Turkiye take on Dutch in Euros quarter-final, England face Swiss
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Berlin: While Turkiye face the Netherlands in a Euro 2024 quarter final on Saturday, England aim to move a step closer to ending a 58 year wait to win...
Berlin: While Turkiye face the Netherlands in a Euro 2024 quarter-final on Saturday, England aim to move a step closer to ending a 58-year wait to win a major tournament by beating Switzerland.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend the match at Berlin's Olympiastadion amidst a diplomatic row between his country and host nation Germany over a two-match ban handed to Turkiye defender Merih Demiral.
The centre-back, who scored both Turkey's goals in a 2-1 win over Austria in the last 16 on Tuesday, has been suspended by UEFA for celebrating with a gesture associated with political group.
UEFA said in a statement it was banning Demiral "for violating the basic rules of decent conduct, for using sports events for manifestations of a non-sporting nature and for bringing the sport of football into disrepute".
Turkiye will be roared on by tens of thousands of fans who have turned all of their matches, in an unexpected run to the last eight, into a mass of red and white in stadiums around the country.
