
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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Switzerland | |
| 1 | Diego Benaglio |
| 3 | Ludovic Magnin |
| 4 | Philippe Senderos |
| 5 | Stephan Lichtsteiner |
| 8 | Gökhan Inler |
| 10 | Hakan Yakin |
| 12 | Eren Derdiyok |
| 15 | Gelson Fernandes |
| 16 | Tranquillo Barnetta |
| 19 | Valon Behrami |
| 20 | Patrick Müller |
| Substitutes | |
| 18 | Pascal Zuberbühler |
| 21 | Eldin Jakupovic |
| 2 | Johan Djourou |
| 6 | Benjamin Huggel |
| 7 | Ricardo Cabanas |
| 13 | Stéphane Grichting |
| 14 | Daniel Gygax |
| 17 | Christoph Spycher |
| 22 | Johan Vonlanthen |
| 23 | Philipp Degen |
| Coach: Jakob Kuhn | |
Turkey | |
| 23 | Volkan Demirel |
| 2 | Servet Çetin |
| 3 | Hakan Balta |
| 7 | Mehmet Aurélio |
| 8 | Nihat Kahveci |
| 10 | Gökdeniz Karadeniz |
| 11 | Tümer Metin |
| 14 | Arda Turan |
| 15 | Emre Aşık |
| 17 | Tuncay Şanlı |
| 22 | Hamit Altıntop |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 | Rüştü Reçber |
| 12 | Tolga Zengin |
| 4 | Gökhan Zan |
| 5 | Emre Belözoğlu |
| 6 | Mehmet Topal |
| 9 | Semih Şentürk |
| 13 | Emre Güngör |
| 16 | Uğur Boral |
| 18 | Kazım Kazım |
| 19 | Ayhan Akman |
| 20 | Sabri Sarıoğlu |
| 21 | Mevlüt Erdinç |
| Coach: Fatih Terim | |
| Switzerland | Turkey | |
| 1 | Goals scored | 2 |
| 1 | Yellow card | 3 |
| 0 | Red card | 0 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 7 | Shots wide | 4 |
| 22 | Fouls committed | 24 |
| 6 | Corners | 5 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 18' 25'' | Ball. Poss. (time) | 21' 22'' |
| 46% | Ball. Poss. (%) | 54% |
| Teams | Pld | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
Portugal | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Turkey | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Czech Republic | 3 | -2 | 3 |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 07/06/2008 | - | Czech Republic | 0 - 1 |
| 15/06/2008 | - | Portugal | 2 - 0 |
| 07/06/2008 | - | Portugal | 0 - 2 |
| 15/06/2008 | - | Czech Republic | 3 - 2 |
| 20/06/2008 | - | Croatia | 1 - 1* |
| 25/06/2008 | - | Germany | 2 - 3 |
| Czech Republic | - | Portugal | 1 - 3 |