BERLIN, July 7 (Bernama-dpa) -- The Netherlands came from behind to defeat Turkey 2-1 in Berlin on Saturday and reach the Euro 2024 semi-finals.
This is the first time in 20 years that the Netherlands reach a semi-final of an European Championships and they will now face Euro 2020 runners-up England, said German news agency (dpa).
Turkey took a deserved lead in the 35th minute thanks to Samet Akaydin's header. But the Oranje reorganized themselves in the second half to complete their comeback within six minutes.
Stefan De Vrij equalised in the 70th before Mert Müldür's scored an own goal in the 76th. Turkey's late pressure led nowhere and Dutch goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen made a stunning save in stoppage time to secure the win.
It was basically a home game for Turkey as some 200,000 people with Turkish roots live in Berlin and their fans in the stadium were loud. But that was not enough to disturb the Dutch.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in attendance, while, during the national anthem, several groups of Turkish fans gave the controversial wolf salute, which is attributed, among other things, to a far-right extremist movement.
-- BERNAMA-dpa
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