Turkey coach Fatih Terim downplayed his side's 1-1 draw away against the Netherlands on Saturday, claiming that the result would not have been symptomatic of any kind of change in Turkish football. The Netherlands scored in stoppage time through a deflected Wesley Sneijder shot to secure a 1-1 draw with Turkey on Saturday and avoid their first-ever home defeat in European Championship qualifying. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar got a slight deflection to a long-range strike from captain Sneijder in the 92nd minute to rescue a point for the Dutch, who looked to be heading to their third defeat in five matches in Group A. Burak Yılmaz scored in the 37th minute at the Amsterdam Arena, given time in the penalty area to fire off a shot that took a deflection off Bruno Martins Indi to put the Turks ahead at halftime. Despite a woeful start to qualifying from Turkey, they are still in with a small chance of qualification. Turkey have five points at the halfway point of the qualifying campaign. The Netherlands stayed third in the standings with seven points from five games. Whether Terim and Turkey qualify or not, the coach insisted that whatever happens in this qualification campaign, Turkish football still has the same problems. "It is not the result that embodies our situation," Terim said. "If Turkey had won, Turkish football would not have been saved anyway, if we had not won, it would not have been the end of the world for Turkish football. The factors that determine our situation are the other things. I think we must correct those. Analyzing the physical and mental level of Turkish players and our rivals', we made a tactical arrangement. And we did it right. It was not my style maybe, but we had to play that way due to the logical reasons." "We played against the third-ranked team of the world. We deserved three points," he said Turkey's goalscorer, Yılmaz, described after the game the disappointment of the Netherland's late equalizer, saying that, in one way, it hurt more than a heavy defeat."If we had been defeated 3-0, we would not have become so sad. To concede at the last minute deeply depressed us. We still have a chance to qualify. We played very well. We want to begin winning ways in the match against Kazakhstan. I would prefer not to score and Turkey to win - if only I had not scored and Turkey had won - I say it from deep in my heart. It would have been a sweet memory for us." The home team had several chances in the first half with captain Sneijder, deputizing for the injured Robin van Persie, going closest but their best came after the break when substitute Luciano Narsingh missed an open goal. Sneijder shot narrowly wide with a free kick and full back Jetro Willems went close with a rasping shot 10 minutes from time. The introduction of tall forward Bas Dost forced the Dutch to throw everything forward in a final assault and the equalizer came when Sneijder's shot struck Huntelaar on the back of the head and deflected into the goal. "From the first minute we went for victory," Sneijder told Dutch television. "Turkey had one chance in front of goal. We dominated and made chances but we took until injury time to get the equalizer. We did not impose ourselves enough in the first half, but we were more attacking in the second and something had to fall for us in the end." Avoiding defeat will not lift the pressure on Coach Guus Hiddink, who received a public vote of confidence from the Dutch football association after defeat in Iceland in October. Dutch fortunes have fallen dramatically since finishing third at the World Cup in Brazil last year under Coach Louis van Gaal. His successor, given a two-year contract until next year's European Championship in France, has been under increasing pressure after the team lost two of their opening three qualifiers. A 6-0 home win over Latvia in November gave Hiddink breathing space, but he will face more questions after narrowly avoiding defeat. Tomorrow, Turkey will face Luxembourg in a friendly game at 21.15 with Turkish local time in Josy Barthel Stadium, Luxembourg.