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Wednesday June 11, 2008 Finished St. Jakob-Park

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Switzerland

  • Yakin 32’

Turkey

  • Senturk 58’
  • Turan 90’
  1. Arda winner knocks Swiss out

    Arda winner knocks Swiss out

    Arda Turan's injury-time strike gave Turkey a dramatic 2-1 victory against Switzerland in Basel, and resigned the co-hosts to certain exit from Euro 2008. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Switzerland
    • Turkey
    • 90+3' Unbelievable end to the match! And the co-hosts are going home. Turkey, meanwhile, are very much alive and will face Czech Republic with everything to play for. Thanks for joining me!
    • 90+2' ARDA!!!!! TURKEY HAVE WON IT AT THE DEATH!!! Arda cut inside from the left and his deflected shot from 25 yards has effectively knocked the Swiss out!!
    • 90' There will be four minutes of added time! High drama here. A goal now would be priceless for either side.
    • 87' Inler is fouled by Semih right on the edge of the box. What a chance for Switzerland here.
    • 84' HOW HAVE SWITZERLAND NOT SCORED!!! Inler broke on the right and teed up Yakin. Volkan saved his shot, and saved again from the follow up. Great stuff from the Turkish keeper.
    • 81' Turkey go long, but there's nobody up there to chase the ball down.
    • 78' Turkey have had 52% of possession in the second half. Colin Kazim-Ricards is warming up on the sidelines.
    • 75' Ricardo Cabanas replaces Man City's Gelson Fernandes.
    • 74' Arda gets clear on the right and his cross-come-shot is just beyond Nihat at the far post.
    • 70' No genuine openings to speak of since the Turkish goal - both sides are going it for it though.
    • 66' Change for the Swiss - Barnetta is replace by Johann Vonlanthen. Straight switch.
    • 62' Real fizz about this game now. Both sides want the win and Switzerland are enjoying a good spell now.
    • 58' GOOOOALLL!!! Turkey are level!!! Nihat crosses from the left and Semih rises well to head home!! The ball appeared to go straight through Benaglio's hands, he should have stopped it.
    • 55' Derdiyok hacks down Altintop and deservedly goes in the book for kicking the ball away afterwards.
    • 53' Turkey are going far more direct this half, which is understandable in the conditions. The pitch is clearly drying out, and players are managing to carry the ball with far greater ease.
    • 52' Barnetta drives forwards and shoots low and hard...but wide.
    • 48' Daft yellow card for Hakan Balta, who tries to "Maradona" home an inswinging cross from the left.
    • 46' Two changes for Turkey...Mehmet Topal and Semih Senturk are on, replacing Karadeniz and Metin.
    • 46' And we're under way in the second half. The groundstaff have been working throughout the break to improve the playing surface and hopes are high the match can be played to a finish. Turkey win an early corner, which Yakin rises to clear.
    • 45+2' Half-time in Basel and Switzerland lead 1-0 in quite ridiculous conditions.
    • 43' Turkey are coming in this now, but they have yet to fashion a real opening - Arda's header aside.
    • 41' Mehmet Aurelio goes in the book for a cynical foul. Yakin shoots from the resultant free-kick, straight into the wall.
    • 40' Free-kick to Turkey, just inside the Swiss half. Benaglio gathers, and as he does the rain appears to subside. Blue skies are overhead.
    • 37' The conditions really are verging on the farsical, but the Swiss will now be praying the game goes on. They lead, and are dominant.
    • 34' SHOULD HAVE BEEN TWO!!! Behrami on the right this time, and he squares for Yakin, but this time he misses. WHAT A CHANCE.
    • 32' GOOOAALLL!!!! 19-year-old Eren Derdiyok is played through and he shows fine composure to square for Hakan Yakin - who sidefoots through a puddle and home from two yards!!!
    • 31' Tuncay goes in the book for a late challenge on Inler. That was a real leg breaker, and he could have walked for that.
    • 30' Lightning now! And the pitch is becoming unplayable.
    • 29' NIHAT WHIPS IT IN...Benaglio punches straight onto Arda's head and it's onto the post!! He knew little about it, but that was mighty close to an opener.
    • 28' Tuncay goes down theatrically on the right edge of the box. Free-kick to Turkey, dangerous position...
    • 25' Free-kick to Switzerland...BARNETTA!! Great hit and another sharp stop from Volkan.
    • 24' Hakan Yakin lets fly and connects really well from 20 yards...fine save from Volkan!
    • 23' Comical scenes in the Swiss box...Arda had an opening but was surrounded by three defenders in record time. All four proceeded to slide around on the treacherous surface.
    • 19' Gokhan Inler has a long-range pop, which Demirel looks far from comfortably gathering. Shooting on sight may well be the best option in these conditions, especially low driven efforts like that.
    • 19' It's absolutely chucking it down now. The pitch is greasing up and we're in for an eventful match here, in every respect.
    • 17' Fernandes is late on Arda, and lucky to escape a yellow card. Tackles are flying in, and Turkey win another free-kick seconds later. Nihat slices his delivery, howeverm and Switzerland clear.
    • 15' Behrami is fouled by Arda, free-kick to the Swiss. Nervous moments for Turkey, but eventually the danger passes.
    • 14' It's raining cats and dogs in Basel - out of nowhere the heavens have opened. It's only adding to the drama!
    • 11' There's a real cup tie feel to this one, and with stakes so high it's not surprising. Diego Benaglio sends a long free-kick forward, but it goes out for a goalkick.
    • 7' Turkey have started well here, playing the ball around confidently and at a high tempo.
    • 5' Fantasic atmosphere at the Jakob-Park stadium in Basel. The stands are thick with red as you'd expect.
    • 3' Nice play from Valon Behrami, who earns his side a free-kick with some excellent close control and a turn.
    • 1' And we're under way! Switzerland in red shirts and white socks, Turkey in white shirts with turqoise shorts,
    • - Plenty of changes then - and no surprises with both sides having lost their opening matches, Switzerland to the Czechs and Turkey to Portugal.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Emre Asik, Servet Cetin, Hakan Kadir Balta, Tumer Metin, Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Mehmet Aurelio, Arda, Hamit Altintop, Tuncay Sanli, Nihat. Switzerland: Benaglio, Senderos, Muller, Magnin, Lichtsteiner, Yakin, Gokhan Inler, Gelson Fernandes, Behrami, Barnetta, Derdiyok.
    • - Good evening and welcome to LIVE!! coverage of Switzerland against Turkey in Group A.

  • Team Stats

    Switzerland Stats Turkey
    49% Possession 50%
    17 Shots 9
    6 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 2
    6 Corners 5
    23 Fouls 20
    4 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 15
    151 Accurate passes 164
    24 Bad passes 36

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Switzerland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Diego Benaglio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      20 Patrick Müller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0
      3 Ludovic Magnin 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 11 6 5
      5 Stephan Lichtsteiner 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 0 4
      4 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15 1 1
      10 Hakan Yakin 1 6 3 4 1 1 0 11 1 2
      15 Gelson Fernandes 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 12 1 5
      8 Gökhan Inler 0 3 1 3 5 0 0 28 7 4
      16 Tranquillo Barnetta 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 3
      19 Valon Behrami 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 11 1 4
      12 Eren Derdiyok 0 2 0 4 3 1 1 7 2 0
      21 Eldin Jakupovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Ricardo Cabanas 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
      18 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Benjamin Huggel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Christoph Spycher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Philipp Degen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Daniel Gygax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      22 Johann Vonlanthen 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 1
      13 Stephane Grichting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Turkey
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      23 Volkan Demirel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
      15 Emre Asik 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 11 0 2
      3 Hakan Balta 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 4 0
      2 Servet Cetin 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 2 1
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 15 2 1
      7 Mehmet Aurelio 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 23 7 2
      11 Tumer Metin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 5 0
      10 Karadeniz Gökdeniz 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 1 0
      22 Hamit Altintop 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 19 0 1
      14 Arda Turan 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 21 8 7
      8 Kahveci Nihat 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 14 3 0
      16 Ugur Boral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Belozoglu Emre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Mevlut Erding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Emre Güngör 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Gökhan Zan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Sabri Sarioglu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Tolga Zengin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Rustu Recber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Ayhan Akman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Semih Sentürk 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 9 0 0
      18 Colin Kazim-Richards 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
      6 Mehmet Topal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1

  • Summary

    • 90+2' ARDA!!!!! TURKEY HAVE WON IT AT THE DEATH!!! Arda cut inside from the left and his deflected shot from 25 yards has effectively knocked the Swiss out!!
    • 84' HOW HAVE SWITZERLAND NOT SCORED!!! Inler broke on the right and teed up Yakin. Volkan saved his shot, and saved again from the follow up. Great stuff from the Turkish keeper.
    • 58' GOOOOALLL!!! Turkey are level!!! Nihat crosses from the left and Semih rises well to head home!! The ball appeared to go straight through Benaglio's hands, he should have stopped it.
    • 32' GOOOAALLL!!!! 19-year-old Eren Derdiyok is played through and he shows fine composure to square for Hakan Yakin - who sidefoots through a puddle and home from two yards!!!
    • 29' NIHAT WHIPS IT IN...Benaglio punches straight onto Arda's head and it's onto the post!! He knew little about it, but that was mighty close to an opener.
    • 24' Hakan Yakin lets fly and connects really well from 20 yards...fine save from Volkan!
    • - Good evening and welcome to LIVE!! coverage of Switzerland against Turkey in Group A.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lubos Michel

  • Switzerland

    Manager: Köbi Kuhn

    Captain: Ludovic Magnin

    Starting line-up

    • D. Benaglio
    • S. Lichtsteiner
    • P. Senderos
    • P. Müller
    • L. Magnin
    • V. Behrami
    • G. Fernandes Substitution Out (75′)
    • G. Inler
    • T. Barnetta Substitution Out (66′)
    • E. Derdiyok Yellow Card
    • H. Yakin Goal Substitution Out (85′)

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbühler
    • B. Huggel
    • P. Degen
    • R. Cabanas Substitution In75′
    • C. Spycher
    • S. Grichting
    • J. Vonlanthen Substitution In66′
    • D. Gygax Substitution In85′
    • J. Djourou
    • E. Jakupovic

    Injured

    • A. Frei

    Suspended

    None

  • Turkey

    Manager: Fatih Terim

    Starting line-up

    • D. Volkan
    • H. Altintop
    • C. Servet
    • E. Asik
    • H. Balta Yellow Card
    • G. Karadeniz Substitution Out (46′)
    • M. Aurelio Yellow Card
    • T. Metin Substitution Out (46′)
    • A. Turan Goal
    • K. Nihat Substitution Out (85′)
    • S. Tuncay Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 5. B. Emre
    • 19. A. Ayhan
    • 1. R. Rustu
    • 9. S. Senturk Substitution In46′ Goal
    • 20. S. Sabri
    • 13. E. Gungor
    • 21. M. Erding
    • 6. M. Topal Substitution In46′
    • 12. Z. Tolga
    • 16. U. Boral
    • 18. K. Kazim Substitution In85′

    Injured

    • 4. Z. Gokhan

    Suspended

    None