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Late collapse stuns Bruckner

16 Jun 2008 - 07:57:18

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Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner thought his side buckled under the pressure as they lost 3-2 to Turkey despite leading by two goals with only 15 minutes remaining.

The amazing loss ended the Czech's tournament and brought Bruckner's reign as coach of the national team to a disappointing end.

The veteran coach said: "To lose such a game is incredible. Even with four minutes to go we were winning 2-1 and to concede two goals in the last four minutes is unbelievable.

"You cannot make mistakes like that and expect to win games. We made mistakes on the second and third goals and we did not defend well, and you can't play like that.

"We tried to play a simple game. We went 2-0 up and we were doing well, and we had chances to score more. In the end we surrendered to Turkey's pressure.

"We buckled under the pressure. It is going to take many nights to get over this game.

"The left side of my defence was creaking. We retreated more and more. It was just not possible to break out and play a bit. The Turks made it 2-1 then it was 2-2 because of an individual mistake (Cech)."