Crisis on the Turkish side?

With all the injuries and suspensions, the Turks are having trouble putting together a complete team for Wednesday's semi-final against Germany. They may even have to ask their third-string goalkeeper, Tolga Zengin, to play as a position player.

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Euro 2008 update

In just a few hours, Italy will play Spain in the last quarter-final of Euro 2008. Italy will not be able to use either Gattuso or Pirlo, both of whom are suspended for one game due to accumulated yellow cards from earlier matches. I don't know if any Spanish players have to miss this game - probably not. Those of you who saw Turkey beat Croatia or Russia beat the Netherlands in their earlier quarter-finals will know that we can only hope that today's match is just as exciting. Those of you who only bothered to watch Germany defeat Portugal will probably not understand what I am talking about.

Turkish football

Follow the link below to read an interview with Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk. He talks about football.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,557614,00.html

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