EURO 2008 - Quarterfinal 2 : Turkey vs. Croatia

[MissHoneychurch]

that could get interesting.

I was downtown Frankfurt till a little while ago .... Turkish fans outnumbered the Croation fans 3:1 ... at least ....

I prefer Croatia to win ... alone because I don't want to see Germany vs. Turkey ... too scary :scared:

[Karenina]

1. Ich auch!!!

:scared:

[redqueen]

2. Boring game, huh?

[MissHoneychurch]

3. YAWN

did I miss anything??

How boring!!!! Where is the energy from Turkey they showed against Czech Republic? How did Germany lose against such a team like Croatia???

[redqueen]

4. No idea...

Maybe Turkey will show up in the last half.

[MissHoneychurch]

6. They better

or I fall asleep pretty soon. What a difference to the play yesterday

[sasquatch]

5. Germany vs. Turkey

:shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Still 0:0

I'd want my money back if I were in that stadium :boring:

[redqueen]

8. No kidding...

It'd be one thing if it were due to tough defenses... but it sounds like just a snoozefest.

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Croatia had some good chances

but fails to get the ball into the goal :eyes:

[redqueen]

10. Well at least the last few minutes will be exciting!

[MissHoneychurch]

11. But before that there will be another 30 minutes

unbearable boredom

[redqueen]

12. What? I thought it was in penalties now...

edit: Oh... it's extra time?

[MissHoneychurch]

13. First two mini halfs a 15 minutes

and only after that the penalty shooting

[redqueen]

14. Well...

If it was penalties it'd be exciting. But I guess it may just be another half hour of the same.

[MissHoneychurch]

15. I'm afraid of that

BUT if either team plays like today in the semi final Germany shouldn't have a problem making the final

[redqueen]

16. Heh... well doesn't Turkey have a few key players out?

They may be tougher on the day, if they get past Croatia.

From what I've been reading, Croatia seems to have been the better side so far.

We'll see!

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Goal Croatia !!!!

Finally .... took them only 119 minutes :eyes:

[redqueen]

20. Hahaha... well at least it didn't go to penalties...

right?

[MissHoneychurch]

22. nope

not now after Turkey goaled too :rofl:

[redqueen]

27. Well ... it WAS boring, eh?

:rofl:

[redqueen]

18. YAY CROATIA!

:woohoo:

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Yay Turkey!!!

118 minutes - and then 2 goals!

[redqueen]

25. And I'm pretty sure my Directv isn't recording the extra time!

:cry:

Hell of an ending!

[MissHoneychurch]

29. 2:1 Turkey penalty

[MissHoneychurch]

30. 3:1 Turkey

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Croatia missed the penalty shooting

Turkey is in the semi final!!!

SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MissHoneychurch]

19. Goal Turkey

1:1

[redqueen]

23. You are KIDDING!

:wow:

How do they DO that?!

[MissHoneychurch]

24. I am not kidding

they goaled in the last minute.

Now it will be penalty shooting. Darn.

[redqueen]

26. I closed the window I had with score updates...

after Croatia's goal... I never thought Turkey could do it AGAIN!

:wow: :wow: :wow:

[MissHoneychurch]

28. Then let's hope we don't have to play them in the semi finals

or they kick us out of the game :scared:

Now to the penalty ... let's see which one has the stronger nerves. I don't even have to sit in front of the TV, I just have to listen to the Turks who watch the game

[MissHoneychurch]

32. Turkey won in penalty shooting

and Germany has to play them next Wednesday in the semi final.
Now it will get loud on the streets .... cars will be driving and honking .... like yesterday.

[redqueen]

33. Hah...

Look out, Germany... this is the team that will. not. die. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

34. We will. make. them. die!!!!!

any other outcome isn't possible.

[sasquatch]

35. Why are you so scared about Turkey?

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Not so much about the team

but the reaction of crazy Turkish and German fans

[sasquatch]

37. Is that some ancient Barbarossa rivalry or something?

[MissHoneychurch]

38. Its a rivalry for sure

a bad one.

[KamaAina]

39. Many, many Turks live in Germany

Most Gastarbeiter (guest workers) there are Turks. Entire neighborhoods such as Kreuzberg in Berlin are largely Turkish. Imagine a USA-Mexico qualifying match in a world where more than a handful of Americans gave a fig about football, and the clashes between (the imagined football-savvy) Americans and Mexican immigrants that might ensue. :scared:

Which reminds me, isn't this supposed to be a European tournament? How did Turkey get in to begin with? Okay, part of one large city happens to be on the European side. But the rest of the country is quite definitely in Asia (see under Asia Minor). :shrug:

[sasquatch]

40. Turkey would rather be known as European than Middle Eastern

:shrug:
I guess it's better to be sick man of Europe than the healthiest man of the Middle East.

[Karenina]

41. OH SHIT!!!

CAR HORNS!!! Turkei won... I've been sitting here scribbling out trombone parts and frying up some tofu waiting for the environmental signal of the game's outcome. OH SHIT!!! :scared: