Date: 15-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: GENEVE
Running time: 112 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: *****
Notes: crazy end !
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 15 June 2008, 20:45
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,016
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, 20°C
TURKEY
Volkan Demirel
Emre Gungor
Servet Çetin
Arda Turan
Hakan Balta
Hamit Altıntop
Mehmet Aurélio
Mehmet Topal
Semih Şentürk
Nihat Kahveci (c)
Tuncay Şanlı
Coach: Fatih Terim (TUR)
6′ Mehmet Topal
10′ Mehmet Aurélio
65′ Arda Turan
74′ Emre Aşık
90′ Volkan Demirel
46′ ↓Semih Şentürk ↑Sabri Sarıoğlu
57′ ↓Mehmet Topal ↑Colin Kâzim-Richards
65′ ↓Emre Gungor ↑Emre Aşık
CZECH REP.
Petr Čech
Zdeněk Grygera
Marek Jankulovski
David Rozehnal
Tomáš Ujfaluši (c)
Tomáš Galásek
Marek Matějovský
Jaroslav Plašil
Jan Polák
Libor Sionko
Jan Koller
Coach: Karel Brückner (CZE)
80′ Tomáš Galásek
90′ Tomáš Ujfaluši
39′ ↓Marek Matějovský ↑David Jarolím
80′ ↓Jaroslav Plašil ↑Michal Kadlec
84′ ↓Libor Sionko ↑Stanislav Vlček
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
Goals:
34′ Jan Koller CZE
62′ Jaroslav Plašil CZE
75′ Arda Turan TUR
87′ Nihat Kahveci TUR
89′ Nihat Kahveci TUR
Match overview
Turkey snatched a dramatic 3-2 win in Geneva thanks to two stoppage-time strikes from Nihat Kahveci. Jan Koller and Jaroslav Plašil had given the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead, and Arda Turan’s goal revived Turkey on 75 minutes. Turkey then completed a stunning turnaround with Nihat’s late double, despite finishing with ten men.
Trivia
Nihat Kahveci’s brace marked the first time a Turkish player scored twice in the closing five minutes of a Euro finals match. Petr Čech’s late error compounded Czech misery, and Volkan Demirel’s red card meant Turkey faced Croatia next with their goalkeeper suspended.
