The Turkish nationwide soccer workforce was subjected to considered one of its heaviest defeats in historical past, shedding 6-1 to Austria in an away pleasant match on Tuesday.
The Crescent-Stars trailed 2-1 at halftime earlier than conceding 4 extra targets within the second half, two of which have been penalties.
This defeat comes simply 4 days after Türkiye misplaced 1-0 to Hungary away, marking their second consecutive loss in preparation for the 2024 European Football Championship (Euros).
The 6-1 loss to Austria is the fifteenth time of their 101-year historical past that Türkiye have conceded 5 or extra targets in a match out of the 624 video games they’ve performed.
Under the administration of Vincenzo Montella, Türkiye had not suffered a defeat of their first 4 matches.
However, they’ve now misplaced their final two matches, first to Hungary and now to Austria.
In their final two matches, Türkiye have conceded a complete of seven targets, with their solely objective coming from a penalty scored by Hakan Çalhanoğlu.
This is barely the third time of their historical past that Türkiye has misplaced a match by a 6-1 scoreline.
The first was in a pleasant match in opposition to Poland in Istanbul on Sept. 12, 1926, and the second was within the 2022 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers in opposition to the Netherlands on Sept. 7, 2021.
The defeat in opposition to the Netherlands beneath coach Şenol Güneş was Türkiye’s most important loss in 31 years.
Their earlier largest defeat was a 5-0 loss to the Republic of Ireland in Dublin in a European Championship qualifying match on Oct. 17, 1990.
The Crescent-Stars have suffered their heaviest defeats twice, shedding 8-0 to England on two events and as soon as to Poland.
Source: www.dailysabah.com