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Veteran captain Burak Yilmaz hat-trick leads Turkey to impressive win over Netherlands

Football - World Cup Qualifiers Europe - Group G - Turkey v Netherlands - Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey - March 24, 2021 Turkey's Ugurcan Cakir celebrates after he saves a penalty from Netherlands' Memphis Depay. [Pool via REUTERS/Murad Sezer]

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 halftime.

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