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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Group A
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Turkey v Czech Republic
Channel 22 : 2:45 am - (Live)
Czech Republic
Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Nurnberg), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Daniel Zitka (Anderlecht)
Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Juventus), Marek Jankulovski, Michal Kadlec (Sparta), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Zdenek Pospech (Copenhagen), David Rozenhal (Lazio), Tomas Sivok (Sparta), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Nurnberg), David Jarolim (Hamburg), Marek Matejovsky (Reading), Jaroslav Plasil (Osasuna), Jan Polak (Anderlecht), Libor Sionko (Copenhagen), Rudi Skacel (Hertha Berlin), Stanislav Vlcek (Anderlecht)
Forwards: Milan Baros (Portsmouth), Martin Fenin (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jan Koller (Nurnberg), Vaclav Sverkos (Ostrava)
Turkey
Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), Rustu Recber (Besiktas), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)
Defenders: Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Emre Asik (Ankaraspor), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), Ugur Boral (Fenerbahce), Emre Gungor (Galatasaray)
Midfielders: Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahce), Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray), Emre Belozoglu (Newcastle United), Tumer Metin (Larissa), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough), Kazim Kazim (Colin Kazim-Richards - Fenerbahce)Forwards: Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal), Semih Senturk (Fenerbahce), Mevlut Erdinc (Sochaux)
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Group A
vs 
Switzerland v Portugal
Channel 30 : 2:45 am - (Live)
Switzerland
Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg), Pascal Zuberbuehler (Neuchatel Xamax), Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshoppers Zurich)
Defenders: Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Patrick Mueller (Olympique Lyon), Johan Djourou (Arsenal), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lille)Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Lazio), Gokhan Inler (Udinese), Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City), Benjamin Huggel (Basel), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Hakan Yakin (Young Boys Berne), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers Zurich), Johan Vonlanthen (Salzburg), Daniel Gygax (Metz)
Forwards: Alex Frei (Borussia Dortmund), Marco Streller (Basel), Eren Derdiyok (Basel)
Portugal
Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Real Betis), Quim Silva (Benfica), Rui Patricio (Sporting)
Defenders: Miguel Monteiro (Valencia), Jose Bosingwa (Porto), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart), Bruno Alves (Porto), Pepe (Real Madrid), Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista)Midfielders: Raul Meireles (Porto), Joao Moutinho (Sporting), Deco (Barcelona), Armando Petit (Benfica), Miguel Veloso (Sporting), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Nani (Manchester United)
Forwards: Simao Sabrosa (Atletico Madrid), Ricardo Quaresma (Porto), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen, Helder Postiga (Panathinaikos)
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the turks scored 3 goals in 15 mins.
they have cech to thank for the equalizer. he dropped the ball while trying to pluck it in the air. he should have just punched it away.
at 2 - 0 up they should have gotten a penalty. i dont understand why it was not given. the turkish player raised his boot so high it cut the forehead of one of the czech defenders.
turkey attacked throughout the second half. it was a fantastic match.
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Turkey 3 Czech Republic 2
NUMBER ONE keeper in the world?
Petr Cech looked more like a reject from the Prague Sunday League as he threw away the Czech Republic’s Euro 2008 dream. Now new Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari — armed with Roman Abramovich’s millions — must be wondering if he needs a new man between the Stamford Bridge sticks. Cech’s howler defined this amazing clash which will forever be known as the Quake by the Lake.
Turkey somehow qualified for the quarter-finals — despite looking down and out as they trailed the Czechs by two goals with just 15 minutes left.
Jan Koller’s header and Jaroslav Plasil’s 62nd-minute strike put the Czechs in control as Group A looked to be heading towards a predictable conclusion. And then the ground shook.
Arda Turan pulled one back for the Turks with a low shot which clipped in off the post. A mere consolation? Don’t you believe it. Cech had looked unflappable all night as the Turks failed to impose themselves as an attacking force.
But, when a hopeful 88th-minute cross floated over from the right, the Chelsea keeper somehow took his eye off the ball and dropped it at the foot of grateful skipper Nihat, who tapped home. And moments later Nihat was at it again as he slipped through the static Czech defence and fired a shot in off the bar as Cech was left shellshocked.
But still the drama continued. As the Czechs piled forward, a goalmouth scramble saw the ball trickle past the post before Turkish keeper Volkan Demirel, obviously caught up in the mayhem of the moment, shoved Koller to the ground.
He was rightly sent off and Middlesbrough’s Tuncay — who 20 minutes earlier had looked a distraught figure as he tried to lift Turkey back into the match — had to go in goal for the closing seconds.
The Czechs were down and out and so Turkey will now face Croatia in the last eight.
How much more can we take of this amazing drama? Distraught Czech boss Karel Brueckner said: “To lose such a game is incredible. Even with four minutes to go we were winning 2-1 and to concede two goals in the last four minutes is unbelievable. You cannot make mistakes like that and expect to win games.
“We made mistakes on the second and third goals and we did not defend well — and you can’t play like that. “In the end we surrendered to Turkey’s pressure.”
Turkey’s Hamit Altintop thought his country’s chance had gone as the Czechs led 2-0. He said: “To be honest, we played poorly in the first half and no one believed it was possible any more. “We just kept playing on. But you have to say the coach made some good adjustments. He put me into midfield and we played with better organisation. “We noticed the Czechs were losing their confidence and we took advantage of that.”
SUN RATINGS
TURKEY: Demirel 5, Altintop 6, Gungor 6 (Asik 5), Cetin 5, Balta 6, Topal 6 (Kazim 6), Aurelio 6, Turan 6, Tuncay 7, Nihat 6, Senturk 6 (Sarioglu 6).
CZECH REP: Cech 5, Grygera 7, Ujfalusi 6, Rozehnal 7, Jankulovski 6, Sionko 6 (Vlcek 5), Matejovsky 6 (Jarolim 6), Galasek 6, Polak 6, Plasil 7 (Kadlec 6), Koller 7.
Edited by zocoss 16 Jun `08, 10:53AM
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