Germany – Turkey

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Germany – you jammy bastards! I’m really feeling for Turkey right now, yet again they played a key part in one of the tournament’s most dramatic games, making the most of their limited resources that were even more depleted than usual through injuries and suspensions brought on by lung-busting efforts in previous games.
And bloody hell did they push Germany hard tonight. In fact, for a long time, the tournament favourites barely saw the ball. Turkey could already have been ahead before Boral knocked in, and when Schweinsteiger equalised there was a strong sense of it coming against the run of play. Klose gave them the lead following Rustu’s cock-up, but you almost knew that there was another twist – Semih making it 2-2. Shame there was one more twist after that, as Lahm compensated for a poor game defensively by scoring with a great finish.

in The Great Euro 2008 Pub Challenge

Turkey found themselves on the wrong end of the scoreline in yet another exciting Euro 2008 match. I cannot remember a tournament that has had so many last minute goals to decide a match.
In the Euro 2008 semifinal between Germany and Turkey it looked as though the match was heading into extra time before a late goal to Germany’s Philipp Lahm settled the affair in the 90th minute. This time there was no amazing comeback from Turkey.
The fact that Turkey had levelled the match with an 86th-minute strike from Semih Sentürk was dramatic enough.
You would have been a supreme optimist to think the Turkish side would be able to summon one last dramatic equaliser. You can only do this so many times. Just like the run of Dinara Safina in the French Open where twice she came back from seemingly lost positions it is tough to do it four times running.

in One Man Sports Network

Germany coach Joachim Löw said his side were lucky to book a place in the Euro 2008 final with their last-gasp 3-2 semi-final win against Turkey on Wednesday.
“Turkey were very strong technically and there were sections of the game when we couldn’t get a grip,” Löw said after watching his team fight back from conceding an early goal before securing victory with a 90th-minute Philipp Lahm goal.
“We saw how Turkey had come back three times at this tournament to turn games completely on their head, so we knew what was coming. In the last few minutes we were trembling but we were lucky enough to score in the 90th minute.
“We were pretty convinced then that they wouldn’t be able to come back for a fourth match.”
“Turkey were combining excellently in midfield, though, so I thought it was the right choice to stick with one forward and not sacrifice our strength in midfield,” the coach added.

in SoccerBulletin.com

Croatia – Turkey

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When Ivan Klasnic headed in Luka Modric’s cross with a minute of the overtime period to play, Croatia looked to have booked their place in Wednesday’s semi-final against Germany. However, for the third game running, Turkey sensationally hit back at the death to force the first shoot-out of these finals when Semih Sentürk drove in from the edge of the area. They went on to win 3-1 on penalties after Rüstü Reçber saved Mladen Petric’s kick following earlier misses from Modric and Ivan Rakitic. Turkey coach Fatih Terim, though, will struggle to get a team together to play Germany with Emre Asik, Tuncay Sanli and Arda Turan all suspended along with Volkan Demirel after being booked here.

in Euro 2008 – News about Euro Cup 2008

International football proved itself yet again to know no boundaries when it comes to cruelty, as Croatia were sent packing from Euro 2008 by Turkey in the most astonishing circumstances. If football was run on a basis of commonsense like most other sports, and timed matches offically rather than leaving it up to one individual’s watch, Turkey would now be on their way home. Instead they scored the latest goal ever in the history of the European Championships, 121 minutes and 4 seconds into the match, which was 4 seconds after their time should have been up.

in Jamie’s Euro 2008 Blog

It was astonishing finish to a dreadful game, especially for Turkey keeper Rustu, who made an awful error that looked to have given Crotia victory before his free-kick set up Semih for the leveller as referee Roberto Rosetti prepared to blow the final whistle.
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic, who had celebrated what he thought was a famous victory with his players only seconds earlier, could not lift his deflated players and they looked a beaten side even before the penalty shoot-out.

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And for our turkish friends:

Yine inanilmazi basardik !.. A Milli Takimimiz, yine inanilmaz bir maçla EURO 2008′e yari finale yükseldi !..
Hirvatistan ile oynadigimiz maçin 90 dakikasinin 0-0 sona ermesinin ardindan, uzatmalara gidildi. 119. dakikada Rüstü’nün büyük hatasiyla Hirvatlar 1-0 öne geçti. O anda tüm Türkiye dondu kaldi, herkes buraya kadarmis dedi ama Türk mucizesi bir kez daha kendini gösterdi. Semih Sentürk 121. dakikada skoru 1-1′e getirdi. Bu kez Hirvatlar yikildi, Millilerimiz o moralle penaltilari 3-1 kazandi ve yari finale çikan takim oldu.
119. dakikada Hirvatistan golü buldu. Gelisen Hirvat ataginda Modric ortaladi, Rüstü’nün ve savunmamizin büyük hatasiyla Klasnic kafayla skoru 1-0′a getirdi.
Ama bitmedi !.. 122. dakikada Semih skora dengeyi getirdi. Ceza sahasinda topu önünde bulan Semih nefis vurdu, maç penaltilara kaldi.
Ilk penaltiyi Modric kaçirdi, Arda atti: 0-1 Hirvatlar’da Srna golü 2. penaltida buldu. Semih ile tekrar öne geçtik: 1-2 Rakitic de kaçirdi. Hamit ile 3-1′e getirdik skoru. Petric’in son penaltisini Rüstü kurtardi, Millilerimiz EURO 2008′de yari finale adini yazdirdi, Avrupa’nin en iyi 4 takimindan biri oldu!.

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Turkey – Czech-Republic

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Geneva Stadium saw an unbelievable comeback by the Turkish team, who was down 2-0 with only 15 minutes left in the match. The Czechs opened the match with attacking style and Jan Koller scored the first goal in the 34th minute from a header. Turks looked passive and were defending most of the time. In the second half unfortunately for the Czechs it was different ballgame. The Turkish team put them under constant pressure, but the Czechs somehow managed to score their second goal , leading 2-0 . Than Turkey staged a comeback scoring three goals within 15 minutes. First Arda Turan scored in the 75th minute, than captain Nihat Kahveci tied it off and added the winning goal in the 88th minute. The Czech team lost a won match and are going home, while Turkey will face Croatia in the quarterfinals.

in SoccerOverload.com

At Stade de Geneve, Geneva, Turkey defeated Czech Republic 3-2 in a really futbolistic feat and qualified at EURO 2008 quarterfinals.
Jan Koller scored in the 34th minute. Before this goal, Sionko was the most dangerous player, while Turkey never could attack.
In the second half Turkey must attack with more players, but Plasil scored and the match was a Czech party. By the way, Arda Turan and Nihat Kahveci, twice, provocated the Turkish glory.

in Euro 2008: A different view of the most important football tournament of the year.

And Turkey have a chance. And a rather brilliant one at that, when usually rock solid Cech lets a ball slip out of his hands, and Nihat reacts first to slot the ball in to the empty net. Truly remarkable football, and everyone is suddenly choosing who will take penalties.
But then, another shock, when Turkey score their third goal in fifteen minutes! Nihat receiving a through ball before running through to the edge of the penalty area before picking his spot in the top corner, giving Petr Cech no chance. Unbelievable football, no one can quite believe it.

in Ibrahimo’s Weblog

And for our turkish friends:

Ve Türk’ün gücü bu! A Milli Futbol Takimimiz, Çek Cumhuriyeti’ni 3-2 maglup ederek adini çeyrek finale yazdirdi. . 30 bin kapasiteli Stade de Geneve’de ilk yarisi Çek Cumhuriyeti’nin 1-0′lik üstünlügü ile sona eren karsilasmada Milli Takimimiz, son 15 dakikada üç gol bularak maçi çevirmesini bildi ve yeni bir tarih yazdi. Çekler’in golleri 34. dakikada Koller ve 62. dakikada Plasil’den gelirken bu gollere yanitimiz 75. dakikada Arda Turan ile 87 ve 89. dakikalarda Nihat Kahveci’den geldi. Maça tutuk baslayan Ay-Yildizlilarimiz 2-0 geriye düstügü maçta son 15 dakikaya üç gol sigdirarak gücünü tüm dünyaya gösterdi. Milli Takimimiz’da kalecimiz Volkan 90+2. dakikada Koller’le girdigi mücadele sonrasinda kirmizi kart gördü. Degisiklik hakkimiz olmadigi için 5 dakikalik uzatma dakikalarinin son 3 dakikasinda kalede Tuncay vardi.

in pukaysaglam