WC Qualifiers: Yilmaz Hat Trick Sweeps Netherlands Away – WATCH VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

by Precious March 24, 2021, 7:33 pm

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 27: Turkey's Volkan Sen (13) in action against The Netherlands' Nigel de Jong (6) and Gregory van der Wiel (2) during the Euro 2016 qualifying round football match Netherlands and Turkey at the Arena Stadium, on March 27, 2015 in Amsterdam. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Veteran captain Burak Yilmaz netted a hat trick as Turkey saw off a late rally from the Netherlands to secure a 4-2 home victory on Wednesday at the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Yilmaz opened the scoring in the 14th minute of the Group G match with a deflected shot followed by a penalty 20 minutes later at Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium to put the Turks 2-0 up at half-time.

The game looked to be effectively over when Hakan Calhanoglu added the third a few seconds into the second half, but two goals in as many minutes gave the Dutch hope of a late comeback.

Their momentum was ended , however, by a stunning free kick from Yilmaz that completed his hat trick and secured the points for Turkey.