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Austria are proving to be the one’s to watch at Euro 2024, having topped a difficult group that included the Netherlands and France, and a lot of the credit goes down to their boss – former Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick.

Known as “The Godfather of Gegenpressing”, Rangnick has fashioned a side that is full of energy, running and desire.

Their love of the press means they have been capable of doing some damage early on in games. In March, Christoph Baumgartner scored the fastest goal in international football with a strike inside seven seconds against Slovakia, and in Germany they have been quick off the mark too.

They have scored in the opening 10 minutes in two of their three games so far, so Turkey will need to be alert from the outset in their last-16 match.

Could Rangnick, who was derided at United, come back to haunt English football in the semi-finals?

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