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Turkey 1-Croatia 1 (Turkey win on penalties
3-1)
*Turkey made it through to their first UEFA
European Championship semi-final at Croatia's
expense after a thrilling match in Vienna was
decided on penalties after the two sides had
swapped goals in the final moments of extra
time.
When Ivan Klasnić headed in Luka Modrić's
cross with a minute of the overtime period to
play, Croatia looked to have booked their
place in Wednesday's semi-final against
Germany. However, for the third game running,
Turkey sensationally hit back at the death to
force the first shoot-out of these finals
when Semih Şentürk drove in, with the aid
of a deflection, from just inside the area.
They went on to win 3-1 on penalties after
Rüştü Reçber saved Mladen Petrić's kick
following earlier misses from Modrić and
Ivan Rakitić. Turkey coach Fatih Terim,
though, will struggle to get a team together
to play Germany with Emre Aşık, Tuncay
Şanlı and Arda Turan all suspended along
with Volkan Demirel after being booked here.
Terim, without the banned Volkan Demirel and
Mehmet Aurélio and with injuries also taking
their toll, made four changes from the side
that defeated the Czech Republic dramatically
to reach the quarter-finals. The 35-year-old
Rüştü, who had played against Croatia
coach Slaven Bilić at EURO '96™, started
in goal, while Bilić reverted to the team
that had beaten Germany en route to topping
Group B. With so much at stake, both sets of
players made nervy starts. On five minutes
Turkey right-back Sabri Sarıoğlu's
misplaced pass allowed Rakitić to dart to
the byline and he pulled the ball back for
Darijo Srna whose shot was blocked by Hakan
Balta. It was a portent of things to come as
Croatia probed with success down both flanks
with Terim's reshuffled back line struggling
to cope with their slick passing.
For Turkey, Hamit Altıntop flashed an early
effort wide and Robert Kovač bravely blocked
his free-kick, but Bilić's men were soon in
the ascendancy and should have gone ahead on
18 minutes. Croatia fans had descended on
Vienna en masse during a baking hot day and
they roared as one when Modrić raced clear
on the right. His low centre singled out
Ivica Olić who crashed a shot off the
crossbar before Niko Kranjčar headed the
rebound over. Just as against Austria,
however, Croatia lost their way when it
looked like they were ready to take a
stranglehold on proceedings. Turkey began to
enjoy more of the possession and though
chances were few, Mehmet Topal drew a gasp
from the crowd with a 30-metre drive that
whistled just wide.
The traffic was soon flowing back towards
Rüştü, with Croatia almost given a goal
four minutes after the restart. Gökhan Zan's
weak header let Olić in and the veteran
goalkeeper had to race off his line to get a
finger to the striker's headed attempt.
Rüştü saved from Kranjčar moments later
and then, on 70 minutes, Rakitić fired over
after a neat one-two with Olić had given him
a clear sight of goal inside the box. Knowing
their side's propensity for late goals Turkey
supporters grew in confidence as extra time
loomed. But as the clocked ticked down
Croatia again came close, Rüştü
brilliantly tipping away Srna's curling
free-kick on 83 minutes, then blocking from
Olić.
Having taken the match to added time, Turkey
started to show more adventure. Stipe
Pletikosa did well to parry after Emre Aşık
had skipped through the Croatia defence and
the goalkeeper was then grateful to see
Tuncay's drive flash wide on 102 minutes. In
an incredible climax, Klasnić would head
Croatia in front in the final minute --
Modrić capitalising on an error by Rüştü
to provide the assist -- only for Semih to
hit back with the last kick of the game. His
deflected strike flew past Pletikosa, leaving
it to a shoot-out to finally tilt the balance
in Turkey's favour.
*Die Türkei steht zum ersten Mal im
Halbfinale einer UEFA-Europameisterschaft. In
einem am Ende dramatischen Spiel in Wien
konnten sich die Türken im Elfmeterschießen
gegen Kroatien durchsetzen, nachdem in der
letzten Minute der Verlängerung noch zwei
Tore gefallen waren.
*Une nouvelle remontée incroyable et des
tirs au but permettent à la Turquie de
remporter le deuxième quart de finale de
l'UEFA EURO 2008™, à Vienne, vendredi.
*Per la prima volta nella sua storia, la
Turchia si qualifica per la semifinale del
Campionato Europeo UEFA a spese della Croazia
dopo una gara decisa agli ultimi due minuti
dei tempi supplementari.
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