The Turks rejoice reaching the spherical of 16.Image: keystone
Turkey are within the remaining phases of a European Championship for the primary time since 2008. Vincenzo Montella’s group secured second place in Group F with a 2-1 win towards the Czech Republic.
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Turkey and the Czech Republic have met twice on the European Championship to date. The Turks left the sphere as winners twice. It was much less dramatic in Hamburg than within the 2008 finals, when the Turks turned a 2-0 deficit right into a 3-2 victory within the final quarter of an hour and moved into the knockout phases. However this sport was additionally robust.
Calhanoglu places the Turks forward.Video: SRF
After Hakan Calhanoglu’s opening aim within the 51st minute, every thing pointed to a peaceable night for Turkey. At this level, the 2002 World Cup third-placed participant had already performed within the majority for over half an hour. Antonin Barak acquired his second yellow card after 20 minutes for a foul on Salih Özcan and was despatched off by referee Istvan Kovacs. The Czech received his first stern warning to cease.
Barak flies off the sphere.Video: SRF
The Turks virtually carelessly spent this benefit within the individual of Kenan Yildiz solely a little bit later. The 19-year-old from Juventus Turin hit Robin Hranac’s Achilles tendon with an open first base and was nicely served with a yellow card. A minute later (!), Kovacs deemed the Turk’s elbow towards Vladimir Coufal’s not price a yellow card.
Nevertheless, the Czechs didn’t let these low blows get them down. Earlier than the half time whistle they’d their finest likelihood of your complete first half by means of David Jurasek. After a counterattack, solely Mert Günok denied the Hoffenheim participant in entrance of the aim.
Soucek equalizes for the Czechs.Video: SRF
It was the identical Günok who was on the origin of the equalizer: the Turkish goalkeeper dropped the ball after 66 minutes and an aerial duel with Thomas Chory. Thomas Soucek introduced the stress again into the sport with the 1:1.
Within the remaining stage, regardless of being greater, the Czechs needed to realize the successful aim that will have introduced them into the spherical of 16. Nevertheless it was Turkey who received 2-1 after a counter-attack in stoppage time by Cenk Tosun.
Czech Republic – Turkey 1:2 (0:0)
Hamburg. – 47,683 viewers. – SR Kovacs (ROU).
Tower: 51. Calhanoglu 0:1. 66. Soucek 1:1. 94. Tones 1:2.
Czech Republic: Stanek (55. Kovar); Holes, Hranac, Krejci; Coufal, Soucek, Provod (seventy fifth Lingr), David Jurasek (81st Matej Jurasek); Barak; Chytil (55. Kuchta), Hlozek (55. Chory).
Turkey: Gunock; Müldür, Akaydin, Demiral, Kadioğlu; Güler (76th Tosun), Yüksek (63rd Yokuslu), Calhanoglu (87th Kökcü), Özcan (forty sixth Ayhan), Yildiz (76th Aktürkoglu); Yilmaz.
Notes: Türkiye sin Bardakci (suspended). 20. Yellow-red card towards Barac.
Warnings: 11. Barak. 31. Ozcan. 35. Kick (on the bench). 37. Yildiz. 49. Yuksek. 65. Gunock. 66. Calhanoglu. 68. Cakir (on the bench). 81. Muldur. 85. Jaros (on the bench). 85. Cerv (on the bench). 85. Area. 91. Prey. 95. Aihan. 95. Kökcu. (abú/sda)
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