Ccondemned to suffering. This is how Vincenzo Montella’s Turkey seems to be in this Euro 2024 Championship. After an agonizing qualification to the round of 16, The Turks have made it to the quarterfinals with a save in the last minute of stoppage time by Mert Günok a Christoph Baumgartner.
The Besiktas goalkeeper completed a great game, which was rounded off with that final save that had all the Turkish fans in suspense. During the meeting, Günok made four stops and, according to SofaScore, His outstanding actions prevented 1.22 goals of the Austrians.
Accustomed to suffering, like in 2008
But this epic is not new for the Ottomans. Already in 2008, an edition in which they obtained the best classification in its history in a Euro Cupthose then led by Fatih Terim, they came back from 2-0in the last fifteen minutes to qualify for the quarterfinals. Furthermore, in the next round they managed to beat Croatia in the penalty shootout.
Finally, in that tournament this epic played against them in the semifinals. In that round, the Ottomans tied the match in the 86th minute, but in the 90th minute, a last goal from Lahm ended the Turkish dream.
It remains to be seen until what round this Ottoman claw will allow them to reach Vincenzo Montella’s team. At the moment, they have already reached the quarterfinals and They dream of being able to beat the Netherlands the Ronald Koeman.
