EURO 2008 SEMI-FINAL LATEST
Germany v Turkey
GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times BST)
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1902: Stop press. If you're planning to watch the BBC's coverage of tonight's Semi-Finals Pit Disparate Coaches Against Each Other ...
Live - Euro 2008 ...
Germany upsets Slovakia at World Ice Hockey Championship ...
German-Turkish Director Fatih Akin Sweeps German Oscars ... game, do not even consider missing the first five minutes. Seriously.
1900: Apparently, about 64,724 gallons of beer will be drunk by the 100,000 fans in Basel tonight. A fact worthy of the BBC's Danny the Stat that one.
1858: "If Turkey win today, then I will start believing in miracles."
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1852: Let's pick through the bones of that then. Germany, handily, are unchanged. Turkey are not. They have four players suspended and five injured so Semih Senturk starts up front in the absence of Tuncay and Nihat Kahveci. Mehmet Aurelio is back after suspension. Ayhan Akman is in the line-up and will make his first appearance of Euro 2008. Fatih Terim has named seven subs, including a keeper.
1849: TEAMS
Germany: Lehmann, Friedrich, Rolfes, Schweinsteiger, Klose, Ballack, Hitzlsperger, Lahm, Mertesacker, Podolski, Metzelder. Subs to follow.
Turkey: Rustu, Balta, Gokhan Zan, Topal, Aurelio, Semih, Boral, Kazim, Ayhan, Sabri, Altintop. Subs to follow.
1849: Early team news... No Torsten Frings for Germany so Thomas 'The Hammer' Hitzlsberger keeps his place.
1848: The good news is they have a striker called Semih Senturk and if ever a man was born to fire his country to victory in a semi(h)-final, it's him. And he's fit. And he's scored two crucial goals already. "When our opponents are favourites it motivates us," says Semih(-final).
1843: So the bad news for Turkey is they have only 14 and a half available players - including two keepers - and I don't know about you but I'm hoping that means an on-field role for The Emperor himself. I can just picture Fatih marshalling the defence, repelling wave upon wave of German attacks.
1835: If the first rule of football is 'never bet against Germany'. Is the second 'never write off Turkey'? And since Spain flagrantly ignored another rule by actually getting past the quarter-finals of a major tournament, are there some new rules we haven't been told about? I'm so confused.
(BBC)
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