6.15.2008

Turkey vs Croatia: Turkish surprised Czech Republic in an historical match of Nihat Kahveci


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.

Lineups:
Turkey:
Demirel, Altintop, Gungor (Asik 65),Cetin, Balta, Topal (Kazim-Richards 57), Aurelio, Turan, Sanli, Nihat, Senturk (Sarioglu 46).

Czech Republic: Cech, Grygera, Ujfalusi, Rozehnal, Jankulovski, Sionko (Kadlec 80), Matejovsky (Jarolim 39), Galasek, Polak, Plasil (Vlcek 84), Koller.

Goals: 34 min. Koller, 62 min. Plasil (CZE) 75 min. Turan, 87 and 89 min. Nihat (TUR)

2 comments:

Serdar Yay said...

Good match. I want to watch mach again. Nihat, Arda and Servet are the best players. And Koller plays very good.

http://serdarinkimyablogu.blogspot.com/

Tom said...

I think so, and it was Koller last match with Czech Republic t-shirt. That is why he cried after the match.

Congratulations Turkey!