End Of Match: well, that was a rip off.....

Penalties: what a horrible game and a horrible ref

120' (+3): goal for Turkey

120' (+2): omg..........

120': what a goal from Croatia!!!!

106':

What can I say about this game?....oh, I know: it's

B           O                    R              I                   N              G 

91': c'mon..can it be more boring?

Extra Time: extra time

90': nice save by Rustu

89': free-kick for Croatia

88': injury time now....

84': before the extra-time.....

84': 5 more minutes....

78': sorry, I'm not blogging anymore..too boring...and I'm eating lunch :)

62': what a boring game...I think I said that earlier...I'm so bored

54': nice save by Rustu

51': Turkey are struggling, but the score is still the same...

51': wow....that was close

50': nice defense by the Turks...corner for Croatia

49': what was that....

47': back to the boring game

40': it's like both teams are at a practice session...

40': boring.....

37': oh...I just found out that the ref is Italian...it explains everything.....

36':

and the ref doesn't even call the penalty for Turkey...go back to ref's school

25': yellow card for Sanli....another bad call from the ref!!!!

24': and Croatia is attacking again

24': good save by Rustu

22': nice kick from Kranjcar in the head of Asik

20': Croatia is accelerating...and Turkey is far, far, far behind

13': omg....the crossbar...what a nice play from Croatia!!!!

11': omg....that was a perfect defense from Kovac, but the ref gave a free-kick to Turkey - another mistake from a ref in the EURO

9': Sanli shoots...easy for Pletikosa

4': nice play on the side by the Turks...but the shot goes wide

2': Turkey just gave away the ball to Croatia....

1': if only Edouardo was playing....

Before Kick Off: all right, this is it for Bilic...come on Croatia

I love Croatia.  I remember when Bilic was playing for the national team at the Euro 96, and also in the 98 WC. And now, he is trying to make it as a coach, and I think he is doing an amazing job. 

First of all, Croatia has realized the perfect run so far: 3 games, 3 wins - specially the 2-1 win against the Mannschaft!!!  And they are playing without Edouardo da Silva, their big star, who broke his leg 3 months ago! So maybe they don't score a lot of goals (1-0, 2-1 and 1-0), but the defense is really strong and compact. 

On the other hand, Turkey came back twice in the group stage - against Switzerland and against Czech Republic (they were 2 goals down with only 15 minutes to play). Turkey's key player, Nihat, is amazing, but he will be alone today, on the pitch. Turkey has to deal with 2 suspended players and 4 injured. Rustu - the "new" Dino Zoff (only 'cause of his age....) is even coming back for the game. In spite of those problems, Terim is still confident and wants to "finish everything in 90 minutes or before that". 

Both teams deserve to play the quarter-final, but Croatia has a big advantage - at least on paper! Again, it would be more interested to see a Croatia-Germany than a Turkey-Germany....