End Of Match: Full time. Turkey 2-1 Switzerland. Harsh on the Swiss, you have to say.
90' (+4): It was definitely the deflection that beat the keeper too. It sets up an interesting game between Turkey and the Czech Republic though.
90' (+3): Tuncay played it left to Adra, the Swiss defence stood off him a bit, and it deflects off the heel of Mueller to beat the keeper. Switzerland gutted.
90' (+2): 2-1 Turkey - Arda with the goal. That's the Swiss out.
90' (+2):
Turkey breaking.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
90' (+1): Throw Turkey in their own half.
90': Switzerland have a throw in deep in the Turkish half but there's a delay as the Turkish defender needs treatment for a head wound. 4 minutes of injury time to come.
89': Turks attack but give away a stupid free kick and it breaks down.
88': It's cleared, comes back in but Senderos is given offside when he certainly was not.
86': Magnin takes, it deflects off the wall for a corner.
86': Swiss free kick just outside the Turkish box. Great position. But do they have anyone who can take a good free kick.
85': The ball is deep in the Turkish half.
85': Nihat off, Colin Kazim comes on for the Turkey. Gygax on for Yakin for the Swiss.
84': Volkan has kept the Turks in this.
83': Turkish free kick. The Swiss can break! Ooooooh, Yakin's shot saved, the keeper saves it, fumbles it a bit but gets it back before the Swiss can poke it home.
82': Come on, let's have a winner here. Somebody. Please. I deserve it.
81': Good move by Turkey but Arda fouls the Swiss defender. Silly.
79': Aurelio shoots, blocked by Mueller. Turks pressing now.
77': Altintop hits a free kick about 15 yards over the bar from 40 yards out. On a slippy pitch you'd think he'd whack it in low.
75': Sub Swiss - Fernandes off, Cabanas on.
73': Ooooooh, Tuncay crosses from the right hand side, the Swiss defence really stretched but Nihat couldn't get there. A real chance.
71': That said I wish something would happen.
70': Twenty minutes to go now. Both of these sides need to win this game really. They've got to go for it. Could be an interesting last period.
68': Lovely play for the Swiss, Vonlanthen on the Swiss left, spread to Derdiyok who should have given it back to Vonlanthen. It breaks down.
65': Vonlathen on, Barnetta off.
64': The ball falls to Tuncay on the edge of the box but his shot is poor and dribbles wide. Turkey looking more dangerous now.
63':
63': Ooooh, good chance for Switzerland. Derdiyok had a header but was put off by his teammate Barnetta going for it too.
62': Turkish corner. It goes behind for a goal kick.
60': Magnin shoots. Wide.
59': Swiss have a corner. After a Fernandes shot is deflected wide.
57': Hakan having to leave the field as he's bleeding, just as Turkey are defending a corner.
57': Poor defending from Magnin, that. He should have tracked him better, the Swiss keeper won't be wanting to see too many replays of that either. 1-1.
56':
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL. Semih, a good header from a cross from the Turkish left.
56': Behrami makes a good run but the pitch is hard work and he couldn't pull the cross back.
55': Derdiyok booked - the home crowd aren't happy about it. Can understand why. He got the ball and the Turk has made an absolute meal of it.
53': Tuncay and Aurelio combine well but the Swiss defend well.
52': Semih puts it away but he was miles offside. Good line held by the Swiss.
51': Barnetta whacks a shot high and wide.
48': Behrami has looked lively for the Swiss. Senderos wins a free kick for Switzerland but may have injured his shoulder.
48': He was probably thinking 'I'd love a nice cold beer now'. In which case he'd be jealous of me because that's what I have.
48': Balta booked for deliberate handball. What was he thinking?
46': The ball holds up in the water again allowing Derdiyok to take it, he gets fouled, Swiss free kick. It's a poor delivery by Yakin though.
45': Turkey making two changes at halftime. Topal and Senturk on. Karadeniz and Metin off.
45': Half time. The Swiss will be pleased with that although they should be 2-0 up. Yakin scored one but missed an absolute sitter. Turkey really need to improve in the second half.
45': Swiss throw halfway into the Turkish half.
45': Lovely football from the Swiss until Fernandes decides to give it back to Turkey. Honestly, this pitch is unplayable. If it were like this pre-game I'm not sure the game would have gone ahead.
44': Derdiyok penalised for a decent enough tackle. 1 minute to half time.
41': Yakin smacks a free kick straight into the wall. A bit of a waste really. Looks like one of the Turks got it right in the nuts from the free kick.
41': The pitch is ridiculous. Almost impossible to dribble because the ball keeps getting stuck in puddles. Aurelio booked for a cynical trip.
40': Floated all the way in but the keeper holds it.
39': Free kick Turkey, right hand side, midway through the Swiss half. The pitch is in a terrible state though.
38': The Swiss have a free kick deep in their own half.
36': My stream has gone a bit 'spacey' again.
35': Even I could have scored that one.
34': What a miss! Great ball in from the right hand side and Yakin puts it wide from about 5 yards out. Unbelievable.
32': That obviously means that my bet with Senderos as first goal scorer is now defunct. Bollocks.
32':
Great ball over the top from Senderos to Derdiyok who squares it for Hakin Yakin to tap it home.
1-0 Switzerland.
31': GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAL!
30': First booking of the game here. Tuncay gets a yellow card. Well deserved too.
29': Nihat whips it in, the keeper gets a touch which hits it off Arda's head, it hits the post and goes out for a goal kick.
28': Oooooh, hit the post!
28': Free kick to Turkey, on the goal line, just outside the Swiss box. Obviously.
27': So much water on the pitch now that the ball is stopping going through them. If it keeps up you wonder if the ref might deem it unplayable.
25': The Swiss putting on some pressure now.
25': It must have been saved. I'm back with a corner to the Swiss.
24': And it's back. Nothing came from the corner but now the Swiss have a free kick just outside the Turkish box. And it's dead again.
23': And my stream has died.
23': Ooooh, danger. Hakin Yakin is through but Volkan makes a good save. Corner Swiss.
23': Big scramble in the Swiss box. They clear though. Conditions really difficult now. It's like a Sunday morning in the park.
22': Good defending from Senderos.
21': Altintop sounds like a range of electrical appliances.
20': It's very slippy out there now, the passing has been very poor though. Neither team deserves a goal but the game really needs one.
19': Is it just me who keeps hearing ref's whistles in this tournament when he hasn't blown? We have a shot on goal from the Swiss. The keeper takes it safely.
17':
They have another one and this time more bodies are forward. And that is the worst free kick you've ever seen. Nihat puts it out for a throw.
*drinks more beer*
16': Turkey have a free kick that they could put deep into the box but they don't get too many men forward.
15': Sadly he doesn't score to make the first part of my bet happen.
14': Switzerland being a bit more positive now. The rain must be refreshing them. They have a free in. Senderos is in there.
14': Sorry there's not more football talk but theres not much happening.
13': Reports that Richard Gere is making his way to the stadium as quickly as possible turn out to be false.
12': It's raining cats and dogs and possibly hamsters in Basel now.
11': Senderos has it in the centre-circle. Shooooot, Phil.
10': Of course you may not have a beer but frankly I don't care.
10': Everything's all right now. I have a beer.
9': More Turkish pressure but Tuncay's cross is about as good as Keanu Reeves acting.
8': I've just realised I don't have any beer. This is not acceptable.
6': From an attacking point of view it's been all Turkey so far.
5': Nihat crosses low from the right but the keeper gets it.
3': Cynical foul by some Turkish bunch of pixels on some Swiss bunch of pixels.
3': Now it looks like a cheap shopping mall security camera. Don't you just love hi-tech?
1': The funny thing about the stream I'm watching is that everyone's moving like they're in zero gravity. Which could make even the most boring game interesting.
Before Kick Off:
Having lost money on Portugal I've decided to try and make it back with a long shot bet.
Senderos to score the first goal and Switzerland to win 2-0 is at 160-1. €10.
Before Kick Off: I'm absolutely positive this is going to be the match of the tournament. No, really. It is. I swear.]]>