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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Stade de Geneve, Geneva
  • Attendance: 30000
  • Referee: Frojdfeldt, P

Live Commentary

90mins

Full-Time: TURKEY 3-2 CZECH REPUBLIC.

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There's not time left for the Czechs to save themselves and Turkey are through to the quarter-finals.

90mins

Sub Baros is booked for a show of dissent from the bench.

90mins

Tuncay has gone in goal for Turkey.

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Czech skipper Tomas Ujfalusi barges over Nihat and is cautioned.

90mins

An incredible finish to the evening, what drama is there yet to come.

90mins

Volkan has pushed Koller over after an altercation in the area, he's red-carded and the Turks have no more subs to use, but at least it's not a penalty.

90mins

What a fantastic finish to the game and there are four minutes of added time to be played as well.

89mins

TURKEY 3-2 CZECH REPUBLIC, astonishing, NIHAT breaks the offside trap and curls home a superb right-foot shot from the edge of the area.

88mins

What a time to make such an error, Cech looks utterly forlorn.

87mins

TURKEY 2-2 CZECH REPUBLIC, Altintop curls in a cross and Cech makes an horrendous mistake, dropping the ball to allow NIHAT to turn the loose ball home from a few yards out.

86mins

Terim looks agitated in his technical area, it really is tense stuff now.

84mins

Sionko trots off for the Czechs and Stanislav Vlcek comes on to try and steady the ship.

84mins

Jankulovski goes over a challenge from Tuncay and stays down to waste a few more seconds.

83mins

Sionko drives into the area, but rightly gets nothing for an extravagant dive.

82mins

Servet looks certain to equalise, but heads wide from five yards out, Turkey should have been level.

80mins

The Czechs bring off Plasil and send on Michal Kadlec.

80mins

Just over ten minutes to go and things have certainly hotted back up, as Tomas Galasek goes into the book.

78mins

Cech palms away a Kazim-Richards cross from the right, as the Czechs begin to wobble at the back.

77mins

Suddenly Turkey are back on their game and are pushing forward in numbers.

76mins

That was a fine goal and makes it very much game on again, another Turkey goal will force a penalty shoot-out for a place in the last eight.

75mins

TURKEY 1-2 CZECH REPUBLIC, Turkey mount a patient attack and Altintop's cross to the far post is converted by a low drive by ARDA.

73mins

Asik brings down Rozehnal as the Czech defender makes a rare foray forward.

71mins

Polak shoots against the post from Sionko's cross and then takes a boot to the head as he dives to meet the loose ball, which Volkan dives on eventually.

70mins

The Czechs are preparing to bring on Baros, probably for the tiring Koller.

68mins

Tuncay runs onto a near-post ball in from the left, but he cannot get enough power on his header to trouble Cech.

66mins

Midway through the second half and the Turks have a mountain to climb now.

64mins

Arda has been booked by the Swedish referee.

64mins

Turkey coach Fatih Terim is furious, his team were down to ten men when the Czechs scored their second goal, which should prove crucial.

63mins

Gungor has been stretchered away from the action, with Emre Asik taking his place.

62mins

TURKEY 0-2 CZECH REPUBLIC, Sionko crosses from the right and Jaroslav PLASIL arrives right on cue to net at the far post, with Volkan almost keeping the ball out again.

61mins

Koller breaks clear from the halfway line, but he is caught up and eventually sidefoots wide from 15 yards.

59mins

Turkey have a couple of players down injured, Servet and Emre Gungor.

58mins

Altintop fires a cross in from the right, but there's not Turkish striker willing to gamble in the middle.

57mins

Turkey bring on Colin Kazim-Richards for Mehmet Topal.

56mins

Rozehnal heads away from yet another Arda cross and then he clears a Sabri ball in from the other flank.

55mins

Arda makes space on the left and gets a cross in with his right foot, but Cech is again out smartly to collect the ball and clear downfield.

53mins

Tuncay heads a free-kick straight at Cech, the Czechs need to step it up or risk conceding in the near future.

52mins

It's all Turkey so far this half, Rozehnal again has to cover well to avert the danger.

50mins

Hakan Balta gets forward from left-back and his cross is arrowing towards Nihat before Rozehnal makes a fine defensive header.

49mins

Turkey have certainly started the second half better than they started the first.

48mins

Jankulovski gets across to cover, but his clearance falls to Nihat, whose clever volley isn't too far over the top of Cech's crossbar.

47mins

Mehmet Aurelio touches a free-kick into the Czech area, but Cech is out to catch the dropping ball.

46mins

Turkey have brought on Sabri for Semih as they go in search of a crucial equaliser.

46mins

Turkey start the second period.

45mins

Half-Time: TURKEY 0-1 CZECH REPUBLIC.

45mins

Polak has space in the Turkish area, but he delays the shot and it is blocked for a corner.

44mins

Sionko curls in a first-time cross which is met by Koller, but his effort is way too high to trouble Volkan.

42mins

Jankulovski bends in a deep free-kick and Koller is afforded time and space, but heads over the top from 12 yards out.

41mins

A few minutes to go to half-time and the Czechs probably deserve to be ahead at this stage.

39mins

Another Nihat free-kick is headed over the Czech bar by Servet, he looks dangerous from set-pieces.

39mins

Matejovksy leaves the pitch on a stretcher and David Jarolim takes his place.

36mins

Nihat fires in an excellent near-post corner, but Cech makes an excellent punched clearance under some pressure.

35mins

A classic Koller strike, Volkan got a hand to it but couldn't keep it out.

34mins

TURKEY 0-1 CZECH REPUBLIC, Zdenek Grygera gets away down the right and his cross is headed powerfully past Volkan by the giant KOLLER.

33mins

Jankulovski fires in a superb cross from the left, but Volkan is out quickly to gather the ball with his feet.

31mins

Servet meets Hamit Altintop's ball in from the right, but his header drops straight into the arms of the waiting Cech.

30mins

Semih and Nihat trouble the Czech central defence, before David Rozehnal gets across to cover.

28mins

Koller chests the ball down in the Turkish area, but Servet is across quickly to clear the danger.

26mins

Sionko cuts inside from the right and tries to curl the ball to the far corner with his left foot, it drifts a yard too high with Volkan at full stretch.

24mins

Midway through the first half and the quarter-final spot is still up for grabs.

22mins

Jankulovski makes a storming run from left-back, his far-post cross is played back across goal by Sionko and Servet is in the right place to make a fine clearance.

21mins

Koller feeds Sionko on the right, but he turns back into trouble just as the Turkish defence looked to be opening up.

20mins

Mehmet Topal works some space 25 yards from goal, but his left-foot shot is sliced miles wide of Petr Cech's goal.

19mins

It's been tense, but so far there has been little action in either penalty area.

18mins

The Czechs respond with Matejovsky forcing the first save of the game from Turkey goalkeeper Volkan, it was comfortable.

17mins

Tuncay finds space 30 yards out and his right-foot drive is narrowly wide of target.

15mins

The Swedish referee is desperate to stamp his authority on the game and he's certainly not helping the Turkish cause.

14mins

Koller is fouled again and Emre Gungor nearly becomes the third Turk to earn a booking.

13mins

Liobor Sionko makes ground down the right, but he is eased off the ball by Servet.

11mins

Jankulovski delivers the free-kick into the are and Koller heads over from 15 yards.

10mins

Koller is fouled by Servet Cetin and Mehmet Aurelio is booked for a bit of dissent.

9mins

Turkey finally get into the Czech half, but they cannot fashion a shot on goal.

7mins

Jaroslav Plasil plays a short corner to Libor Sionko before firing a shot high over the bar from 30 yards out.

6mins

Mehmet Topal lunges into a tackle on Jan Polak and gets the first yellow card of the game.

4mins

A strong start by the Czechs, Turkey have yet to see any possession.

3mins

Marek Jankulovski delivers the ball to the far post, but it's just too high to be headed back across goal.

2mins

Matejovsky wins a free-kick on the Czech right flank, a dangerous position for Turkey.

1mins

Marek Matejovsky tries a shot from 25 yards, but it's well wide of target.

1mins

The Czechs get the game underway.

0mins

Turkey make three changes from the win over Switzerland, with Semih Senturk handed a start after scoring in that game.

0mins

Czech coach Karel Bruckner has recalled Jan Koller to his starting line-up, with Milan Baros dropped to the bench.

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The last eight place will be decided by a penalty shoot-out if this game ends as a draw.

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Turkey and the Czech Republic go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals in the Stade de Geneve in Geneva.

Match Report

Ten-man Turkey clinched a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 with a stunning last-gasp 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic in Geneva.

Czech coach Karel Bruckner recalled Jan Koller to his starting line-up, with Milan Baros dropped to the bench, while Turkey made three changes from the win over Switzerland, with Semih Senturk handed a start after scoring in that game.

The Czechs made a bright start and dominated the opening minutes, without seriously testing Turkish goalkeeper Volkan.

Libor Sionko was lively on the right flank, cutting inside to curl one shot narrowly wide of the far post just before the half-hour mark.

Soon after the Czechs took the lead as Zdenek Grygera found some space down the right and his cross was headed powerfully past Volkan by the giant Koller, despite the keeper getting a hand to the ball.

Turkey came out fired up after the interval and pressed the opposition deeper in defence, but their pressure failed to yield dividends, with Koller wasting a clear opening before the Czechs doubled the lead soon after the hour.

The impressive Sionko crossed from the right and Jaroslav Plasil arrived right on cue to net at the far post, with Volkan almost keeping the ball out again.

That seemed to be game over, but Turkey went on to mount one of the great comebacks in international football history.

Firstly, Jan Polak hit the post from Sionko's cross and then took a boot to the head as he dived to meet the loose ball, before Volkan collected.

Fifteen minutes from time, Turan Arda pulled the first goal back, as he converted Hamit Altintop's cross to the far post.

However, that didn't look like making much difference as the game entered its final couple of minutes.

Petr Cech then chose exactly the wrong moment to make a fatal error, spilling a routine catch from Altintop to allow Nihat to turn the loose ball home from a few yards out.

That left a penalty shootout looming to decide who would go through to the last eight, but Turkey and Nihat had other ideas, as the diminutive striker broke the offside trap and curled home a superb right-foot shot from the edge of the area in the final minute of normal time.

There was still time for Turkey keeper Volkan to be red-carded for a needless shove on Koller, but Turkey held on to clinch a famous victory and leave the Czechs devastated at an early exit.

Turkey

Czech Republic

Corners

62

Fouls

1613

Goal attempts

1514

Shots off target

78

Offsides

01

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