The Dutch team surprisingly fell behind against Turkey on Saturday night. The Dutch team was beaten in the air in the 35th minute by Samet Akaydin, who headed in a cross from Arda Güler. This was preceded by a bizarre mistake by Denzel Dumfries.

Turkey's goal came from a corner kick that could and should have been prevented by Dumfries. The right back of the Dutch national team saw Nathan Aké clearly stop a pass from Kaan Ayhan with a sliding tackle.

Situation 1: Aké blocks a pass from Ayhan with a slide. Situation 2: Dumfries fails to clear the ball three seconds later, because the right back thinks the Netherlands will get a goal kick.

Dumfries then got the ball towards him and had the chance to clear it, but deliberately chose to let it go. Referee Clément Turpin then gave a corner to the Turks, to Dumfries' surprise, although it must have been clear to everyone in the stadium that it was a corner.

The corner was initially blocked by the Netherlands, but then re-entered by Güler. Dutch keeper Bart Verbruggen hesitated to come out and saw the ball being headed in by Akaydin. To make matters worse, Dumfries was the only Dutch player to cancel the offside.

Goal Turkey??! 35' Samet Akaydin Netherlands 0-1 Turkey Watch the match live via:https://t.co/4nkvMCkzh8#EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/A4saCFQlxU

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