Euro 2008 Semi Finals - Germany Vs Turkey Match Preview

Germany Vs Turkey
EURO 2008 SEMI FINAL
Date: Wed 25th June
Kick off: 19:45 BST
Venue: St Jakob-Park, Basel

Germany

Germany only really have one injury problem ahead of their Euro 2008 Semi Final clash with Turkey in midfielder Torsten Frings. Amazingly though even that may prove meaningless as Frings may feature against Turkey despite suffering from the fractured rib he sustained against Austria in Germany’s final group game. The Germany midfielder was back in training on Monday after the injury had left him out of the quarter final with Portugal but he is still very doubtful and is not expected to be amongst Joachim Low’s chosen starting eleven.

Turkey

Turkey have the complete opposite level of problems from Germany when it comes to injury worries for the Euro 2008 Semi Final match. Turkey are having to face Germany with no less than 13 outfield players unavailable for the Semi Final match. Turkey coach Fatih Terim has even said that he may have to field his third choice Goalkeeper Tolgan Zengin as a defender or a striker later on in the match! When Turkey knocked Croatia out at the quarter final stage they were already missing 6 key players but they will miss a further three against Germany with the loss of Tuncay Sanli, Arda Turan and Emre Asik to suspension. They do have limited good news however with Mehmet Aurelio returning after a 1 match ban.

Germany - Facts

Germany have took part in five European Championship Semi Finals in the past and have reached the Final in four of those five occasions.

Germany’s only defeat in a European Championship Semi Final came in 1988 against Holland who later went on to win the competition.

Bastian Schweinsteiger has achieved the incredible feat of having a goal, an assist, a yellow card and a red card to his name at Euro 2008. The only other player to have achieved this mixtured feat of both good and bad was Denmark’s Klaus Berggreen in 1984.

Turkey - Facts

This is Turkey’s first European Championship Semi Final. The only other time they have reached an International Semi Final was at the World Cup in 2002 when they were beaten 1-0 by Brazil.

Turkey have incredibly only been in the lead for nine minutes (including injury time) during the four games in their run to the Euro 2008 Semi Final. They were in front for just two and a half minutes against Switzerland and six and a half minutes against Czech Republic.

Turkey have been given fifteen cards by referee’s at Euro 2008 which is just four short of the European Championship record set by Czech Republic in 1996.

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