the top together with Portugal, but were penalised by the unfavourable direct clash against Ronaldo & Co.

The Austrians They pulled off a coup by beating Holland in the last match of the group and earning first place with 6 points out of 9: a team that appeared to be growing greatly and above all aware of its own strength, capable of managing the moments of the match in its favor and placing the winning thrust at the opponents’ best moment.
For the Turks a qualification achieved with a hard-fought victory over a Czech Republic that was down to 10 men for over 70 minutes of play. The most anticipated player, Calhanoglu, finally scored, breaking the deadlock with a finely crafted goal at the start of the second half. However, Calhanoglu will be missing against Austria due to suspension. The winner of Austria-Turkey will challenge the winner of Romania-Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

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Rangnick’s statements:

I said at the start of the tournament that it is not impossible to reach the final, or even become European champions, but there is only one way to do it: focus on the next match and put everything into it, technique, intensity and heart. I said at the start of the tournament that it is not impossible to reach the final, or even become European champions, but there is only one way to do it: focus on the next match and put everything into it, technique, intensity and heart. This philosophy has helped us get to Leipzig today and this is the only way to progress in the tournament”. Austria coach Ralf Rangnick is making far from proclamations on the eve of the Euro 2024 round of 16 against Turkey, despite being aware of having a solid team and also equipped with excellent individuals.
In the pre-match press conference, the German who coached for a long time in Leipzig also focused on the emotional aspect as well as the technical one: “Turkey is a team that will play with maximum passion, also with a large following of fans, so we will need maximum energy to support our way of playing – said Rangnick – which is not only that of individual quality but also of the collective, of transitions, intensity and passes.
This philosophy has helped us get to Leipzig today and this is the only way to progress in the tournament.” Austria coach Ralf Rangnick is making no proclamations on the eve of the Euro 2024 round of 16 against Turkey, despite being aware of having a solid team with some excellent individual players.
In the pre-match press conference, the German who coached for a long time in Leipzig also focused on the emotional aspect as well as the technical one: “Turkey is a team that will play with maximum passion, also with a large following of fans, so we will need maximum energy to support our way of playing – said Rangnick – which is not only that of individual quality but also of the collective, of transitions, intensity and passes.

Montella’s statements:

“We lost the last friendly against Austria, even heavily. (0-6 in March, ed.), It’s a different game and on another levelis an eighth. We We respect Austria a lot, we know their strengths. Maybe they are the strongest team in some aspects, in ball recovery, offensive aggression and transitions but we have our cards and we will play to our strengths”. A Türkiye that has not achieved these results for a long time: can the emotional factor move? “Habit is important, we have some young guyswe are one of the few teams that started with two 2005s in the last match, we are young but Sometimes youth makes you more carefree. Sometimes it’s better than having experience”.

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