Turkish Delight – Euro 2008
I had planned to do a post after all group matches in Euro 2008 have been played, but the epic battle between Turkey and Czech played out last evening in their last group game fighting for a spot in the last eight was just too great a match not to blog on its own.
At 0-2 down and staring elimination in their face, the Turks completed the Mother of all comebacks, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat to win 3-2! Trust the Turks to produce such dramatic climaxes in this winner-takes-all match to earn second spot in Group A and a quarter-final clash with Group B winner Croatia.
I won’t attempt to do a running commentary on the match, because no amount of words will do justice to this Mother of all comebacks. If a picture tells a thousand words, then I dare say a video will show you what transpired in those thousand words. The following video captured highlights of the epic battle for us to relive again and again.
What a beautiful game of football indeed!
In the other Group A match, co-host Switzerland gain their first ever victory in European Championship at the expense of a weaken Portugal side which had booked their place in the quarter-final.
Hey, that was a pretty cool video, but what happened to the sound?
The sound, or the lack of it, was inherent from source. As it was the match highlights which were shown, there was no running commentary on it from the broadcaster.
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