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Volkan against Galatasaray was always a beast. Tamed by Sneijder for 1 game though, 2 amazing goals by him, at that time Sneijder was also a different breed. I'll always remember Sabri pinching Volkan's nape LMAO it is so funny to this day
[this photo](https://imgur.com/a/NlzJyFs)
I was 10 years old back then. Whenever we played football on the community pitch, my friends and I would always pretend to play as the stars of that era. I would always choose Ronaldo, Klose, Schweinsteiger or Rooney. During and after the 2008 Euros my turkish friends would always choose Senturk. They worshipped him like a god.
Which game? I’m sorry you have it wrong, the 2008 EURO was canceled after group stage.
Shame too, we Croatians had a really good team, won the group with 9 points, beat Germany, etc.
Oh well…
Do you seriously like his football? Look at our wins. 2 wonder goals. 2 goals from corner kicks. Amazing saves from Mert.
Shit football against 10 men Czechia and barely winning it. Barely against 10 fucking men for 70 minutes.
That's all. The guy was lucky as fuck with shit tactics.
You can’t get this far with luck alone. He’s not perfect, but who do you want? Back to Fatih terim? Senol Gunes? It’s first time we’ve been in Knock-outs since 2008 ffs
Ragnick is known as one of the best OG tacticians in the history of the sport and completely changed the game with his game theory and influenced an entire generation of star coaches, and Montella completely outcoached him yesterday, wtf are you on lmao
I would not say outcoached. Any one that watched the game would tell you luck had a lot to do with it. A goalkeeping error, and a wonderful save on Gunok's part. Do not suddenly start calling Montella the Messiah after having called for his head as late as the 2nd group game so that the team could pull a "Ivory Coast"
it was very close, obviously, but I would say he outcoached Ragnick. Austria are great at pressing high and they bloom against teams who are actually willing to engage them. Turkeys (Montellas) decision to play a low 5-5-0 in the second half exploited their one weakness. This is pretty much a repeat of Galatasaray vs Copenhagen in the CL last season. GS are also playing a high gegenpressing style and we were totally helpless against them when they just parked the bus and scored from standards. Betting on Austria lacking the finesse of a Spain to crack a well fortified defense is smart.
I'm not calling him anything, I'm just saying he read Austria well, designed his strategy accordingly and shaped a team that was capable of following his game plan. That's a more than competent coach.
I think this Turkey team are honestly capable of anything. So exciting to watch. Austria gave the Netherlands a hard game, I really think Turkey may shock the Dutch
Yazabildiğim kadar Türkçeyle cevap yazmak istedim, kusura bakma ana dilim değil. Çok insan Avusturya şampiyon olacağını tahmin ediyordu, sizi destekliyorum bu kupada çünkü benim ülke İngiltere berbat oynuyor ve ülkenize hasta olan biriyim.
Aynı anda aklımda Avusturya’ya verdim maçı, aslında onların kupayı kazanacağını düşünüyordum. Ama bu maçdan sonra herşey olabilir. Tam bir şans olmasa sizin takımınız en azından seyircilerin favorileri mağlup edebiliyormuş. İzlenmek çok heyecanlı.
Hata yaptıysam özür dilerim :) bol şanslar arkadaş !!
I was going to say that they must have won some knockout games that time they went to the WC semis, but then my blind ass saw the "EC" part of the subject.
Kind of surprised that team didn't win a European knockout round with that "golden generation" team, that was a solid packing generation they had around 2002.
Amazing job for Turkey but that would have been way harder if it was Netherlands or France , crazy how Austria still got 1st seed in that death group . They are good but they are rival Turkey can beat
We call it Hindi in Turkish, and we call spices Baharat...which is what what their country is called in basically all Indian languages. I guess India should force us change the name of those things?
To name a bird after another similar bird? Not really. Both birds were named after the region.
The region of today's Türkiye, was named after the Turkik Empire of the 6th century. Not a bird.
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What a save at the end
That was incredible
They have never played a euro game that wasn’t competently mental.
2021 group stage... or do you count that
No because I’m on a high now just remincising over 2008 and today
That's a valid point
Lol
They were on the field but I wouldn't consider that "playing" tbf
We don't remember 2021, that never happened.
Don’t remind me.
The Italy game reminded me of that horrible Turkey game and now I see this shit
Having ptsd every time someone mentions 2008 in any context
The PTSD will never disappear
Thought you guys got over it after 3-0'ing us in 2012 playoffs?
And what a classic that was, 13 year old me became a Semih Senturk lifer that night
Volcan Demirel for me, cool name and looked like a gigachad
His name literally translates to Volcano Ironhand. It's impossible to not be badass with that name lol...
Literally an Icelandic Viking name.
Is he a fucking chaos dwarf?
Nah, Kurgan Chaos Lord like Asavar Kul
His nickname was bear lol. Dude was in center of all action in derbies like 10+ years (he was pretty good gk too)
Volkan against Galatasaray was always a beast. Tamed by Sneijder for 1 game though, 2 amazing goals by him, at that time Sneijder was also a different breed. I'll always remember Sabri pinching Volkan's nape LMAO it is so funny to this day [this photo](https://imgur.com/a/NlzJyFs)
how have I never seen this, this is fantastic 😂😂
I was 10 years old back then. Whenever we played football on the community pitch, my friends and I would always pretend to play as the stars of that era. I would always choose Ronaldo, Klose, Schweinsteiger or Rooney. During and after the 2008 Euros my turkish friends would always choose Senturk. They worshipped him like a god.
Even their game vs czech republic to get out of that group was nuts. Kahveci for 2-2 off of a petr cech drop then 3-2. Memories
I think they were ahead in all games combined for a grand total of like 10 minutes and still almost made the final
Even gave germany a go
Which game? I’m sorry you have it wrong, the 2008 EURO was canceled after group stage. Shame too, we Croatians had a really good team, won the group with 9 points, beat Germany, etc. Oh well…
I was hugging with absolute strangers screaming that night
Talk about a name I haven’t heard in a while
Pretty sure that match was when it was 0-0- all the way until Croatia scored in the 119th minute and then Turkey scored in the 120th. Was wild
I wish I was in Istanbul right now, can only imagine how mental it would be right now
Its the same vibes all over Germany too haha
Probably pretty tame compared to the big cities in Germany rn
i’m in izmir visiting it’s almost 1am and cars will not stop honking their horns
Turks moved to Germany for the EC, Istanbul is empty.
Fan zone in Berlin was mental enough. Can't imagine Istanbul rn
Crazy here
That win against Croatia in 2008 was in Vienna. There’s something about Austria that bring Türkiye luck lol
Oh yes Vienna. City that famously brings luck to Turkish.
Too soon
you win some, you lose some.
historically accurate
Almost had it that one time.
Even twice: 1529 and 1683.
Turkish fans 16/83
we would've won too if it weren't for those darn Poles
Montella masterclass Can we swap coach?
We want him gone so yes
We want him gone? Are you crazy?
Do you seriously like his football? Look at our wins. 2 wonder goals. 2 goals from corner kicks. Amazing saves from Mert. Shit football against 10 men Czechia and barely winning it. Barely against 10 fucking men for 70 minutes. That's all. The guy was lucky as fuck with shit tactics.
You can’t get this far with luck alone. He’s not perfect, but who do you want? Back to Fatih terim? Senol Gunes? It’s first time we’ve been in Knock-outs since 2008 ffs
Let’s get the Austrian guy here, his team preformed great
as a famous philosopher once said: finito giocare, resultante importante.
We? Who's we?
Ragnick is known as one of the best OG tacticians in the history of the sport and completely changed the game with his game theory and influenced an entire generation of star coaches, and Montella completely outcoached him yesterday, wtf are you on lmao
I would not say outcoached. Any one that watched the game would tell you luck had a lot to do with it. A goalkeeping error, and a wonderful save on Gunok's part. Do not suddenly start calling Montella the Messiah after having called for his head as late as the 2nd group game so that the team could pull a "Ivory Coast"
it was very close, obviously, but I would say he outcoached Ragnick. Austria are great at pressing high and they bloom against teams who are actually willing to engage them. Turkeys (Montellas) decision to play a low 5-5-0 in the second half exploited their one weakness. This is pretty much a repeat of Galatasaray vs Copenhagen in the CL last season. GS are also playing a high gegenpressing style and we were totally helpless against them when they just parked the bus and scored from standards. Betting on Austria lacking the finesse of a Spain to crack a well fortified defense is smart. I'm not calling him anything, I'm just saying he read Austria well, designed his strategy accordingly and shaped a team that was capable of following his game plan. That's a more than competent coach.
meanwhile, Austria's last knockout win at a major tournament was in 1954.
That's an even crazier stat!
After that game, no late equaliser versus Albania and Italy can't hurt me.
I’m supposed to support England but gul it ima Turkey supporter from now on
That photo is epic. If I was Turkish I'd hang that on my wall
So Merih Demiral was playing when we also lost to Netherlands 6-1 in 2021...You think he can do it again against dutch?
I think this Turkey team are honestly capable of anything. So exciting to watch. Austria gave the Netherlands a hard game, I really think Turkey may shock the Dutch
As a turkish, lets not overhype it by saying "capable of anything".
Yazabildiğim kadar Türkçeyle cevap yazmak istedim, kusura bakma ana dilim değil. Çok insan Avusturya şampiyon olacağını tahmin ediyordu, sizi destekliyorum bu kupada çünkü benim ülke İngiltere berbat oynuyor ve ülkenize hasta olan biriyim. Aynı anda aklımda Avusturya’ya verdim maçı, aslında onların kupayı kazanacağını düşünüyordum. Ama bu maçdan sonra herşey olabilir. Tam bir şans olmasa sizin takımınız en azından seyircilerin favorileri mağlup edebiliyormuş. İzlenmek çok heyecanlı. Hata yaptıysam özür dilerim :) bol şanslar arkadaş !!
Tesekkurler
Merih Demiral
No longer the fraudulent dark horses.
Now the question is, are the Netherlands hungry enough to eat the Dark Horse?
COME TO BESIKTAS 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Everyone is welcomed here
We either have total shitshow or banger tournament. There is no mediocricy.
Insane stat lol
Austria left it all out there, but man Turkiye still making runs at the end to try and ice it was wild. Amazing game all around. Great job Turkiye!!
I was going to say that they must have won some knockout games that time they went to the WC semis, but then my blind ass saw the "EC" part of the subject. Kind of surprised that team didn't win a European knockout round with that "golden generation" team, that was a solid packing generation they had around 2002.
Gegenpress that
Also first win in a knockout game in 16 years. What a game, what a team. Congratulations Turkey.
Shoulda changed their name years ago clearly
It is nearly 1 AM here in Köln and the honking is still going strong
swear there are no turks left in turkey
2008 and that Czech game and Nihat goal... Never forgetting.
Lol
As a Mexican, having seen my NT never reach a WC quarterfinal game, this is massive
Amazing job for Turkey but that would have been way harder if it was Netherlands or France , crazy how Austria still got 1st seed in that death group . They are good but they are rival Turkey can beat
Fuck off
As a Croatian reading that last sentence, it still hurts
Dark horses no more?
This Turkiye shit gotta stop. Why are they the only team called in their native language?
>on 31 May 2022, requesting that they use Türkiye. The UN agreed and implemented the name change Probably something to do with that
Skill issue
they changed the English name like last year I think
Turkey officially changed it’s name at UN to Türkiye
Why do english speakers butcher countries' names if they are capable of spelling them correctly.
Yeah, why is it always the İngilizce who butcher other countries names?
Because for some reason the Europeans gave us the name of an animal.
Literally the other way around. They named the bird after the country, because it resembled another bird, which originated in the same region.
Ok, still a dumbass reason don't you think?
We call it Hindi in Turkish, and we call spices Baharat...which is what what their country is called in basically all Indian languages. I guess India should force us change the name of those things?
To name a bird after another similar bird? Not really. Both birds were named after the region. The region of today's Türkiye, was named after the Turkik Empire of the 6th century. Not a bird.
Just in english, because its the same name as an animal and the dictator was getting fed up with it.
Its the only thing i ever supported erdogan for
love the anglophone salt.
It sounds so dumb
No idea
they don’t even belong to europe xddd
Georgia belongs tho right xddd
and theyre kicking europe's ass in the heart of europe. just like old times ;)