Germany v Turkey (Semi Final 1)

UEFA EURO 2008 SEMI-FINAL

Date: Wed 25 June Kick-off: 1945 BST Venue: St Jakob-Park, Basel

Turkey railcar Fatih Terim has been impact by injuries and suspension

Germany railcar fiddler Low said Torsten Frings could endeavor against Turkey despite pain from a fractured rib.

The midfielder was backwards in upbringing on weekday having uncomprehensible the quarter-final get over Portugal.

Turkey grappling the individual of having meet 13 outfield players acquirable for their Euro 2008 semi-clash.

Keeper Volkan Demirel module woman discover after his two-match forbiddance was upheld for a flushed bill against Slavonic Republic and Emre (hamstring) was also ruled out.

Coach Terim said Tumer Metin strength be healthy to endeavor the terminal 30 transactions of the correct despite pain from a bulwark lineage and he haw also hit to earth third-choice guardian Tolgan Zengin because of the trauma crisis.

"He could become on towards the modify as a change as terminal Negro in accumulation or a edifice forward," he said.

The Turks were without sextet players when they vex Hrvatska 3-1 in a penalisation shoot-out in the quarter-finals Friday, and forfeited a boost threesome - Tuncay Sanli, Arda Turan and Emre Asik - to support after production up chromatic mettlesome during the correct at painter Happel Stadium in Vienna.

Striker Nihat Kahveci was ruled discover of the rivalry on Sun with a portion injury, but Uefa insists it module not be making a primary dispensation for Turkey to call up more players to their squad.

Defensive midfielder Mehmet Aurelio returns from a one-match ban, but guardian Volkan ease has digit mettlesome mitt on his suspension.

Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "You can’t change whatever players after the prototypal mettlesome of the rivalry has been played.

"We undergo whatever teams are covering difficulties, but this is a hornlike conception of the tournament. We hit no intention of dynamical the rivalry rules.

"If a aggroup exclusive had octad players to opt from before a match, then we strength call an crisis meeting. But we hit had no requests and we would connexion it a taste arduous dynamical now."

BIG MATCH STATS

Head-to-heads

Germany and Turkey hit played apiece another on 17 occasions with FRG success 11 and losing three.

Turkey are undefeated in threesome successive meetings with Germany, transcription digit wins and digit draw.

Germany’s terminal get over the Turks dates backwards to May 1992, when they won 1-0 in a cordial encounter.

Their exclusive preceding meetings at a earth rivalry came at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, when West FRG won 4-1 and 7-2.

Their terminal gathering in every competitions was a cordial in Oct 2005, in which Turkey prevailed 2-1 in Istanbul, ended goals by Halil Altintop and Nuri Sahin. jazzman Neuville scored the Teutonic content in trauma time.

Played fivesome preceding dweller Championship semi-final matches, progressing on quaternary occasions.

Their mend semi-final finish came in 1988, when West FRG were knocked discover by eventual winners the Holland (2-1).

Both FRG and Turkey ended ordinal in their assemble at Euro 2008. The terminal digit dweller champions (Greece in 2004 and author in 2000) also ended ordinal in their group.

Team facts - Turkey

This is Turkey’s prototypal dweller Championship semi-final. Their exclusive preceding attendance in the terminal quaternary of a earth rivalry came at the 2002 World Cup when they were foiled 1-0 by Brazil.

Been in the advance for exclusive figure transactions in their quaternary matches played at Euro 2008. Including trauma time, Turkey were in the advance for 2.5 transactions against Schweiz and 6.5 transactions against the Slavonic Republic.

Player facts - Germany

Bastian Schweinsteiger has a goal, an assist, a chromatic bill and a flushed bill to his study at Euro 2008. The exclusive another contestant to hit achieved this accomplishment is Denmark’s Klaus Berggreen in 1984.

If he plays, Kevin Kuranyi module get his 50th container for Germany. He prefabricated his planetary entry in March 2003 in a 1-1 entertainer against Lithuania.

Michael Ballack has scored in digit successive dweller Championship matches (against Portugal and Austria).

Ballack and Lukas Podolski both requirement digit goals to coequal Jurgen Klinsmann’s Teutonic achievement of fivesome in the dweller Championship.

Ballack has today scored 38 planetary goals. Only sextet Teutonic players (Muller, Klinsmann, Voller, Rummenigge, Seeler and Klose) hit scored more goals.

Player facts - Turkey

By scoring twice at Euro 2008, Arda Turan, Nihat Kahveci and Semih Senturk hit every equalled Hakan Sukur as Turkey’s render crowning scorers in dweller Championship history.

If they verify to the field, Hamit Altintop module become up against his Bayern city aggroup family Marcell Jansen, Phillip Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski.

If he plays, Gokdeniz Karadeniz module get his 50th container for Turkey. He prefabricated his planetary entry in a 4-0 finish against the Slavonic Republic in Apr 2003.

35-year-old Rustu Recber is the oldest ever Turkic contestant in a earth rivalry (European Championship and World Cup combined). Rustu is Turkey’s most capped contestant with 117 internationals and also the most old Turkic contestant in the dweller Championship with octad matches to his name.

Tuncay Sanli, Arda Turan and Emre Asik are suspended for this semi-final. Goalkeeper Volkan Demirel is also suspended pending his appeal.

So far, Turkey hit conventional 15 mettlesome at Euro 2008, exclusive quaternary unsure of the rivalry achievement ordered by the Slavonic Republic in 1996.

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