Euro 08 Quarterfinal-Turkey vs. Croatia

El Turco · Post #1 » by **El Turco** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:39 pm

Vs.

Friday 20 June 2008 2:45EST

Players to watch

Post #2 » by **Slava** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:52 pm

Hmm... Not really sure if having four seperate threads for the quarter finals was part of the plan but I guess now that we have a soccer forum, I'll let this roll.

Post #3 » by **BlackMamba** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:03 pm

i agree, now that we have a soccer board i think it's ok to have separate threads.

Post #4 » by **magik9113** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:24 pm

I expect this to be an entertaining game.
both teams are underrated

The Eminence · Post #5 » by **The Eminence** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:48 pm

Turkey ftw.

El Turco · Post #6 » by **El Turco** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:21 pm

We maybe missing up to 7 players. GK Volkan, and our token brazilian Aurelio is out with suspensions. Defender Emre Gungor, Midfielder Tumer and captain Emre Belozoglu is definitely out, Defender Servet and Gokhan are doubtful. I am not too concerned with missing the midfielders as we can easily replace them but our already terrible defense is looking even worse.

Post #7 » by **BlackMamba** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:01 pm

yeah, i was watching that yesterday with several turkish players with injuries.

and emre is out for good?!?!?!?!?!?! that's a shame, ever since the 2002 WC he has been one of my favorite players.

Point forward · Post #8 » by **Point forward** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:07 pm

There is a chance that Turkey will miss their entire first defensive line plus the GK. I fear they will have to score 3 goals to make it 3-3 in regular time...

El Turco · Post #9 » by **El Turco** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:25 pm

yea, good think eduardo is not playing, he could ve bagged half a dozen goals against us. Servet has to play unless he is in a coma. he is our only good defensive player and we can t afford playing without him.

Mamba, Emre might come back for semis if we advance, but it is doubtful.

Jugs · Post #10 » by **Jugs** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:31 pm

Croatia wins this on the basis of bias.

Post #11 » by **BlackMamba** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:39 am

i have to say that thanks to the czech game servet has turned into one of my favorite defenders, he showed a lot of heart and a lot of order and great defending technique.

i don't think that missing several players could slow down turkey. i think they have the most heart of the tournament.

i'm hoping for a great match.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #12 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:17 pm

Turkeys players missing and Croatia's form make this an easy decision for me.

UrbanLegendMD · Post #13 » by **UrbanLegendMD** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:32 pm

Jaybee25 wrote:Croatia wins this on the basis of bias.

Turkey wins this cause I said so.

kobe#8 · Post #14 » by **kobe#8** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:46 pm

Wow what a comeback from our guys againts czech amazing just amazing..
You can expect anyting from our team, they play one half bad but the second half they kill their opponent..
If our team believe nobody can stop us nobody, whe are the CRAZY TURKS :wink:

..

El Turco · Post #15 » by **El Turco** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:07 am

our GK banned for two games :nonono:

bacid · Post #16 » by **bacid** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:32 am

WTF? Volkan banned for two games and Schweinsteiger only for one game. That's unfair. UEFA is fixed too

I hope Servet can play. Without him and Gökhand we have no defense. And without defense Modric is going to kill us.

Point forward · Post #17 » by **Point forward** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:46 am

Can someone tell us how reserve GKs Rustu and Tolga are in shape? I don't think that SO many of us here follow the Turk Superlig. I don't even know who the reserve GK *IS*...

El Turco · Post #18 » by **El Turco** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:13 am

If Rustu got over his injury and got back in form, this could be blessing in disguise. He is arguably the best GK ever from balkans and has the experience on his side since he led us to 3rd place in WC 6 years ago. He sucked previous year due to injuries and i dont think anybody other than Turkish medical staff knows how much improvement he made over last couple months.

Tolga is promising but i wouldnt trust him.

Post #19 » by **BlackMamba** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:06 pm

2 games?!?!?!?! it was the exact same play as the schweinsteiger red card... :roll:

Whiteman · Post #20 » by **Whiteman** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:48 pm

ElTurco wrote:our GK banned for two games

Ridiculous. I thought a yellow card would have sufficed; more than one game suspension is just inane.