Germany vs Turkey Highlights: Euro 2008 shows
Euro-2008 semi-finals
Date: Wed Jun 25
Kick-off: 1945 BST
Venue: St. Jakob Park, Basel

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Goals


Schweinsteiger Goal 1-1 Germany v Turkey

Croatia Vs Turkey Highlights Euro 2008 Quarter Finals:

Stage: Euro 2008 Quarter Finals
Venue: Ernst Happel Stadion
Date: June 20, 2008
Kick-Off Time: 19.45 (UK Time)

Croatia Vs Turkey Starting Eleven:

Croatia Probable Starting Lineup:

Coach: Slaven Bilic
Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Stipe Pletikosa
Defence: Corluka, Josip Simunic, Robert Kovac, Danijel Pranjic
Midfield: Darijo Srna, Niko Kovac, Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic
Forwards: Niko Kranjcar, Ivan Klasnic

Turkey Probable Starting Lineup:


Coach: Fatih Terim
Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Rustu Recber
Defence: Hamit Altintop, Haken Balta, Servet Cetin, Emre Asik
Midfield: Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Kazim Kazim, Mehmet Topal, Arda Turan
Forwards: Tuncay Sanli, Nihat Kahveci


Full Video Highlights of Turkey Vs Croatia in Euro 2008 quarter finals.

Full Match Highlights



First Half Highlights



Penalty Kick Highlights



Goals

Goals of the match

1st goal in 34 th minute Czech Republic 1 Turkey 0: Jan Koller got the first lead for the Czechs scoring in the 34 th minute with a header.

2nd goal in 62 nd minuteCzech Republic 2 Turkey 0 : Jaro Slav Plasil scored another goal in the second half and looked if Czech Republic are through to the quarter finals of Euro 2008 with Portugal from Group A.

3rd goal in the 75 th minute Czech Republic 2 Turkey 1: Adra Turan hit a superb strike past Petr Czech to give his side some hopes with 15 minutes remaining in the match.

4th goal in the 87 th minuteCzech Republic 2 Turkey 2: Villareal's Nihat Kahveci brought Turkey strongly back in the game with a dramatic goal with just 3 minutes remaining in the match.

5 th goal in 89 th minute: Czech Republic 2 Turkey 3: What a finish it got to the match. Nihat Kaveci stroke another goal in the match and Turkey made it to the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.


Video Highlights of Turkey Vs Czech Republic in Euro 2008

Portugal 2-0 Turkey


Portugal

Ricardo: 6 - Some classic 'Ricardo' moments, flapping at the odd ball, but tidy on the most part and got a clean sheet.

Bosingwa: 7 - Tremendously quick but occasionally positionally suspect and found wanting with his final ball when going forward.

Carvalho: 7 - A solid performance as usual from the Chelsea stopper. He swept up at the back and even broke forward on the odd occasion.

Pepe: 8 - Headed home brilliantly early on, but was half a yard or so offside. Scored a quite magnificent goal later on, breaking forward from defence. Strong and imposing at the back, but caught a little lax on a couple of occasions.

Ferreira: 6.5 - A solid performance at the back and not in his natural position either. Did well to keep pace with the energetic Kazim Kazim.

Petit: 7 - Swept up fairly well and played some good passes as well. Kept things moving in midfield.

Moutinho: 6.5 - A speedy and energetic customer. Made some good runs, did brilliantly for the second goal and linked up well with his team-mates.

Deco: 6.5 - Played some expansive passes and looked like his old self, particularly in the first half, but lost his legs a little in the latter half of the game.

Ronaldo: 7.5 - Could not get into the game until he switched to the left hand side. Made good runs, hit the post with a sweetly struck free-kick and was involved in both goals.

Nuno Gomes: 7.5 - Was seen as a potential weakness going into the tournament but put in an extremely promising performance today, a throwback reminding us of him at his best. Put in great work to bring his midfielders into play; his return pass for Pepe's goal was magnificent.

Simao: 6 - Underwhelming. Whipped in some good crosses when given the time, but in general he did not seem to be at the races and probably will not start the next game.

Substitutes:

Nani: 6 - Fairly energetic, but lacking the end product in the short time he was afforded on the pitch.

Meireles: 7 - Took his goal very well at the death, having barely been on the pitch.

Meira: n/a.


Turkey

Volkan: 7 - Did fairly well in goal, with none of his typical shaky moments. Could not have done a lot more to prevent either goal. Produced one magnificent save to tip Ronaldo's free-kick onto the post.

Hamit Altintop: 6.5 - Put in an admirable shift playing out of position in right-back. Proved decent in defence and a good outlet going forward as well.

Gokhan Zan: 7 - A powerful performance in which he made several saving tackles. His game was blighted by one extremely horrendous error that saw him almost gift Portugal a goal, and he committed a fairly nasty foul in order to prevent it.

Servet: 6.5 - The muscle man was physically imposing as ever, but occasionally found a few paces off the Portuguese.

Hakan Balta: 7.5 - An incredibly solid showing at left-back. Gave Ronaldo no joy in the first half - so much so the megastar switched flanks - and Simao was similarly powerless to beat his man.

Mevlut: 6.5 - Put in a fairly promising performance, not afraid to push forward and linked up fairly well. Substituted at half time, possibly due to injury, or it may have been a purely tactical switch.

Aurelio: 7.5 - Put in a brilliant perfornmance in the middle of the park, regularly getting back to make saving tackles and setting off his midfielders and forwards as well. Full of energy.

Emre: 6 - Bypassed for much of the game and did not impose himself in a creative capacity as he perhaps would have liked. Had some moments, but no concsistency.

Kazim Richards: 6 - Full of energy but lacking in end product. He kept the Portuguese busy, but ultimately failed to provide crosses or get shots on goal.

Nihat: 6.5 - A decent performance and he cannot be faulted for his work rate. Some good set-pieces, but was physically out of his depth against the likes of Pepe and Carvalho.

Tuncay: 5.5 - Drifted out of the game but always came back in with some creative flair. Had some 'nearly' moments, but missed a few chances to capitalise on good positions.

Subsitutes

Sabri: 6.5 - Worked hard, running well but ultimately unable to provide a breakthrough.

Asik: 6

Semih: 6



Source : Goal.com

Euro 2008 Group A - Game 2 Portugal VS Turkey, 2-0

Euro 2008 Preview: Portugal-Turkey

Euro 2008's second match features 2004's losing finalists and a side that failed to reach the last tournament. It's an intriguing clash as Portugal take on Turkey in Basel.


Bad Memories

Portugal come into this game with their last European Championship game, of course, having ended in tragedy. A last-gasp defeat to the Greeks in front of a partisan crowd in Lisbon put paid to any illusions of gaining their first ever piece of silverware, and some might ask if their best chance ever has gone.

It's a fair question - there's nothing like home advantage, after all, and there's a lingering feeling that the squad, now bereft of the likes of Pauleta and Figo, lacks a certain something.

But at the same time there are grounds for optimism. After a rocky qualification path there is less pressure on the side than previously, and, of course, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Carvalho and Quaresma are beginning to hit stride.

Still, defensive worries continue to dominate, and victory is thus far from assured.

Something To Prove

Thankfully for the Portuguese, the same applies to the Crescent-Stars. The Turks seem to have regressed since their glory days of reaching the semi-final of the 2002 World Cup, especially given that they have missed out on both major tournaments since then.

Even reaching this one was no sure thing: it took a late surge past Norway for the Turkish side to squeeze through alongside hated rivals Greece to the final tournament.

Yet here they are, and with a large Turkish contingent living in Switzerland, it's something of a home from home for Fatih Terim's men. That's a positive, for just like Portugal this is a side that tends to play better when surrounded by domestic comforts.

And they also seem to look the part up front. Nihat and Erding enter the tournament in massively high confidence; at the back, though, it may be tougher to keep things tight.

FORM GUIDE

Portugal

31 May 08 - Georgia (H) - WON 2-0 (Friendly)
26 Mar 08 - Greece (N) - LOST 2-1 (Friendly)
06 Feb 08 - Italy (N) - LOST 3-1 (Friendly)
21 Nov 07 - Finland (H) - DREW 0-0 (ECQ)
17 Nov 07 - Armenia (H) - WON 1-0 (ECQ)


Turkey

29 May 08 - Finland (N) - WON 2-0 (Friendly)
25 May 08 - Uruguay (N) - LOST 3-2 (Friendly)
20 May 08 - Slovakia (N) - WON 1-0 (Friendly)
26 Mar 08 - Belarus (A) - DREW 2-2 (Friendly)
06 Feb 08 - Sweden (H) - DREW 0-0 (Friendly)
21 Nov 07 - BiH (H) - WON 1-0 (ECQ)
17 Nov 07 - Norway (A) - WON 2-1 (ECQ)


TEAM NEWS

Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo, Simao and Quaresma are likely to provide the inventive force for a lone striker - Nuno Gomes, perhaps - while Bosingwa has recovered to play right-back.

Predicted Line-Up: Ricardo; Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira; João Moutnho, Petit; Cristiano Ronaldo, Simao, Deco; Nuno Gomes.


Turkey

Hamit Altintop is doubtful after his mucle injury but could yet make the side. Coach Terim will most likely stick with a 4-4-2, with either Senturk or on-form Erdinc partnering Nihat up front. Aurelio is likely to be the lynchpin of the midfield.

Predicted Line-Up: Recber; Gokhan Zan, Asik, Cetin, Balta; Altintop, Aurelio, Emre, Arda; Nihat, Senturk.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo : His last trip to a European Championship ended in heartbreak, but so much has changed since then. The Manchester United man has just enjoyed the year of his life as he helped his side to both the Champions League and Premier League titles, scooping the top scorer award along the way. Rumours of his impending move to Real Madrid continue to circulate, but he's stated that all he's worried about right now is Portugal.

Turkey - Nihat Kahveci : The Villarreal man may not have enjoyed quite as productive a season as Ronaldo, but in his own way he's back in the big time. The ex-Real Sociedad man cut a mean partnership up front with Giuseppe Rossi for Villarreal and proved himself deadly in front of goal, not least on the counter. With Hakan Sukur having stepped back from the national squad, Nihat can stake a claim to being the next Turkish striking legend.


PREDICTION

These two sides conceded more goals than any other qualifying team except Poland, and at the other end they averaged around two per game. As such this could be one of Euro 2008's more open ties, but it's worth remembering that both teams tend to do better at home than on their travels. It's going to be very, very close, but Portugal might just squeeze it.

Portugal 2-1 Turkey

Coach: Fatih Terim
Group A: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, and Turkey



The Bar Is Set High

Turkey are back in a final tournament after missing out on both Euro 2004 and the World Cup in 2006. However, the disappointment in failing to make either tournament has been acted upon by the Turkish FA, and the reward of investing in youth has been handsome for the national side as they qualified for the a major tournament for the first time in six years.

After surprising the world at the World Cup in 2002 when they reached the semi-finals of the tournament, many anticipated a golden era in Turkish football. However, although several of that squad moved abroad the momentum wasn’t built on and Turkey have failed to impress.

Action was taken in 2006 as the Turks insisted that every team should only play a maximum of six foreign players, with a further two allowed on the bench at kick-off. This has promoted the growth of Turkish youngsters, many of whom have since been called into the squad named recently by experienced coach Faith Terim.

Coach

Fatih Terim - Looking Back Over His Shoulder

In coach Faith Terim they have an experienced campaigner who is in his third spell at the helm. He has also had managerial spells in club football at AC Milan and Galatasary, helping the latter to Turkey’s sole triumph in European competition when they won the UEFA Cup in 2000.

That, though, has been a high-watermark of his achievements so far. Taking over the national team once more in 2005, he couldn't quite steer the side towards the World Cup of 2006. Despite a fine, unbeaten run towards the end of qualifying, the Turks lost out in a play-off with Switzerland on away goals and thus stayed at home.

Their 2002 involvement in the Far East now a distant memory, the coach will look to end his tenure on a high note: he will step down after the tournament.

A Look At The Squad

Goalkeepers

In goal first choice will be Volkan Demirel. The Fenebahce keeper is capable of combing the brilliant with the awful, often in the same game as illustrated by his performance in the round of 16 match in Sevilla. After a shaky 10 minutes in which his blunders directly contributed to Sevilla's 2-0 lead, he followed that up with an excellent 110 minutes and saved three penalties in the resulting shoot-out.

His back-up with be the experienced Rustu Receber, one of the few players still to be involved with the national team from the 2002 generation, and Trabzonspor’s Tolga Zenin.

Defence

With 11 goals conceded in qualifying - one of the highest of any of the teams involved, and a record bettered by several teams not taking part - defence has to be the area that Turkey work on.

The defence may well be marshalled by Gatatasary’s Servet Cetin. The 27 year old has been tracked by several Premiership clubs including Portsmouth and a strong tournament could see him moving on in the summer.

Other defensive options include Cetin’s team-mate Emre Asik, although the most likely partner is Besiktas Gokhan Zan. Meanwhile the promising Ibrahim Kas has just left Besiktas to join Getafe for the 2008/09 season and can operate either centrally or on either flank.

In the fullback positions either Galatasary’s Hakan Balta or Fenerbahce’s Ugur Boral will play on the left, whilst on the right Fenerbahce’s Gokhan Gonul will be competing with Galatasary’s Sabri Sarriolgu for the spot.

Midfield

The naturalised Brazilian Mehmet Aurelio will most likely perform holding duties in the midfield engine room for Turkey. The Fenerbahce player has been called up into the squad after accepting Turkish nationality. The former Flamengo player was one of the stand-out performers for Fenerbahce during their excellent run in Europe this season and Turkish fans will be hoping he can continue his fine form for his new country.

Other more attacking midfield options include Newcastle’s Emre, who is still yet to convince fans of the Magpies that he is the real deal, despite his generally excellent performances for his country, he has been able to rekindle that in the Premiership. Bayern Munich’s Hamit Altintop would have been a certain starter but a foot injury picked up whilst playing for Turkey in a friendly may restrict his playing time.

His twin brother Halil Altintop may be ideally placed to take his place. Although slightly more attacking in his style of play the Schalke player, who played with his brother until last summer, could easily replace Hamit, the older of the pair by 10 minutes. Halil has struggled for form this season with Schalke, but is a capable passer of the ball who contributes equally to defence as attack.

VfB Stuttgart’s Yildiary Basturk is another, like Nihat, who has struggled with injuries in recent seasons, although he has been relatively injury free this season. It’s been many seasons since he showed his best form for either club or country, yet the former Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen, on his day is one of the most talented midfielders Turkey have ever produced.

Another exciting prospect is Galatasary’s Arda Turan who can play as an attacking winger on either flank. He managed to weigh in with 6 League goals over the course of the season helping is team to become champions of Turkey for the second time in three seasons. Along with Ugur Boral, who can also play further forward on the left as well as in defence, they could provide some excellent service for Turkey’s forwards from the flanks operating either side of a two man central midfield.

Lesser known but also a strong player is Gokdeniz Karadeniz. Plying his trade in the Russian league with Rubin Kazan, following a transfer in the region of over $8 million after a strong 9 years spell with Trabzonspor, he has hit 4 goals in just 7 games for his new club. He prefers a deep lying position in midfield and his modest goal scoring record at international level suggests he will play in midfield for Turkey. If Turkey go narrow in midfield he may be used to provide the link between midfield and attack.

Attack

The most obvious candidate to score the goals for Turkey will be Nihat. The Villarreal based forward has had a brilliant season in Spain and could be the striker to take over the mantle of Hakan Sukur. If Nihat can get some service from the like of Boral and Turan then Turkey could well be on course to spring a surprise.

Nihat tends to play best when partnered with a target man and those duties will probably be fulfilled by Middlesbrough’s Tuncay. The former Fenerbahce star has struggled for goals in England with only 8 in 34 games after enjoying a strike ratio of about 1 in 3 whilst playing in Turkey. However, his record at international level is still respectable and if can win enough balls in the air for Nihat then the pair could form an excellent partnership.

Other out and out striking options include Fenerbahce’s Semih Senturk. Seldom seem during Fenerbahce’s run in the Champions League, Senturk enjoys an excellent record in the Turkish game and hit 17 goals in just 33 games this season, to finish his side’s top scorer in the league this season.

Sochaux’s Mevlut Erdinc is a name that won’t be familiar to many Turkish fans as he has played his entire career in France. However, after breaking through at the mid-table Ligue 1 side this season he finished as Sochaux’s top scorer with 11 goals this season.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel, Rüştü Reçber, Tolga Zengin

Defenders: Emre Güngör, Hakan Balta, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Servet Çetin, Uğur Boral, Gökhan Zan, Emre Aşık

Midfielders: Emre Belözoğlu, Kazım Kazım, Hamit Altıntop, Ayhan Akman, Tuncay Şanlı, Arda Turan, Mehmet Topal, Mehmet Aurelio, Tümer Metin, Gökdeniz Karadeniz

Attackers: Nihat Kahveci, Semih Şentürk, Mevlüt Erdinç.

Key Players

Nihat Kahveci: After the retirement of Hakan Suker from international football, for so long the focus of a nation’s hopes, a new hero could emerge at Euro 2008: Nihat Kahveci. The Villarreal striker has enjoyed an excellent season in Spain and comes into the tournament in fine form. If he can find the back of the net with a degree of regularity over the course of the tournament, Turkey could be one of the surprises of Euro 2008. At only 5'9" Nihat isn’t going to win too many balls in the air but despite his relatively stocky frame he has a deceptively quick turn of pace, similar in many respects to Manchester United’s Carlos Tevez. His clever movement and intelligent positioning make him a dangerous customer to mark for opposition defences and his ability to strike up partnerships with most strikers also makes him an ideal player to have in the squad.

Ugor Boral: Although not well known outside Turkey, Fenerbahce winger Ugor Boral who has been called into the Turkish squad for Euro 2008, could develop into one of the stars of the tournament. Capable of playing at either left back or left wing, Boral gets up and down the flank well and can cover in defence if the full-back gets ahead of him. At 26 Boral definitely has his best years ahead of him and he could be a star not only of this tournament but in the future as well.

Mehmet Aurelio: With the occasionally erratic Demirel in goal, especially on crosses into the box, stopping service from wide areas, against their opponents has to be made a priority. An onus will therefore fall onto Mehmet Aurelio’s shoulders in midfield to keep the teams shape and organise the defence so that Turkey can make it hard for opponents to play through them.

Prediction

In what is destined to be a tight Group A, Turkey similarly must keep it tight at the back if they're to progress to the same extent that they did back in 2006.

Turkey lost a Euro 2008 warm-up friendly 3-2 to Uruguay here on Sunday as Fatih Terim's Turks suffered a setback.

Terim rang the changes, fielding only four of the starters who beat Slovakia 1-0 last Tuesday in another Germany friendly, to see what his squad have in reserve.

Defender Servet Cetin was out injured, as was midfielder Mehmet Aurelio and their absence was keenly felt. Arda Turan opened the scoring with an early header from a cross by Hamit Altintop.

But Uruguay fought back and levelled from the spot on the half hour through Luis Suarez after he was upended by keeper Volkan Demirel.

A fine freekick from Nihat Kahveci six minutes after the restart put the Turks back in front but goals from Suarez on 78 minutes, profiting from defensive disarray, and then a Cristian Rodriguez spotkick five minutes from the end after Emre Asik fouled him, completed a Uruguayan turnaround.

On Thursday the Turks will take on Finland in the German town of Duisburg.

At the Euro, the Turks compete in Group A along with co-hosts Switzerland, 2004 semi-finalists Czech Republic and 2004 finalists Portugal, who they play in their first match on June 7 in Geneva.