Turkey rallied from a two goal deficit in the final fifteen minutes to oust the Czech Republic from Euro 2008. Turkey looked dead and buried after goals from Jan Koller and Jaroslav Plasil but the Turks refused to lay down and concede the game.
The young Turkish winger Arda Turan forced a tenuous final fifteen minutes when he finished Hamit Altintop's centering ball to the lower corner. Peter Cech got finger tips on it but could only deflect it onto the post and the ball rolled in to the net.
Turkey continued to press and received a fortuitous tally in the 87th minute. Peter Cech went up to collect an ordinary cross but fumbled the ball into Nihat's run and the Villareal man finished to send the Turkish fans into rapture.
The first ever group stage penalty shootout seemed imminent but Nihat was not finished. The Czech Republic gave the ball away to Tuncay who sent the ball into Nihat's run. Nihat sent a bending ball from eighteen yards to the top corner over an onrushing Peter Cech. The ball bent down into the crossbar and bounced into the goal.
Turkish fans went crazy and some of them could not believe their side had come back in such dramatic fashion. This game will surely go down as one of the most fantastic games in Euro history.
Turkey is set to play Croatia who clinched the top spot in group B in the quarterfinals.
What did you think of today's exciting match? Did Turkey deserve the win? Were the Czech's unfortunate and unlucky? Leave your thoughts in the comment section.
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