Switzerland 2 - 0 Turkey

**Quid** · 11-13-2005, 00:48

Oh yes...we're so going to the World Cup...hopefully. One more match to go. Well played today but should have been a higher win. It's going to be tight.

Quid

**Louis VI the Fat** · 11-13-2005, 00:57

Yes, I saw some highlights. Great game from the looks of it! Swiss football is getting quite strong in recent years.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 11-13-2005, 01:00

I was thinking, us footy fans should maybe open a combined thread next wednesday to discuss the results from all the return matches.

**InsaneApache** · 11-13-2005, 09:17

Originally Posted by Louis IV the Fat

I was thinking, us footy fans should maybe open a combined thread next wednesday to discuss the results from all the return matches.

Now that, my friend, is an excellent idea...now with the world cup (note to yanks:this involves ALL of the planet, not just USA

) just around the corner maybe we could have a stickie.....*ambles off in direction of the watchtower*

**LeftEyeNine** · 11-13-2005, 13:43

I have to congratulate Swiss team on the field. Our wing backs were sleeping throughout the match, that's how we fell apart..

But the rest off the field was a shame for a democracy idol country.. They pushed it too far from a rivalry. Still it's been discussed here how the players and the coach swore at Turkish players in the tunnel to the dressing rooms.

The papers are all headlined towards a fightback / pay off here - not the stuff those papers do after every defeat.

Watch the next match on Wednesday. We had a fight back from 3-0 to 5-0 in the past, that's what you'll be seeing in Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on Wednesday - true hell-ish stadium of Turkey.

P.S. Stickying a gathered thread would be a good idea until the end of the World Cup matches.. Top management, what do you think please ?

**Quid** · 11-13-2005, 16:59

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

I have to congratulate Swiss team on the field. Our wing backs were sleeping throughout the match, that's how we fell apart..

Should have been a higher win too...

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

But the rest off the field was a shame for a democracy idol country.. They pushed it too far from a rivalry. Still it's been discussed here how the players and the coach swore at Turkish players in the tunnel to the dressing rooms.

I won't say none of it is true but I can really not imagine our coach saying anything like that. He is probably the most boring person alive and definitely not prone to saying anyhting remotely offensive! The players...it's possible and if they did so, I find it dispicable and cause for an apology.

There has been a lot of discussion before the match about the Turks here and how they were allegedly treated. Accusing the Swiss of human rights voilations

and other such nonesense. The audacity of such statements strike me as strange if not outright bollocks.

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

The papers are all headlined towards a fightback / pay off here - not the stuff those papers do after every defeat.

Watch the next match on Wednesday. We had a fight back from 3-0 to 5-0 in the past, that's what you'll be seeing in Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on Wednesday - true hell-ish stadium of Turkey.

I have no doubt that it will be hell in Turkey. We will have a true winner after that match. The loser will not go to the World Cup; and deserveably so. I am not too confident that the Swiss team will make it but on the other hand, it would be a pity since we have now the best team we have had for years.

Good luck to your boys on Wednesday...and better luck to ours

!!

Quid

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 11-13-2005, 18:10

Originally Posted by quid

Oh yes...we're so going to the World Cup...hopefully. One more match to go. Well played today but should have been a higher win. It's going to be tight.

Quid

w00t for the swiss!

**LeftEyeNine** · 11-13-2005, 18:33

Fatih Terim, in his press conference, told that Alexander Frei swore at him and his family and that Senderos struck the ball towards them in the tunnel..

Whatever it is, they should be a lot excited about defeating one of the best teams in Europe, that's why some of them went over the line..

Anyway, I hope the best team wins on Wednesday, however I have to remind that Sukru Saracoglu is a European-standards qualified stadium with 60.000 attendence capacity. What's more migthy-shorthy Emre and Hamit will be available for the next match, that will improve a lot for our midfield organization and offensive capability.

Good luck, quid...

**Fragony** · 11-14-2005, 10:58

Well this is surprising, Turkey is no pushover. Congrats to the swiss

**Mouzafphaerre** · 11-14-2005, 13:37

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Go Swiss! Whenever a Turkish team takes a match at least one person is "accidentally" shot by hooligans firing in the air over here. The police? They're simply firing along. So, in any international match, the rival has my support for a less awful day in the life.
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**LeftEyeNine** · 11-14-2005, 14:25

Originally Posted by Mouzafphaerre

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Go Swiss! Whenever a Turkish team takes a match at least one person is "accidentally" shot by hooligans firing in the air over here. The police? They're simply firing along. So, in any international match, the rival has my support for a less awful day in the life.
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Hmm, not my style..

These hooligans had better learn how to cheer up - and that has nothing to do with World Cup '06 being more enjoyable with Turkish national team's presence..

Go Swiss...Home and disappointed..