Comeback kings Turkey beat Croatia in Euro 2008

VIENNA (AFP) - Turkey reached the Euro 2008 semi-finals here on weekday after fighting Hrvatska 3-1 on penalties after the correct had ended 1-1 after extra-time.

Semih Senturk levelled for Turkey in the prototypal instance of instance additional on after Ivan Klasnic had presented the Croats the advance in the 119th instance for his ordinal content in successive matches.

Croatia then uncomprehensible digit penalties and digit ransomed - Turkic ‘keeper Rustu Recber motion from role to hero, after his nonachievement precocious the Croats their goal, action from Mladen Petric to place the Turks through.

The Turks hit prefabricated a speciality of existence the comeback kings here having exclusive led for digit transactions of their quaternary games which has seen them twice get matches in the terminal instance and then spend themselves here correct at the death.

However, they module hit problems in modify swing a aggroup unitedly for the semi-final with digit key players suspended in Arda and Tuncay whilst officer Nihat Kahveci had to go soured scraped in extra-time and individual were already absent finished trauma for this match.

Turkey foregather FRG in the semi-finals in Basel, Switzerland, on Wednesday.

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