Barış Alper Yılmaz amazed the Dutch: How is this possible?

In the match where Turkey lost 2-1 to the Netherlands and was eliminated from EURO 2024, there was a real Barış Alper Yılmaz performance. The star player gave a hard time to Liverpool's defender Virgil van Dijk in particular. Barış Alper's performance surprised the Dutch.

VAN DIJK COULDN'T HIDE HIS ADMIRATION

Netherlands' world-famous defender Van Dijk praised Barış Alper Yılmaz after the match. The experienced defender said, "Barış Alper Yılmaz was constantly running. He was running in an unstoppable way. It's difficult for any defender. He really challenged us. He couldn't score but if we were to describe him somehow, he is truly an important player."

DUTCH JOURNALIST'S SURPRISE ABOUT BARIŞ ALPER

Meanwhile, Dutch journalist Rian Rosendaal spoke to Fanatik after the Netherlands-Turkey match. The Dutch reporter, emphasizing that they were "lucky" to advance, also had words of praise for Barış Alper Yılmaz. Rosendaal used the following expressions:

"WE FELL INTO TURKEY'S HANDS"

"We started well as the Netherlands. We should have scored with Depay in the first minute. Then we fell behind and also fell into Turkey's hands. Turkey made Gakpo and Bergwijn ineffective.

"WE ARE LUCKY"

We are lucky that the ball hit the post in Arda Güler's free kick. Then Ronald Koeman made some changes and it worked. Weghorst played a key role in this.

"NOT A GREAT MATCH FOR THE NETHERLANDS"

We needed more names in the attack and luckily we scored two goals, albeit late. It wasn't a great match for the Netherlands but I guess that's how EURO is, a tense atmosphere!

BARIŞ ALPER'S COMMENT: HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Barış Alper Yılmaz was really good. Van Dijk struggled at times and had very difficult moments. At one point, I thought, 'How is this possible?' He is a very good player. He should go to a big European club this summer. Observers will now recognize him."