Austria vs. Turkey final score: Euro 2024 result as Demiral double gives Montella's men thrilling last-16 win

Merih Demiral was Turkey’s unlikely double goalscoring hero before Austria hit back to leave a pulsating Euro 2024 last-16 tie poised at 2-1.

After a round largely dominated by cagey, tense affairs, two of the group stage’s most entertaining sides squared off and instantly opted to fight fire with fire.

Austria had already raided into the Turkey box before conceding the corner from which Arder Guler’s skimming delivery caused havoc and Demiral slammed into the roof of the net. It was the second-fastest goal in Euros history and the quickest ever in the knockout stages.

Christoph Baumgartner fired wide as Ralf Rangnick’s side went in search of an instant response. Turkey then struggled to deal with a couple of corners themselves before Guler tried to score form the halfway line. It had already turned into that kind of night.

Austria piled on pressure early in the second period but Guler and Demiral combined from another set-piece before the hour to give them breathing space.

If that had extinguished thoughts of a 6-1 friendly defeat to Austria in March, substitute Michael Gregoritsch — the hat-trick hero from that night — reducing the arrears threw everything back into flux.

The winners will face the Netherlands in Berlin on Saturday after Ronald Koeman's men beat Romania 3-0.

The Sporting News is following Austria vs. Turkey live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.

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Austria vs. Turkey live score

Venue: Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)

Lineups:

Austria (4-2-3-1, right to left): 13. Pentz (GK) — 5. Posch, 15. Lienhart (2. Wober) , 4. Danso, 16. Mwene ( 8. Prass ) — 6. Seiwald, 9. Sabitzer — 20. Laimer (10. Grillitsch ), 19. Baumgartner, 18. Schmid (11. Gregoritsch) — 7. Arnautovic.

Turkey (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Gunok (GK) — 18. Muldur, 3. Demiral, 14. Bardakci, 20. Kadioglu — 16. Yuksek (15. Ozcan) , 22. Ayhan — 21. Yilmaz, 6. Kokcu (17. Kahveci ), 19. Yildiz ( 7. Akturkoglu ) — 8. Guler ( 5. Yokuslu ).

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Austria vs. Turkey live updates, highlights from Euro 2024

Fulltime

TURKEY HAVE DONE IT! Heroes everywhere for Montella's side. Demiral scored both from a couple of corners and marshalled his defence impeccably. Guler is a future superstar and Gunok's save at the death... my word.

Austria, as they have all tournament, played with an irresistible verve but ran into a team who would not be denied. Turkey play the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Thanks for joining us!

90+5 mins : GUNOK WITH THE SAVE OF THE TOURNAMENT! How has he managed that? Baumgartner heads into the turf, it bounces up and Gunok turns it behind Pentz up for the corner.

90+4 mins : Now Yilmaz breaks free, looking to seal it. Fantastic save from Pentz. Austria need it down the other end quickly.

90+3 mins : This is mad, it feels like both teams have 20 players on the pitch.

90+1 mins : Four minutes to be added on. It feels like Turkey will spend most of it in their box. Yokuslu volleys a clearance into orbit.

89 mins : A frantic passage as Turkey break, Austria counter that, Baumgartner goes down wanting a free-kick and there's another break as Yilmaz blasts over on the angle. Got all that?

86 mins : Sabitzer's latest out-swinging corner. Baumgartner backpedals away from goal and heads over.

84 mins : Turkey are getting pushed so deep. Moves like substituting Guler don't seem to have helped. Posch swings a cross in, Gunok comes flying out towards Baumgartner and they survive this time.

81 mins : Much better from Sabitzer in open play. The ball skids to the back post and a clearance is frantically cracked into Baumgartner. Kokcu is down in some disarray with a hamstring injury. That's probably his night done.

79 mins : In comes Sabitzer's next effort and he can't beat the first man.

78 mins : Unfortunate scenes here as Sabitzer has apparently been hit by a cup thrown from the crowd. The Turkey players plead with their fans to behave. The corner is cleared behind.

77 mins : Sabitzer swings a teasing ball towards Arnautovic and Bardakci gets there to divert the ball behind. Turkey making two changes before defending a corner. Eeeeek!

75 mins : Case in point and Grillitsch pings a shot from distance that Gunok holds. Demiral howls at his fellow defenders to push out.

72 mins : Driving rain now and cross after cross being drilled towards the Turkey box. Not to jinx him, but Gunok is having a quietly accomplished night in goal.

66 mins: GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Michael Gregoritsch!!!!

Game on! Posch flicks on a right-wing corner and Gregoritsch has peeled into oceans of space to finish. Is anyone going to bother defending corners properly? That's honestly more of a question than a complaint.

64 mins : Double change for Austria as Rangnick chucks on Wober and Grillitsch for Leinhart and Laimer. They need something to happen soon.

59 mins : GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Merih Demiral!!!!

Turkey double their advantage and it's the same combination as at the start of the match. Guler, pelted with beer cups as he prepares to take the corner, swings in a beauty of a delivery. Demiral gets up to head home. Austria need something special now.

57 mins : The best way to break a spell of sustained pressure is, of course, to have your left-back charge into the opposition area and fire off a shot. Kadioglu does just that and Pentz saves.

55 mins : Gunok springs from his line and does enough to save well from Arnautovic. Austria knocking at the door.

53 mins : Laimer on a mazy run through midfield. It takes him into the Turkey box but he loses his footing on the wet turf and shoots wide.

50 mins : Turkey have had to soak up a fair bit of pressure. Gregoritsch has added some fresh dynamism to the Austria attack but Demiral and co. are holding out well so far.

Kickoff: 2nd Half

We're back underway. Rangnick has made a double change. Prass replaces Mwene, with Schmid making way for Gregoritsch, who scored a hat-trick against Turkey in March.

Halftime

Ooohhh, Baumgartner stabs just wide and Turkey's lead remains intact at the break. It would have taken brave person to suggest a 1-0 scoreline after Demiral scored inside a minute and both sides went at each other hell for leather. As the pace finally slowed, it seemed to suit Turkey and their 45 minutes away from the quarters.

42 mins : Yuksek goes flailing after Baumgartner. That's a foul and a yellow card. He'll miss the quarters if Turkey go through.

36 mins : Sabitzer the man trying to make things happen, skips down the left and Demiral thumps his cross away.

32 mins : Sabitzer cuts inside and has a shot blocked. Apart from their initial frenzied rally after going behind, Austria have struggled to cause their opponents too much trouble.

26 mins : Yilmaz off and into a bundling dribble. Still going and scattering Austria defenders. His delivery is too high for Yildiz.

24 mins : Austria half clear but Turkey win a corner off Baumgartner. Guler trots over to the flank where he created the opener. It's cleared behind. Another great delivery and Demiral heads over.

23 mins : Scruffy few minutes from Austria and Posch bundles Yildiz over. Decent crossing position on the left for Turkey. Or Guler might shoot?

19 mins : Turkey break, Guler has options ahead of him but sees Pentz off his line. He goes for it, from the halfway line. It's wide, it's a silly idea but that's just the vibe tonight. Why not go with it?

14 mins : Guler twisting and turning in the right channel after Turkey get through the Austria press. It's a teasing delivery and Danso gets there in front of his goalkeeper to hack away. Fire is being fought with fire over and over. This is fantastic.

12 mins : Sabitzer's free-kick spins off the wall and behind for a corner. The delivery is deep, back it goes to Schmid, whose low cross is booted clear.

11 mins : Kokcu brings down the dangerous Baumgartner and gets a booking. He'll miss the quarterfinal if Turkey get through. Not the last time you'll hear that hypothetical tonight.

8 mins : Pentz fires a pass with far too much heat on it at Mwene. It's a Turkey throw deep in Austrian territory that they can't make the most of.

7 mins : Off we go again with another Austria corner. Nope, no one's bothering to defend these tonight. Leinhart gets up and puts a free header over.

5 mins : Oh my word, Austria almost level! Sabitzer's corner skids through everyone, Baumgartner can't convert at the far post, with which he collides. He'll need some treatment.

3 mins : Austria look to hit straight back and Baumgartner fizzes a drive narrowly wide. This is already more entertaining than both yesterday's games.

1 min : GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Merih Demiral!!!!

What a start! Austria make an unsightly mess of trying to deal with Guler's corner and Demiral slams into the roof of the net.

Kickoff: 1st Half

We're away. Gunok has to come straight out to claim a through ball, then Turkeyt fly up the other end to win a corner. Hold onto your hats.

4 mins before kickoff : The teams are out and it's anthems time at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig - a venue that knows Rangnick's tactical stylings very well.

15 mins before kickoff : Pre-tournament friendlies don't tend to count for much once we get down to the serious business of knockout football. However, it feels like we can make a slight exception here. In the March international break, Austria hammered Turkey 6-1 om Wein. Michael Gregoritsch scored a hat-trick that night and is only on the bench here. Nothing to worry about then, lads...

30 mins before kickoff : Austria are favourites tonight having impressed with their high-octane style. But if they reach the quarterfinals, they are unlikely to do so completely unscathed. Ralf Rangnick's side have a remarkable eight players on a yellow card . If any of them are booked tonight they will be banned for the weekend meeting with the Netherlands in Berlin if they get there.

50 mins before kickoff : It's hard to see beyond this one being a thriller given what these teams have thrown up so far. There's understandably a lot of talk around the lavishly gifted Real Madrid youngster Arda Guler and he's joined by another teenager in the Turkey attack tonight, Juventus' Kenan Yildiz.

1 hr 5 mins before kickoff : A late double from Donyell Malen has given the Netherlands a resounding 3-0 victory. Malen put through his own goal as Austria beat the Oranje 3-2 in their final group game. Can Ralf Rangnick's men get the win here to set up a rematch?

1 hr 30 mins before kickoff : The winners of this game tonight will take on the victors from the ongoing quarterfinal in Munich. The Netherlands lead Romania with 20 minutes remaining. It's 1-0 thanks to Cody Gakpo's first half goal but the Dutch are well on top and have missed a string of chances during the second half. Will they live to regret it?

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2 hours before kickoff: If there's one thing Austria can't be accused of doing at Euro 2024, it's parking the bus. Can Ralf Rangnick's team produce another stirring performance against Turkey, or will Real Madrid's Arda Guler drive his team to the quarterfinals?

Austria vs. Turkey kickoff time

This Euro 2024 knockout match kicks off from Red Bull Arena on July 2 at 9:00 p.m. local time in Germany.

Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:

Austria vs. Turkey lineups, team news, starting 11

Austria head coach Rangnick will be forced into at least one change from the starting 11 that faced the Netherlands, as Wolfsburg winger Patrick Wimmer is suspended. Konrad Laimer comes in to replace the 23-year-old.

Marcel Sabitzer has so far run the show for Austria and he and Christoph Baumgartner will seek to supply veteran striker Marko Arnautovic .

Austria (4-2-3-1, right to left) 13. Pentz (GK) — 5. Posch, 15. Lienhart, 4. Danso, 8. Mwene — 6. Seiwald, 9. Sabitzer — 20. Laimer, 19. Baumgartner, 18. Schmid— 7. Arnautovic.

Austria subs (max 15): Lindner (GK), Hedl (GK), Wober, Prass, Grillitsch, Gregoritsch, Querfeld, Kainz, Daniliuc, Seidl, Weimann, Entrup, Grull.

Vincenzo Montella will have to reshuffle two starting positions as captain Hakan Calhanoglu and Samet Akaydin are suspended after being shown their second yellow cards of the tournament against Czechia. Orkun Kokcu and Abdulkerim Bardakci are the men to come in.

Arda Guler may only be 19 years old but he has been vital to Turkey in the way they build attacks and he's combined well with Baris Alper Yilmaz . Another teenager, Juventus' Kenan Yildiz adds more verve to an exciting forward line.

Turkey (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Gunok (GK) — 18. Muldur, 3. Demiral, 14. Bardakci, 20. Kadioglu — 16. Yuksek, 22. Ayhan — 21. Yilmaz, 6. Kokcu, 19. Yildiz — 8. Guler.

Turkey subs (max 15): Bayindir (GK), Cakir (GK), Celik, Yokuslu, Akturkoglu, Tosun, Yazici, Kaplan, Ozcan, Kahveci, Kilicsoy, Akgun, Yildirim.

Austria vs. Turkey live stream, TV channel

Here's how to watch this Euro 2024 match across selected areas of the world's major regions:

USA: Austria vs. Turkey from Red Bull Arena will be televised in the United States on FOX, with a Spanish-language broadcast via viX. Both channels are available to stream on Fubo with the latter offering a FREE seven-day trial.

UK: Tuesday's match will be shown in the UK on ITV platforms.

Canada: Euro matches can be seen in Canada on TSN's respective TV channel and live streaming services.

Australia: Australia's sole broadcaster for the Euros is Optus Sport.

India: All Euro games are available to watch on JioTV/SonyLiv.

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