Germany 3 – 2 Turkey Highlights
Germany qualify for the EURO 2008 final after a superb quarter-final against Turkey. Surprisingly Fatih Terim’s side was the better side of the match, but they failed to win tonight. Their luck ran out in the last minutes of the match as Philipp Lahm scored and brought the win for Germany.
Turkey had managed to opened the score in the 22nd minute after several misses, including a crossbar. Schweinsteiger equalized 4 minutes later with a clever one-touch execution. The half time score was 1-1, with the Turkish side controlling the game.
The second half has been divided by some problems at the St Jakob Park Stadium. All the TV Stations in the world lost the signal twice, totalizing 9 minutes of downtime. In the second part of the downtime, Klose scored for Germany after a Rustu error. Semith Senturk manage another miracle for Turkey with a clever shot at the narrow angle. You know the outcome after that, with Lahm’s goal.
Germany 3 – 2 Turkey
22′ [0 - 1] U. Boral
26′ B. Schweinsteiger [1 - 1]
79′ M. Klose [2 - 1]
86′ [2 - 2] S. Senturk
90′ P. Lahm [3 - 2]
Match Statistics
shots on target : 3 – 10
shots off target : 4 – 9
possession (%) : 46 – 54
corner kicks : 2 – 8
offsides : 0 – 1
fouls : 14 – 16
yellow cards : 0 – 1
red cards : 0 – 0
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Attendance:
14′ Colin Kazim-Richards hits the crossbar with a superb one touch shot.
26′ 1 – 1 Bastian Schweinsteiger equalizes with a great execution.
81′ 2 – 1 Miroslav Klose heads the ball into the net after a Rustu error.
86′ 2 – 2 Semith Senturk equalizes for Turkey with a clever execution.
90′ 3 – 2 Philipp Lahm scores the winning goal for Germany.
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Germans are the champions!! they are the best… JUHUUUUUUUU Germany!!!
Germany Is winner euro 2008
germany vs spain 3-1 is final
Lucky Germans will lose against Russia hopefully, or else Spain.
one of the best games in euro! go germans!
haha ive had a wonderful time watching the tournament as an england fan…ehh :/
congrats to the germans…but i think they lose to spain
thanks a lot Turkey for fantastic football you deserved to win although you didn´t have your key players such as arda, nihat, servet, emre
i m sure spain kicks germans´ ass
I have always maintained that if Turkey is eliminated from Euro’ 08 this Wednesday, it wont be because a Germany win, it will be because of the actions of racist UEFA and its puppet referees needlessly booking the Turkish players with yellow and red cards for the most inane, minor infractions not even worth interrupting the game.
The referees are responsible for benching Turkey’s four goal producing starters, leaving the Turkish coach to dependent on his substitutes. UEFA and its referees have decimated the Turkish starter players so they wont be available for the Germany game. Ironically, all the soccer fields proudly advertise “SAY NO TO RACISM” signs, and UEFA is yet to practice what it preaches.
Its a shame when racism infiltrates soccer. Let the teams play soccer, do not render a team ineffective by benching its best players due to unnecessary bookings in favor of the opposing team. Had UEFA did not restrict the backbone of Turkey-4 goal scoring starters and their starting goalie-Turkey would’ve defeated Germany easily. And, UEFA knew that and wanted to prevent steam-rolling of Germany by the very strong Turkish team. This cannot be tolerated in soccer. TURKEY MUST ACT. TURKEY MUST ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION. ESPN clocks Turkey with 99 fouls committed, with 15 yellow cards coming to their game against Germany. No other team in this tournament is even close to that amount of yellow cards. UEFA has committed something sinister. UEFA has denied the soccer world of the, what would’ve been, one of the best soccer games in recent history: Spain vs Turkey.
Shame on UEFA and its complicit referees in this contrived scheme.
NUMAN ATILGAN