Date: 11-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: BASEL
Running time: 110 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 20:45
St Jakob Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,730
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, 18°C
TURKEY
Volkan Demirel
Emre Aşık
Servet Çetin
Arda Turan
Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Hakan Balta
Hamit Altıntop
Mehmet Aurélio
Tümer Metin
Nihat Kahveci (c)
Tuncay Şanlı
Coach: Fatih Terim (TUR)
31′ Tuncay Şanlı
41′ Mehmet Aurélio
48′ Hakan Balta
46′ ↓Tümer Metin ↑Mehmet Topal
46′ ↓Tümer Metin ↑Semih Şentürk
85′ ↓Nihat Kahveci ↑Colin Kâzim-Richards
SWITZERLAND
Diego Benaglio
Stefan Lichtsteiner
Philippe Senderos
Valon Behrami
Tranquillo Barnetta
Gelson Fernandes
Gökhan Inler
Ludovic Magnin (c)
Patrick Müller
Hakan Yakin
Eren Derdiyok
Coach: Köbi Kuhn (SUI)
55′ Eren Derdiyok
66′ ↓Tranquillo Barnetta ↑Johann Vonlanthen
76′ ↓Gelson Fernandes ↑Ricardo Cabanas
85′ ↓Hakan Yakin ↑Daniel Gygax
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (SVK)
Goals:
57′ Semih Şentürk TUR
90′ Arda Turan TUR
32′ Hakan Yakin SUI
Match overview
Turkey stunned co-hosts Switzerland in Basel with a dramatic 2-1 comeback. Hakan Yakin’s rain-assisted opener in the 32nd minute was cancelled out by Semih Şentürk’s 57th-minute header. Deep into stoppage time, Arda Turan’s fierce strike sealed a vital victory, reviving Turkey’s Euro 2008 hopes.
Trivia
Semih Şentürk’s decisive equaliser marked his first international goal, while Arda Turan’s injury-time winner off Patrick Müller became one of the tournament’s most memorable late strikes. The match was played on a rain-softened pitch under cool, partly cloudy skies.
