Turkey

Guess Who’s Back :D

The match started with Turkey pressing on the Bosnian goal. All of Turkeys attacks in the first half were played down the right side with Sabri and Kazim Kazim 1-2 passing. The attacks ended with sabri eventually crossing it in the box while the Bosnian defence kept on clearing the ball. Bosnia made the breakthrough because of a stupid mistake by Volkan Demirel, he left his goal on a Bosnian cross and Dzeko headed the ball past him on the 27th minute.

On the second half, Batuhan Karadeniz was substitued off for Nuri Sahin after he dislocated his arm. Turkey were pressing and there was a scare for the Bosnians as a scuffle on the line ended with Arda Turans misplaced volley landed on the Bosnians arm but the referee did not see it. The breakthrough for Turkey finally came in the 51st minute when Sabri Sarioglu’s free kick cross was accidently headed in by Dzeko. Turkey continued to press and was eventually awarded another long range freekick, Sabri Sarioglu crossed the ball again and was headed by Servet Cetin, the keeper saved the shot but was rebounded and Mevlut headed the ball into a open goal, his first for his country. Ayhan Akman came off for Halil Altintop and it was a good substitute as Halil had quick fire shots but Kenin Hasagic proved to be a worthy goalkeeper saving all his shots.
Player Ratings-
Turkey

Volkan 5.5 -
He only had like 1 shot on target to deal with and he conceded.

Sabri Sarioglu 8.5 -
He proved to be the nights hero as he assisted with both free kicks and contributed to attacking play.

Ibrahim Kas 7.0 -
He didnt let a soul past him, he played well not giving anyone space.

Servet Cetin 6.0 -
He sometimes went astray and lost the ball in various occasions but did defend well and he also assisted Mevlut

Hakan Balta 5.5 -
He lost the ball alot and didnt really defend well he also didnt attack

Arda Turan 5.0 -
He was attacking but kept getting dispossesed, he didnt play well.

Mehmet Aurelio 6.0 -
He defended well didnt really attack much.

Kazim Kazim 6.5 -
He attacked well, also having a few pops on goal.

Nuri Sahin 6.0 -
He played ok, didnt really have alot to do.

Ayhan Akman
He played awful, he lost the ball alot and didnt contribute to anything, he was later subbed for Halil.

Mevlut 5.5 -
Although he scored, he missed so many chances.

Halil Altintop 7.0 -
He attacked alot and had successive shots on goal but the keeper appeared to be a worthy opponent.

Yusuf Simsek N/A -
He came on too late to give him a rating.

Batuhan Karadeniz N/A -
He dislocated his arm and was subbed early.

Turkeys Goals