A series of late goals kept Turkey in contention as they lived on their nerves at UEFA EURO 2008, with Semih Şentürk's 122nd-minute effort against Croatia notably taking their quarter-final to penalties, where goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber's heroics secured him a place in Turkish football history.©Getty Images Rüştü is mobbed after his penalty heroics"The celebrations were so inte...
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Paris joins UEFA quest to find All-time EURO 11
Paris city hall, hip hop cultural centre La Place and UEFA are joining together to bring the quest to find the All-time EURO 11 to a dramatic conclusion.Fans have until 1 June to select their team of all-time competition greats by visiting all-time11.uefa.com, with a massive artistic project planned following the unveiling of the selection at a press conference on 5 June. A team of 11 internationally renowned graffiti artists selected by La Place will immortalise the 11 players in spray paint, with the pictures to be shown at the French capital's Place de la Concorde until 9 July – the day before the final of UEFA EURO 2016."This historic project bringing the worl...
Cup glory for Salzburg, six for Skënderbeu
Six in a row for Skënderbeu Skënderbeu have secured their sixth straight Albanian Super League title with a 2-0 win at Flamurtari on the last day of term. Goals from Liridon Latifi and Sebino Plaku ensured Mirel Josa's team finished five points clear of Partizani, who had beaten Skënderbeu in the sides' penultimate match to take the championship race to the final game."After last week's loss everyone started to doubt us, but you can never underestimate the heart of these boys – champions!" said Josa. Skënderbeu forward Hamdi Salihi was the league's 28-goal top scorer, the second time he has collected the prize following his 29 goals for Tirana in 2005/0...
European media react to Sevilla’s success
SPAIN:Estadio DeportivoWords cannot do justice to what Sevilla keep doing. Last night they came from a goal behind to crush Liverpool, with a perfect second half to lift a fifth — yes, that's right, a fifth — Europa League in ten years; the third in a row, something that no team has ever done before.[Liverpool have] won five European Cups and three UEFA Cups, but met their match in the judge and the jury of this competition – a Sevilla side who know it better than anyone and want it more than anyone.
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Renato Sanches joins Ronaldo in Portugal squad
In the last few days his transfer from Bayern München was confirmed and he won the Liga with Benfica, now 18-year-old midfielder Renato Sanches has made the Portugal squad for UEFA EURO 2016.Sanches was only capped for the first time in March this year but two last-minute absences opened the door to the youngster as Bernardo Silva suffered a muscle injury in action for Monaco last weekend and coach Fernando Santos has opted not to risk Atlético Madrid's Tiago after his return from a leg fracture. Danny and Fábio Coentrão also miss out due to injury.Coentrão's absence has opened the door to Raphäel Guerreiro, the Lorient left-back to vie with Eliseu for a spot in the te...
Snap shot: Turkey come back from the dead
Write off Turkey at your peril became a mantra at UEFA EURO 2008. Time and again Fatih Terim's team were left for dead, only to emerge alive and kicking. They came from behind to beat Switzerland in the last minute, then recovered from 2-0 down in the last quarter of an hour to stun the Czech Republic in their third match (anything less and they were out).Incredibly, their quarter-final against Croatia eclipsed all that had come before. With one minute of extra time left Ivan Klasnić finally broke the deadlock and that looked to be it. Not at all. Semih Şentürk drove in a 122nd-minute equaliser and in the shoot-out 35-year-old goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber clinched it. Turkey had ...