The Netherlands' hopes of making the Euro 2016 finals hung by a thread on Sunday after last year's World Cup semi-finalists were convincingly downed 3-0 by a well-organised Turkey. In front of 40,000 Turkish supporters creating a hostile atmosphere in the packed-out Konya arena, Turkey combined cohesion with physicality as the Dutch fell short in every department.
An early strike by Oguzhan Ozyakup of Besiktas was followed by a second from Barcelona's Arda Turan and then a killer third from Burak Yilmaz. The Netherlands' star Turkey-based players Wesley Sneijder and Robin Van Persie meanwhile failed to make any impact up front.