And here we are, only 8 teams left.
My picks for the winners of the quarter-finals:
Spain
Portugal
England
Turkey
ps, why do English portals spell Turkey as "Türkiye"?? What kind of nonsense is that?
Some countries changed their official names in later years and kindly asked everyone to use new one. If you check united nations its also Türkiye there.
Anyways Turkish national team performed very well in first half. Austria's game was pretty locked as Türkiye played with some central midfielders filling gaps of center backs.
In second half Austria used its energy. They played consistently good, deserved to score to be honest. But Turkish defence, even if it was struggling, performed rather good. Merih and Mert were really good in whole match.
We played an excellent defensive game. Both Merih, Mert, Müldür and Bardakçı were perfect. Let's especially talk about Ferdi Kadıoğlu, he broke the running record of the tournament by running 12.2 km. Moreover, he achieved this success in a 90-minute game, not 120 minutes. He plays as a left back, but he is the player who made the most key passes in the tournament. 4 amazing matches for Ferdi. I hope he shows a similar performance against the Netherlands, where he was born and raised. We are very lucky that he chose us and is in the Turkish National team. I hope Merih-Bardakçı will play in the Netherlands match too. They adapted very well.