Saturday, June 21, 2008

119 Minutes

Turkey did it again, but this time it was a lot worse.

The team has shocked me in the Euros for the second time this week. The other day they came back from being 2-0 down and ended up beating the Czech Republic 2-3.

And they more or less took victory from the jaws of defeat against Croatia in last night's game.

It was the biggest struggle for me as a viewer to get to this exciting finish, though.

The game was dire. The ninety minutes of normal play was one of the dullest games I watched. The extra thirty minutes only became enjoyable in the final sixty seconds.

The final minute!

They let a goal in and it all looked over. Then, from what seemed out of nowhere, Turkey levelled things up in the final kick to send the game into penalties.

They ended up winning in the shootouts and will now face Germany in the semi-finals.

Turkey's luck must run out sooner or later.

And I'm hoping it's sooner.

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