Last updated on 7 September 20217 September 2021.From the section Football
Depay has scored 28 goals and made 14 assists for club and country in 2021Memphis Depay scored his first international hat-trick as the Netherlands overwhelmed Turkey in their World Cup qualifier and moved top of Group G.
Davy Klaassen scored inside a minute before Depay slotted home his first.
The Barcelona forward struck a panenka from the spot for his second and nodded home his third to make it 4-0.
Guus Til and Donyell Malen scored to make it six and secure the Netherlands’ fourth win of the campaign.
Depay, 27, joins Johan Cruyff and Abe Lenstra as the Netherlands’ eighth top goalscorer with 33 goals.
The Barcelona striker has scored 12 goals in his past 10 games for his country, having played an important role in the Netherlands’ 4-0 win against Montenegro, where he netted twice.
Leicester City defender Caglar Soyuncu’s sending off on the stroke of half-time gave the Netherlands the opportunity to exploit, although Cengiz Under managed a consolation goal for Turkey in stoppage time.
The Dutch are joint-top with Norway on 13 points and lead by a significant goal difference, having scored 16 goals in six games.
Line-upsNetherlandsFormation 4-3-3
1Bijlow
22Dumfries6de Vrij4van Dijk17Blind
8Wijnaldum21de Jong14Klaassen
11Berghuis10Depay7Bergwijn
1Bijlow22DumfriesSubstituted forRenschat 71’minutes6de Vrij4van DijkBooked at 78mins17Blind8WijnaldumBooked at 31minsSubstituted forTilat 61’minutes21de JongSubstituted forKoopmeinersat 45’minutes14KlaassenSubstituted forGravenberchat 71’minutes11Berghuis10Depay7BergwijnSubstituted forMalenat 61’minutesSubstitutes2Timber3de Ligt5Malacia9Malen12Til13Krul15de Roon16Gravenberch18Rensch19Weghorst20Koopmeiners23DrommelTurkeyFormation 4-4-1-1
23Çakir
22Ayhan3Demiral4Söyüncü18Müldür
7Ünder5Yokuslu19Kökcü9Karaman
10Calhanoglu
17Yilmaz
23Çakir22Ayhan3Demiral4SöyüncüBooked at 44mins18Müldür7Ünder5YokusluBooked at 28minsSubstituted forYaziciat 90+1’minutes19KökcüBooked at 14minsSubstituted forTufanat 45’minutes9KaramanSubstituted forKabakat 45’minutesBooked at 57mins10CalhanogluSubstituted forDervisogluat 86’minutes17YilmazSubstituted forAktürkogluat 65’minutesSubstitutes1Günok2Bardakçi6Tufan8Uçan11Yazici12Bayindir13Yilmaz14Antalyali15Kabak16Karaca20Dervisoglu21AktürkogluReferee:Daniele Orsato
Attendance:31,389
Live TextMatch ends, Netherlands 6, Turkey 1.
Second Half ends, Netherlands 6, Turkey 1.
Goal! Netherlands 6, Turkey 1. Cengiz Ünder (Turkey) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Halil Dervisoglu.
Substitution, Turkey. Yusuf Yazici replaces Okay Yokuslu.
Goal! Netherlands 6, Turkey 0. Donyell Malen (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Devyne Rensch.
Attempt saved. Ryan Gravenberch (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Netherlands).
Ozan Tufan (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Steven Berghuis (Netherlands) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Guus Til.
Substitution, Turkey. Halil Dervisoglu replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
Attempt saved. Ryan Gravenberch (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
Attempt missed. Devyne Rensch (Netherlands) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Guus Til (Netherlands) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Netherlands) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Daley Blind.
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Merih Demiral.
Goal! Netherlands 5, Turkey 0. Guus Til (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Ozan Tufan (Turkey) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a through ball following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.