Danny Blind's men have slipped to fourth in their
qualification group after succumbing to goals from
Oguzhan Ozyakup, Arda Turan and Burak Yilmaz in
Konya
Oguzhan Ozyakup dealt a major blow to his
country of birth's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2016
as Turkey consigned Netherlands to a stunning 3-0
defeat in Konya to go two points above them in
Group A.
Both coaches billed Sunday's crunch clash as a
battle for third place - and a play-off spot - after
Netherlands were beaten at home by leaders
Iceland on Thursday and Turkey could only draw
with Latvia.
And it was Fatih Terim's side who rose to the
occasion with the backing of a partisan crowd at
the Torku Arena, as Zaandam-born former
Netherlands youth international Oguzhan headed
them in front early on.
Arda Turan was the architect for Ozyakup's first
international goal and the Barcelona man doubled
Turkey's lead in the first half with a shot that
Netherlands goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made a
mess of.
Netherlands had their chances, but were unable to
mount a fightback and Burak Yilmaz added a late
third goal as Danny Blind's second game in charge
ended with another defeat and Turkey now in pole
position to secure a play-off spot with two games
to play.
Czech Republic sealed their place in next year's
tournament in France by beating Latvia on Sunday,
while Iceland only need a point again Kazakhstan
later in the day to qualify.
Robin van Persie returned to the Netherlands
starting line-up as captain with Arjen Robben
(thigh) ruled out, while teenage Ajax defender
Jairo Riedewald made his international debut.
Sener Ozbayrakli and Oguzhan were recalled by
Terim and the latter needed only eight minutes to
open the scoring on his first Turkey start for
almost a year.
The Besiktas midfielder exchanged passes with
Arda before surging clear all too easily and dinking
the ball over the advancing Cillessen with a fine
finish.
Luciano Narsingh had an opportunity to equalise
only six minutes later when Van Persie played him
in with a backheel, but Volkan Babacan came out
to make the save.
But while Netherlands looked dangerous going
forward, they looked susceptible to conceding
again and Turkey took advantage of their defensive
frailties by scoring a second goal 26 minutes in.
It was a moment to forget for Cillessen, who really
ought to have saved Arda's effort at his near post
after the Barcelona midfielder surged into the area
and shrugged off Daley Blind.
The Ajax goalkeeper did manage to keep out
Burak's shot with his legs to deny Turkey a third
goal in a first half that left Netherlands stunned.
Stefan de Vrij was replaced by Georginio
Wijnaldum at half-time and the Newcastle United
midfielder should have scored just three minutes
after coming on when he rose unmarked, but
made a mess of his header.
Luuk de Jong and Jeffrey Bruma had chances to
pull a goal back with headers before any hopes of
a Netherlands fightback were dashed when Burak
took advantage of more poor defending to turn
and fire home a third goal late five minutes from
time to add insult to injury for Danny Blind's men.
qualification group after succumbing to goals from
Oguzhan Ozyakup, Arda Turan and Burak Yilmaz in
Konya
Oguzhan Ozyakup dealt a major blow to his
country of birth's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2016
as Turkey consigned Netherlands to a stunning 3-0
defeat in Konya to go two points above them in
Group A.
Both coaches billed Sunday's crunch clash as a
battle for third place - and a play-off spot - after
Netherlands were beaten at home by leaders
Iceland on Thursday and Turkey could only draw
with Latvia.
And it was Fatih Terim's side who rose to the
occasion with the backing of a partisan crowd at
the Torku Arena, as Zaandam-born former
Netherlands youth international Oguzhan headed
them in front early on.
Arda Turan was the architect for Ozyakup's first
international goal and the Barcelona man doubled
Turkey's lead in the first half with a shot that
Netherlands goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made a
mess of.
Netherlands had their chances, but were unable to
mount a fightback and Burak Yilmaz added a late
third goal as Danny Blind's second game in charge
ended with another defeat and Turkey now in pole
position to secure a play-off spot with two games
to play.
Czech Republic sealed their place in next year's
tournament in France by beating Latvia on Sunday,
while Iceland only need a point again Kazakhstan
later in the day to qualify.
Robin van Persie returned to the Netherlands
starting line-up as captain with Arjen Robben
(thigh) ruled out, while teenage Ajax defender
Jairo Riedewald made his international debut.
Sener Ozbayrakli and Oguzhan were recalled by
Terim and the latter needed only eight minutes to
open the scoring on his first Turkey start for
almost a year.
The Besiktas midfielder exchanged passes with
Arda before surging clear all too easily and dinking
the ball over the advancing Cillessen with a fine
finish.
Luciano Narsingh had an opportunity to equalise
only six minutes later when Van Persie played him
in with a backheel, but Volkan Babacan came out
to make the save.
But while Netherlands looked dangerous going
forward, they looked susceptible to conceding
again and Turkey took advantage of their defensive
frailties by scoring a second goal 26 minutes in.
It was a moment to forget for Cillessen, who really
ought to have saved Arda's effort at his near post
after the Barcelona midfielder surged into the area
and shrugged off Daley Blind.
The Ajax goalkeeper did manage to keep out
Burak's shot with his legs to deny Turkey a third
goal in a first half that left Netherlands stunned.
Stefan de Vrij was replaced by Georginio
Wijnaldum at half-time and the Newcastle United
midfielder should have scored just three minutes
after coming on when he rose unmarked, but
made a mess of his header.
Luuk de Jong and Jeffrey Bruma had chances to
pull a goal back with headers before any hopes of
a Netherlands fightback were dashed when Burak
took advantage of more poor defending to turn
and fire home a third goal late five minutes from
time to add insult to injury for Danny Blind's men.
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