Croatia vs Turkey Live Commentary

Croatia vs Turkey Live
Germany will find out tonight their opponents in the first EURO 2008 semi-final. The way I started this article is suggestive indeed. This first half of the fixtures have pretty much established the team that will reach the final. Germany have the best chances as they will play in the winner of today’s quarter-final.
Croatia vs Turkey can be followed live online here at the FC Football Blog, starting with 20.45 CET. We will provide extended live text commentary, live highlights and live videos starting with the kick-off.

Croatia have reached this stage of the competition after winning the Group B, finishing ahead of Germany. Turkey managed a dramatic presence at this tournament. They obtained last minute dramatic wins against Switzerland and the Czech Republic to finish second in the Group A after group winners Portugal.

Highlights: Croatia 2 – 4 Turkey

Croatia 1-1 (1-3) Turkey Live Streams Full Time
121′ The match ends. Turkey win 4-2 after penalties.
121′ MISS – Mladen Petric’s shot is saved by Rustu.
121′ GOAL – Hamit Altintop scores with stule.
121′ MISS Ivan Rakitic shoots inches wide.
121′ GOAL – Semih Sentürk scores.
121′ GOAL – Darijo Srna scores for Croatia.
121′ GOAL – Arda Turan scores with a low shot,
121′ MISS – Luka Modric shoots wide.
121′ Penalty shoot-out will follow.

120′+2′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 1 Semih Sentürk equalizes and it’s another dramatic finish.
120′+1′ Mladen Petric is caught offside.
119′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 0 Ivan Klasnic scores with a header after a Modric cross and a huge Rustu mistake.
118′ Ugur Boral delivers and Zan’s header lands wide.
117′ Turkey Substitution: Nihat Kahveci is replaced by Gökdeniz Karadeniz.
108′ Ivan Klasnic from Croatia is ruled offside.
108′ Yellow Card: for Emre Asik (TUR)
106′ A Croatian player is caught offside.
106′ The second half has started.

105′+1′ Ball Possession: Croatia 51%, Turkey 49%.
104′ Darijo Srna is caught offside.
102′ Tuncay Sanli shoots inches wide.

101′ Semih misses the target.
99′ Semih Senturk’s shot is blocked.
97′ Croatia Substitution: Ivica Olic is replaced by Ivan Klasnic.
95′ Ugur Boral delivers from the corner spot and Petric clears.
95′ Tuncay Sanli has a great run and his narrow angle shot is saved by Pletikosa.
91′ Croatia have a throw-in.
91′ The first half of extra time has been started by Turkey.

90+4′ The referee ends the second half. We are waiting for extra-time.
90′+4′ Ball Possesion: Croatia 51%, Turkey 49%.
90′+4′ Ivica Olic misses the target with a header.
90′+2′ Darijo Srna’s long range free kick shot is retained by Rustu after a sloppy dive.
90′ Luka Modric crosses and Olic’s close range shot is saved by Rustu. Dramatic attempt.
89′ Yellow Card: Ugur Boral is booked by the referee for a clever foul.
89′ Mladen Petric’s shot is deflected into a corner kick.
88′ Nihat Kahveci delivers from the corner spot and Zan’s shot is blocked.
86′ Hamit Altintop’s shot is blocked.
84′ Darijo Srna sends another corner kick cross and Petric misses with the header.
84′ Darijo Srna’s free kick shot is saved for a corner kick by Rustu.

81′ Semih Sentürk is caught offside.
79′ Ivan Rakitic delivers from the corner spot and Recber bounces.
76′ Ball Possesion: Croatia 52%, Turkey 48%.
76′ Turkey Substitution: Mehmet Topal is replaced by Semih Sentürk.
75′ Darijo Srna delivers from the corner spot and a defender clears.
72′ Ivan Rakitic delivers and Olic misses the target with a header.

70′ Ivica Olic delivers and Rakitic misses the target.
67′ Vedran Corluka shoots wide.
65′ Croatia Substitution: Niko Kranjcar is replaced by Mladen Petric.
63′ Luka Modric crosses and Olic is caught offside.
62′ Nihat Kahveci delivers from the corner spot and Pletikosa retains.
61′ Ball Possession: Croatia 51%, Turkey 49%.
61′ Turkey Substitution: Colin Kazim-Richards is replaced by Ugur Boral.
57′ Niko Kranjcar’s attempt is saved by Rustu.
53′ Darijo Srna crosses from the corner spot and the ball is cleared.
51′ Ivica Olic’s header is cleared from the line of the goal.
49′ Yellow Card: Arda Turan is booked by the referee.
47′ Vedran Corluka shot lands wide.
46′ The second half has started.

45′+3′ The referee ends the first half.
45′ Ball Possession: Croatia 48%, Turkey 52%.
44′ Tuncay Sanli needs the medical staff.
38′ Mehmet Topal shoots wide from long range.

34′ Nihat Kahveci is caught offside.
31′ Ball Possession: Croatia 50%, Turkey 50%.
27′ Yellow Card: Tuncay Sanli is booked by the referee.
26′ Darijo Srna’s shot is blocked.
21′ Ivica Olic sends a header off target.
19′ Niko Kranjcar misses the target with a header.
19′ Luka Modric delivers and Olic hits the crossbar from close range. Huge miss!

16′ Ball Possession: Croatia 42%, Turkey 58%.
14′ Niko Kovac needs the medical staff.
14′ Hamit Altintop is blocked again.
10′ Hamit Altintop’s shot is blocked.
8′ Tuncay Sanli’s shot is saved by the keeper.
6′ Darijo Srna crosses from the corner spot and Altintop clears.
5′ Hamit Altintop shoots wide.
3′ Turkey have a throw-in.
1′ The referee starts the game and Turkey have the first touch.

Croatia vs Turkey Live Streams
Sopcast: CCTV-5, SUI99, Koora Tunisia, BHF TV.
TVants: CCTV-5, Rustavi 2, HRT 2, NET Hellas.
PPMate: Guandong.
TVU Player: B-wire, CCTV-5, Danish Delight.
Pcast: BTV-6.
Media Player: Eurosport, My Sports, Shooter TV, Cox TV.

Croatia vs Turkey Preview
Competition: EURO 2008
Stage: Quarter-Finals
Date: 20.07.2008
Kick-off time: 20.45 CET
Location: Ernst Happel, Wien, Austria.
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (ITA)
Live Coverage: Croatia vs Turkey
Match Discussions: FCFB Forums

Croatia vs Turkey Odds abd Betting Tips
Croatia have the first chance against Turkey. I think that Slaven Bilic’s side will end up playing the semi-final against Germany. No offense to the Turkish side but, I think that Croatia is a more stable and determined side at the moment. If Croatia will have the lead, they won’t lose it for sure. Good luck!

Croatia vs Turkey Line-ups
The probable line-ups are:
Croatia
1 S. Pletikosa
5 V. Corluka
4 R. Kovac
3 J. Simunic
22 D. Pranjic
11 D. Srna
14 L. Modric
10 N. Kovac
7 I. Rakitic
19 N. Kranjcar
18 I. Olic

Turkey
1 Rüstü Recber
22 H. Altintop
4 G. Zan
15 E. Asik
3 H. Balta
6 M. Topal
20 S. Sarioglu
17 Tuncay Sanli
14 A. Turan
18 C. Kazim-Richards
8 Nihat Kahveci