Daily Archives: July 2, 2024

Austria 1 Turkey 2: Missiles fall, records tumble – and the save of the tournament?

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“This always promised to be one of the more frenetic nights at Euro 2024 — and Austria vs Turkey did not disappoint. A dramatic start. which saw Turkey take the lead inside a minute, relentless attacking, a miraculous late save and a feisty atmosphere — occasionally bubbling over into something more sinister — made for a compelling last-16 match. Ultimately, Turkey did enough to secure a quarter-final against the Netherlands in Berlin on Saturday night. Our experts debate the big talking points. …”
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NY Times/The Athletic: Euro 2024 day 19 – Turkey march into quarter-finals, Gakpo stars again, and who throws a shoe?

Romania 0 Netherlands 3: Stylish Dutch through to quarter-finals as Gakpo chases Golden Boot – The Briefing

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“The Netherlands are through to the quarter-finals at this summer’s European Championship after beating Romania 3-0 in Munich. Romania started the game on the front foot but Ronald Koeman’s side grew into the game and deservedly took the lead after 20 minutes via Cody Gakpo’s third goal of Euro 2024. The Dutch dominated the remainder of the half — particularly on the right flank — but Edward Iordanescu’s side, as they have throughout the tournament, retained a threat on the break. …”
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The USMNT’s six minutes of hope – and what it says about this team

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“For just over six minutes, it looked as though the United States would find its way into a Copa America quarterfinal. Gregg Berhalter’s side was coming off a shocking 2-1 defeat against Panama in Atlanta and it had lost the luxury of controlling its destiny to advance from Group C. Its final foe, Uruguay, had won its first two games and seldom showed a weakness to exploit against Panama and Bolivia. The hosts came out with a point to prove. In the opening 20 minutes, the United States pushed the tempo, orchestrated fluid attacking sequences and seldom afforded Uruguay similarly pretty passages of play. There was just one problem: they only refined all of that interplay into a single shot — a headed corner by left-back Antonee Robinson that was comfortably saved by goalkeeper Sergio Rochet. …”
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The secrets of Diogo Costa’s penalty heroics: Patience, explosiveness, going with your gut

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“As the game moved into its 120th minute, it was so obvious Portugal and Slovenia’s Euro 2024 last-16 meeting would end with one group of players sprinting towards their goalkeeper from the halfway line, arms aloft, hailing his heroics. And surely it was going to be the goalkeeper who had already saved one penalty and been his side’s last line of defence in a resolute but intelligent and skilful rearguard action. It had to be Jan Oblak, Slovenia’s captain and seven-time player of the year, right? …”
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France 1 Belgium 0: Are the French improving? Was De Bruyne wasted deep? What now for Belgium?

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“France are into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 — despite having mustered only a penalty and two own goals in four matches to reach the latter stages of the tournament. The substitute Randal Kolo Muani’s late shot took a wicked deflection off Jan Vertonghen to defeat Belgium in a dour contest in Dusseldorf as Didier Deschamps’ side forced passage rather unconvincingly into a last-eight tie against either Slovenia or Portugal. The centre-half’s own goal was the ninth of the finals to date. Daniel Taylor, Peter Rutzler and Mark Carey analyse the key talking points from Dusseldorf. …”
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NY Times/The Athletic: France still striving to coax the best from Antoine Griezmann