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NED 2-1 TUR, UEFA Euro 2024: Netherlands Set Up Semi-Final Date With England After Turkey Win

Cody Gakpo scored again to send the Netherlands to the semifinals of the European Championship after a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Turkey on Saturday

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Cody Gakpo celebrates a goal | Photo: AP/Sunday Alamba
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Cody Gakpo scored again to send the Netherlands to the semifinals of the European Championship after a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Turkey on Saturday. (More Football News)

Gakpo scored his fourth goal of the tournament in the 76th minute, six after Stefan De Vrij cancelled Samet Akaydin's first-half header for Turkey in the last of the quarterfinals.

The Netherlands will face England in the second semifinal in Dortmund on Wednesday. Spain faces France in the first on Tuesday.

Turkey was without defender Merih Demiral, who was suspended for two matches by UEFA for making a nationalistic hand gesture after scoring in Tuesday's 2-1 win over Austria. The gesture is used by Turkish nationalists and associated with an ultra-nationalist group.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was at the game after he changed his plans because of the diplomatic row with Germany over Demiral's gesture.