Sorry I cannot bring myself to support the Turkey team
They really haven't played that well and I can see the steam roller of Germany claiming yet another final berth
guffaw
i only wish they'd had justice :-(
they played really well against the czechs as well, and not just the last 15 mins, they played pretty well against the swiss until the heavens collapsed and i didn't watch the second half because it clashed with the apprentice.
the croatia game they defended for their lives because, huh, croatia were a damn good team. and contrary to what the commentary told you they dominated extra time and croatias goal was very much against the run of play.
and the ban of volkan for two matches was a disgrace in my opinion. that a 17 stone giant can go down that badly after being pushed by a man half his size is absurd. volkan pushed him because koller didn't attempt to get the ball and tried to take him out. oh yeah he shouldn't have done it but he's barely the villain a two game ban justified.
and germany. urgh, germany. what a dreadful team. i don't understand why commentators don't seem to see the cheating that germany do - they're ALWAYS throwing themselves to the ground but it seems that since klinnsmann we're asked to ignore it. and the berating of the ref. and i can't believe none of their players got booked on wednesday. i was fuming.
and lahm was shown up to be one of the worst fullbacks in international football on wednesday (ashley cole is (or maybe was) far far superior. in the last world cup he was englands best player by a mile and his champions league final performance for arsenal was a different class. unfortunately i missed this cl final because i was stuck on a train from sheffield to chesterfield for 3 hours). just a shame he scored the winning goal.
i'm so gutted turkey are out. i love turkey.