From Eurosport's live coverage on the Web site:
13.05 : Tough day for Senol Gunes' men who played a good match but will be feeling awkward tonight after having two players sent off (Alpay and Hakan Unsal) and of course losing their opener in the closing stages of the match.
13.02 : Well there you go, Brazil win their opening game of the World cup... To be perfectly honest, Brazil probably deserve their win but the referee was far from perfect... Twice he let the Brazilian defenders remain just a few metres from the ball on dangerous free-kicks and of course, there's that penalty that should have been a frre-kick from outside the box.
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From Umut's Cup Trivia archieve,
European Championships, 2000...
Turkey loses first match to group favorites Italy... 1-2... Ref flamed after match for ridiculous penalty decision...
Second match vs the average team of the group, Sweden... 0-0... Pretty dull match...
Third match vs the weakest of the group... Turkey has to win this time... 2-0... Turkey through to the q-finals.
World Cup, 2002...
Turkey loses first match to group favorites Brazil... 1-2... Ref flamed after match for ridiculous penalty decision...
Second match vs the average team of the group, Costa Rica...
And 3rd match vs the weakest, China...
What will happen this time? Will the Turks play when it matters, and make it through to the 2nd stage to hopefully face the Belgians?
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Btw, Jan, do you honestly believe it is possible to score against Brazil with a 10-0-0 formation? And is that what you perceive from 51 to 49% possession and 8 to 6 shots on goal? Actually, you
can tease me without resorting to silliness, if you try really REALLY hard
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