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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:18:44 -0500

End Of Match: Switzerland will be looking at the chance that Yakin missed in the first half to make it 2-0. So one of the co-hosts is out. Can Austria hang on tomorrow against Poland? We'll see. Goodnight.

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.

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