Spain were immediately installed as favourites for Euro 2012 folliwing their 1-0 victory over Germany in the Euro 2008 final. The team that Aragones built are 6/1 to repeat the feat in four years time. England are 11/1. There are…
Something changed in the runes of European football last night at the St Jakob-Park stadium in Basel. Turkey’s Mehmet Aurelio hides his face after the Germans bushwacked a late winner and a path to the Euro 2008 final on Sunday. But Turkey…
A large tract of north London - probably epicentred around Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and circling around Dalston and Stoke Newington which will be drawing a deep breath of hope tonight that Turkey could beat Germany. And quite a few Englishmen will be…
I have left the odds on the winners up from last week(scroll down right hand column), so you can all kick yourselves for not betting then. It is 4/1 the field now, but you can still get 11/1 on Turkey…
It all got a bit much in Bosnia after Turkey’s last gasp reprieve against Croatia. Allah was smiling and the Turks driven on by a belief instilled probably four years ago by their rival neighbours Greece triumph just upset all…
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And so you have a team that will go down twice and be staring defeat and exit in the face. When miracle of miracles the world’s greatest goalkeeper Petr Czech will drop the ball. Will drop the ball. And you… |
War paint…no doubting who this Turkish supporter is following. From the quaint opening ceremony we are down to the nitty gritty. And there’s no point not making an effort after all. Poor chap had to see his nimble team reputured…
The legendary Hakan Sucur who has played for Turkey ever since the Euro 96 in England has been dropped by coach in Fatih Terim. But Terim has defensive worries about the fitness of Servet Çetin and Gökhan Gönül. Galatasaray centre-back…
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