- Austria had been knocked out of Euro 2024 after they suffered a 2-1 defeat by Turkey
- Ralf Rangnick appeared to make a thinly-veiled dig at England after their exit
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Ralf Rangnick appeared to take a swipe at England, France and Portugal following Austria’s elimination from Euro 2024.
Austria had been knocked out on the last-16 stage after struggling a 2-1 defeat by Turkey, regardless of being favourites for the conflict.
Vincenzo Montella’s aspect went 2-0 up due to a brace from Martin Demiral, earlier than Michael Gregoritsch pulled a aim again for Austria, however they had been unable to degree.
Regardless of their exit, Austria contributed to one of the entertaining video games of the match thus far in a conflict that got here after a number of underwhelming last-16 ties.
Switzerland and Germany progressed by advantage of 2-0 victories towards Italy and Denmark respectively, whereas Spain and the Netherlands impressed with massive wins over Georgia and Romania.
Ralf Rangnick appeared to mock England, France and Portugal after Austria’s Euro 2024 exit
Austria had been knocked out on the last-16 stage after they had been crushed 2-1 by Turkey on Tuesday
Nevertheless, England, France and Portugal scraped by towards Slovakia, Belgium and Slovenia respectively in what had been three drab encounters.
And, following Austria’s elimination, former United boss Rangnick appeared to make a thinly-veiled dig at these three groups as he sought to see the positives from his aspect’s exit.
‘I’ve seen different video games when it was troublesome to even keep awake,’ he mentioned. ‘And that was not the case in our video games.’
Austria had an enormous likelihood to degree the tie deep into added time when Christoph Baumgartner headed an effort on aim that seemed to be nestling within the nook.
Nevertheless, out of nowhere, Turkey keeper Mert Gunok leapt at full stretch and improbably tipped the midfielder’s effort previous the put up as Turkey held on for a well-known victory.
And, talking post-match, Rangnick mirrored on that dramatic second on the finish of the tie.
Rangnick appeared to mock England as he criticised the standard of some Euro 2024 video games
Gareth Southgate’s aspect narrowly edged previous Slovakia on Sunday after a colorless efficiency
‘We had sufficient time to attract,’ he mentioned. ‘However it was very troublesome as a result of Turkey had Gordon Banks within the aim.’
The reference to former England keeper Banks was in relation to his beautiful cease towards Brazil on the 1970 World Cup.
That is one thing that was echoed by Lee Dixon, who was on commentary for ITV for the sport, as he labelled it a ‘Gordon Banks-esque’ save, earlier than he added: ‘His distribution has been completely first-class however that’s world class.
‘It is sort of a Gordon Banks duplicate. He has been a rock on the again. He made a great save within the first half and he has made a worldie to maintain the tie at 2-1 and ship them to the quarter-finals.’
