In the round of 16 of the Euros, center-back Demiral scored a brace, while Gregoritsch’s goal was not enough to save Austria, as Baumgartner’s last-gasp equalizer was saved. Ultimately, Austria lost 1-2 to Turkey. After the match, Austria’s head coach Rangnick spoke to the media.
Rangnick said, “I can hardly believe that we’re going home today. We thought we’d continue our journey. All four games we played, including today’s, were fantastic. Not everything went perfectly, but they were all great and very intense matches. Now we need to take this feeling into the Nations League and then the World Cup qualifiers.”
“We didn’t create enough chances, and we didn’t defend their set-pieces well. We weren’t fortunate enough. I believe that if the game had gone to extra time, we would have won. We had the time to level the score, but their goalkeeper was like Gordon Banks reincarnated, making it very difficult for us!”