Turkish international goalkeeper Rustu Recber announced that he has retired from international football following Turkey's semifinal defeat against Germany. Rustu has a 14 year career with Turkey and has 119 caps to his name. The former Fenerbahce ace and 2002 World Cup star, Rustu Recber has finally decided to call it a day. Click to continue reading...

Sorry guys, it's 5.30 am and Croatia - Turkey is still on. Watching football at this time is only fun when watching quality play... Turkish goalie Rustu doesn't seem the business for 80 minutes, only to make three good saves in the last ten minutes of regular playing time. I miss Click to continue reading...

Go up a goal against Turkey at your peril. Because you will lose. Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and now Croatia.

After 122 minutes of a grueling match, it was suddenly over in a flash. Semih Senturk's last second equalizer seemed to have drained all the life out of Croatian legs as the penalty shootout unfolded.

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EURO 2008 QF VIENNA
Croatia 1:1 Turkey aet; Turkey win 3-1 on penalties

A disappointing contest which never got going over 118 minutes, implausibly caught fire in the last two minutes of extra-time, allowing first Croatia and then Turkey to revel in 60 seconds of ecstasy, before three missed penalties sent the Turks through to a semi-final date with Germany. Click to continue reading...

Croatia 0:0 Turkey 90 minutes; extra-time being played

EURO 2008 gets its first taste of extra-time as the Croats and Turks are deadlocked in Vienna after 90 minutes' play.

Croatia once more came the closer to scoring, but the game has looked headed for a further 30 minutes' play and possibly penalties for some time. Click to continue reading...

EURO 2008 QF
HT Croatia 0:0 Turkey, Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Croatia: Pletikosa, Corluka, Robert Kovac, Simunic, Pranjic, Srna, Modric, Niko Kovac, Rakitic, Kranjcar, Olic

Turkey: Rustu, Hamit, Gokhan, Emre, Hakan, Mehmet, Sabri, Tuncay, Arda, Nihat, Kazim

The day's Viennese heat had cooled inside the Prater by kick-off, but the temperature was always goingto be stoked by the passionate Turkish fans and their Croatian counterparts, who outnumbered them substantially inside the bowl. Click to continue reading...

I don't want to jinx anything, but so far, Euro 2008 has been the greatest soccer tournament I've ever seen. Attacking soccer is winning and teams have been rewarded for going forward and not for sitting back. Hopefully this trend continues on into the knockout round, otherwise, my picks are going to be completely wrong. Click to continue reading...

Thanks Rusty, for doing what many fans would like to do to the obnoxious Dyer. I love how the hirsute Turkish keeper follows up his near-decapitation of Dyer with almost the same move on the ball.... Click to continue reading...