Date: Saturday 6th July, 2024
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Olympiastadion
Referee Clement Turpin (France)
Goal Scorer:
Netherlands
After his team's fluent performance in the win over Romania, Ronald Koeman is likely to select a very similar XI on Saturday night, with Bart Verbruggen in goal and Virgil van Dijk captaining the side from centre-back.
However, Steven Bergwijn was substituted at half time due to an injury and has since trained alone, so either Jeremie Frimpong or Donyell Malen - the latter of whom made a big impact after emerging from the bench - could link up with Denzel Dumfries on the right flank.
New Aston Villa signing Ian Maatsen, only a late call-up to the squad as injury cover, has been laid low by illness and did not travel with his teammates to Berlin; PSV midfielder Jerdy Schouten has overcome some muscular stiffness, though, and should be passed fit to play.
Two men sure to start up front are Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo - scorer of three goals in four Euro 2024 appearances so far - and Memphis Depay, who is just four strikes short of Robin van Persie's all-time Oranje record (50).
Across the 2022 World Cup and these Euros, the only European player with more goals to his name than Gakpo (six) is France captain Kylian Mbappe (nine).
Four men would misses the next match if booked: Dumfries, Malen, Schouten and Joey Veerman.
Netherlands possible starting lineup:
Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay
Turkiye
Meanwhile, Turkey can welcome back influential skipper Hakan Calhanoglu, but two more midfielders must now serve a suspension: Orkun Kokcu will miss out on playing against the country of his birth, and Ismail Yuksek is sidelined after receiving two bookings.
Furthermore, Tuesday's hero Merih Demiral has been been sanctioned by UEFA for controversially celebrating his second goal with a 'wolf salute', which is associated with Turkish right-wing extremist movement the 'Grey Wolves', receiving a two-game ban.
Just back from his own suspension, Fenerbahce defender Samet Akaydin should fill in for Demiral at the back, alongside Galatasaray's Abdulkerim Bardakci.
Discipline has been an issue for the Crescent-Stars this summer, as their tally of 18 yellow cards at Euro 2024 so far is second only to the Czech Republic's beaten finalists of 1996 in European Championship history. In fact, Turkish teams have now picked up at least two cards in each of their past 24 major tournament matches.
Notably, 19-year-old duo Kenan Yildiz and Arda Guler are among no fewer than eight men at risk of missing a potential semi-final, but boss Vincenzo Montella will not be mulling over such matters ahead of such a crucial contest.
Turkey possible starting lineup:
Gunok; Muldur, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Ayhan, Yokuslu; Yildiz, Calhanoglu, Yilmaz; Guler
Prediction: Netherlands 2-1 Turkey
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