What to watch tonight in the European Cup: The top 8 will be released! The Netherlands wants to avoid 4 consecutive defeats, Austria and Turkey kick penalties?

Nian Zhou

2024-07-02 15:07Premier League commentator, Tencent Football Contributing Writer Creator in the field of sports

In the early morning of July 3, Beijing time, on the last match day of the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, the Netherlands vs. Romania, Austria vs. Turkey, the quarterfinals are about to be released, and there are many wonderful games to watch, not to be missed!

0 points: Romania vs Netherlands

1. This is the second meeting between the two teams in a major tournament, the first being in the group stage of Euro 2008, which the Netherlands won 2-0.

2. The two teams have met 14 times in all competitions in history, the Netherlands has 10 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss, and the last 4 games have been all wins, and the only loss was 0-1 in the European preliminary round in October 2007.

3. It was Romania's first major knockout game since Euro 2000, when they were knocked out by Italy.

4. Romania have only won one knockout game, beating Argentina 3-2 in the 1/8 final of the 1994 World Cup.

5. Marin scored 2 goals and is expected to become the third player in team history to score 3 goals in a single tournament and the first person in team history to score 3 goals in a single tournament.

6. The Netherlands want to avoid becoming only the second team in European Championship history to lose four consecutive knockout rounds since Yugoslavia in 2000.

7. The Netherlands only led 12 minutes and 27 seconds in the group stage, the fewest among the top 16 teams.

8. Gakpo is expected to become the sixth player in team history to score at least three goals in a single European Championship, the first five being Van Basten, Bergkamp, Kluivert, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wijnaldum.

3 points: Austria vs Turkey

1. This is the first meeting between the two teams in a major tournament, with the most recent meeting in all competitions coming in March this year, when Austria won 6-1 in a friendly match.

2. Austria have won 15 of their 25 games since Rangnick took charge, and only Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands have a higher win rate than them among European teams in the same period.

3. Austria has entered the knockout stage of a major tournament for the fourth time in its history, and it is also the first time that it has entered the knockout stage of two consecutive European Championships.

4. Turkey entered the knockout stage of the European Championship for the third time in its history, the last time was in 2008, and finally advanced to the semi-finals.

5. Turkey has never won in 120 minutes in the knockout rounds of the European Championships, having reached the semi-finals on penalties 16 years ago.

6. The average age of Turkey's starters is 26 years and 170 days, and only Ukraine's starters are younger in the top 24.

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