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Morning everyone. So, the quarter-final lineup is complete, with a couple of mild surprises – not many will have had Turkey as quarter-finalists, and after their underwhelming group-stage performances, Netherlands turning it on and winning so convincingly yesterday might also count as a mild head-turner. But these Euros’ best matches have all involved either Austria or Turkey so it was mercifully no surprise that their meeting last night was another cracker, featuring the save of the tournament, by Mert Gunok from Christoph Baumgartner in injury-time. The only regret surrounding it from a neutral perspective was that it denied us another half-hour of fun.
So now we’re looking ahead. We’ve got two days of twiddling our thumbs and trying to find other things to talk about before it all resumes with the big Spain v Germany set-to in Stuttgart on Friday.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2024/jul/03/euro-2024-quarter-final-buildup-begins-england-switzerland-germany-spain-turkey-netherlands-france-portugal
Author : Tom Davies
Publish date : 2024-07-03 08:05:14
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