Euro 2024 Preview Netherlands vs Türkiye: De Oranje Demanded to be Consistent

Netherlands vs Türkiye quarter-final preview Euro 2024 will be discussed in this article. The squad nicknamed De Oranje is required to be consistent in order to seal a place in the top four.

The match between the Netherlands and Turkey will take place at the Olympiastadion Berlin, Saturday (6/7/2024) evening local time, or Sunday (7/7/2024) early morning Indonesian time. Kick-off is scheduled for 02.00 WIB.

The Netherlands qualified from the group stage less convincingly, finishing third in Group D behind Austria and France. However, Dutch answered the critics with a convincing 3-0 win over Romania in the last 16.

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After his team’s impressive performance in the win over Romania, Ronald Koeman is likely to select a very similar line-up to the last 16, with Bart Verbruggen in goal and Virgil van Dijk leading the way at centre-back.

However, Steven Bergwijn was substituted at half-time through injury, so Jeremie Frimpong or Donyell Malen could partner Denzel Dumfries on the right wing. Two players who are certain to start up front are Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo – scorer of three goals in four Euro 2024 appearances so far – and Memphis Depay, who is just four goals shy of Robin van Persie’s all-time Oranje record (50).

Meanwhile, Turkey could welcome back captain Hakan Calhanoglu, but two other midfielders are suspended: Orkun Kokcu will miss the game against his homeland, and Ismail Yuksek is also out after picking up two yellow cards.

The 19-year-old duo of Kenan Yildiz and Arda Guler are among eight players at risk of missing a potential semi-final, but boss Vincenzo Montella will not be dwelling on such matters ahead of this crucial clash.

The Oranje (nickname of the Dutch National Team) are required to play consistently in order to secure a ticket to the semifinals. Because, if they are careless, Turkey, which has a myriad of talented players in the team that will advance to the last four of Euro 2024.

Predicted Lineups

Netherlands National Team: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake; Schouten, Reijnders; Depay

Türkiye National Team: Gunok; Muldur, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Ayhan, Yokuslu; Yildiz, Calhanoglu, Yilmaz; Guler

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