The father of Türkiye’s goalkeeper, Mert Günok, attributed his son’s miraculous stoppage-time save towards Austria, which preserved their 2-1 lead and secured a spot within the Euro 2024 quarterfinals, to divine intervention.
Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner seemed to have compelled additional time with an excellent late header, however Günok threw himself to his proper and one way or the other pawed the ball away to security as Türkiye held on to win probably the greatest video games of the event to date.
“My son’s stance and performance on the field at the last second made me happy. Maybe the prayers of all football fans, along with me, prevented that goal,” his father Mahir, a former goalkeeper and coach, instructed newspaper Hurriyet.
His son mentioned he was additionally grateful for the prayers of Turkish supporters.
“It was a great victory. I would like to thank everyone who prayed for us, we still have a long way to go,” Günok junior mentioned.
Türkiye will face the Netherlands within the quarterfinals in Berlin on Saturday night, the primary time since 2008 that they’ve made it to this stage of the event.
“I think that with this spirit of unity and solidarity, we will overcome the Dutch obstacle,” Mahir Günok mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com