Group A - 11 June 2008 - Basel - St. Jakob-Park
Last-gasp Arda shatters Swiss dreams
by Paul Saffer from St. Jakob-Park

Arda Turan's deflected goal deep in injury time gave Turkey a win that revived their UEFA EURO 2008™ hopes – but ended those of co-hosts Switzerland.

Downpour
Switzerland, like Turkey beaten on the opening day, dealt better with a first-half Basel downpour and Hakan Yakin put them ahead just past the half-hour with a rain-assisted goal. Semih Şentürk, however, was a prolific scorer from the bench for Fenerbahçe SK this season and 12 minutes after his half-time introduction he repeated the trick for his nation. It seemed a draw would be the outcome but Arda had other ideas and now Turkey can reach the quarter-finals by winning their final Group A game against the Czech Republic on Sunday, which if it is drawn will go to penalties. Switzerland, for their part, are resigned to finishing in fourth place.

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Team statistics

Switzerland Turkey
1Goals scored2
1Yellow card3
0Red card0
7Shots on goal4
7Shots wide4
22Fouls committed24
6Corners5
4Offsides3
18' 25''Ball. Poss. (time)21' 22''
46%Ball. Poss. (%)54%

Group A

TeamsPld+/-Pts
PortugalPortugal 326
TurkeyTurkey 306
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 3-23
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 303
Key:
Pld
Matches played
+/-
Goal difference
Pts
Points
Last updated: 30/07/2008 14:25 CET

Other matches

Switzerland

07/06/2008 - Czech Republic0 - 1
15/06/2008 - Portugal2 - 0

Turkey

07/06/2008 - Portugal0 - 2
15/06/2008 - Czech Republic3 - 2
20/06/2008 - Croatia1 - 1*
25/06/2008 - Germany2 - 3

Other match of the day

Czech Republic - Portugal1 - 3