Turkey stun Czech Republic to revive Euro hopes

23 Jun, 2016

Burak Yilmaz and Ozan Tufan scored a goal in each half as Turkey beat Czech Republic 2-0 to keep alive slim hopes of reaching the Euro 2016 last 16 on Tuesday. The defeat eliminated Czech Republic, who had already suffered at Turkish hands at a past Euro finals. Turkey lost their first two Group D matches and were punished for their unruly fans.
And there were more wild scenes in the stands as Turkey stole the match. Eighteen year-old Emre Mor, who has just been signed by Borussia Dortmund, burst down the right after 10 minutes, saw Yilmaz in the middle and provided a perfect ball for the Beijing Guoan player to fire the ball into the corner. In a closely fought contest that was Turkey's only entry into the Czech goal area in the first half hour. Turkish goalkeeper Volkan Babacan produced a series of brilliant saves to keep his side in the game. He also had some luck when Tomas Sivok's header came off the crossbar.

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