Austria v Turkey LIVE: Crew information and line-ups as Ralf Rangnick’s aspect chase quarter-final spot at Euro 2024

Austria midfielder, Nicolas Seiwald, stated: “It’s going to be a very cool recreation. After all the heart beat goes just a little quicker for what guarantees to be an intense recreation. It’s about sustaining composure to verify we’re in the proper mindset to make the proper choices.

“The followers have been distinctive. When you could have associates texting you saying ‘we’ve completed high of the group – that is the perfect day of my life’, then you’ll be able to’t assist however take some delight in that.”

Turkey defender Mert Muldur previewed tonight’s last-16 tie by saying: “After shedding 6-1 to Austria in March, we studied our opponents totally and realized invaluable classes. We wish to right our errors from that match, put in a fantastic efficiency and win the sport.

“Austria deservedly completed Group D in first place. Nevertheless, our workforce have extra proficient gamers in contrast with them. If we carry out effectively as a workforce, I consider we’ll end the match with an excellent outcome tomorrow.

“We count on a really decided, hardworking and aggressive opponent. We are going to take precautions for what they do each offensively and defensively. We’ve got an enormous squad and I consider those that play instead of the lacking gamers can even carry out effectively.”

Turkey boss Vincenzo Montella stated his aspect face a troublesome check towards a workforce who’re “maybe the perfect workforce as a unit”.

“They’re a workforce that presses very aggressively excessive up the pitch, very persistently and they’re wonderful in transition,” he stated,

“They remind me of a membership workforce as a result of they’re able to recognise all completely different match conditions.”

Turkey haven’t received any of their previous 4 aggressive matches (D3, L1) with out their captain Hakan Calhanolgu, who’s suspended for the sport. That run features a 2-1 defeat by the Faroe Islands.

Turkey have certified from the group stage of a European Championship for the third time. Their final look within the knockout section was in 2008 once they reached the semi-finals earlier than they had been crushed by Germany.

Ralf Rangnick has a win proportion of 60% as Austria boss having tasted victory in 15 of his 25 video games in cost. Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands are the one European nations with the next win proportion since Rangnick took cost in June 2022.

If this was presupposed to be the group of demise, nobody informed Austria. Ralf Rangnick’s endearing underdogs have reshaped the draw, and maybe the future, of Euro 2024 by topping it.

They beat Netherlands. Greater than that, although, they blitzed them; fearless and ferocious, Austria recovered from conceding two equalisers to sentence the Dutch to defeat courtesy of Marcel Sabitzer’s terrific end.

They head to Leipzig as group winners. Netherlands, their qualification already assured, nonetheless stumbled from first to 3rd on an eventful afternoon. It’s Gelsenkirchen for them.

Austria’s final victory within the knockout section of a significant match was a 3-1 win over Uruguay on the 1954 World Cup. They did win a second-round recreation towards Germany on the 1978 World Cup when the format concerned a second group stage.

That is the 18th assembly between Austria and Turkey however the first time they’ve confronted one another at a significant match. The groups met for the primary time in eight years in March the place Austria ran out 6-1 winners because of a Michael Gregoritsch hat-trick.

Ralf Rangnick makes 4 modifications to the Austria workforce that defeated the Netherlands of their remaining group recreation. Out go Max Wober, Alexander Prass, Florian Grillitsch and Patrick Wimmer with Kevin Danso, Konrad Laimer, Christoph Baumgartner and Phillip Mwene coming in.

For Turkey there are three modifications. Samet Akaydin, Salih Ozcan and Hakan Calhanoglu are changed with Abdulkerim Bardakci, Kaan Ayhan and Orkan Kokcu.