GERMANS CEASED TURKEY

In the first semifinal of UEFA Euro cup 2008 German’s finish off the young blood Turkey in the last minute by the strike of philipp Lahm as they stride proudly in to the real battle ground of Harper arena, Vienna with the outstanding victory of 3-2. In the thrilling beginning Turkey took lead first by the stunning goal of Uger Boral from the bar beaten shot of Kasim .Germans find an equalizer in the 22the minute of the game by the shot of Bastian Schweinsteiger . In the first half Turkey played action-packed game endows the beauty of both attack and defense but the professional German’s tune the score on 1-1. Germans played a winning mentality in the second half as they find upper hand by the goal of Miroslave Klose in the 79th minute but Turkish squad cancelled his effort by the goal of Semih Senturk after seven minutes. In the nineteenth minute Lahm’s finished Thomas Hitzlsperger’s pass safely by a superb touch which crushed Turkish dreams of Euro cup final. Germans will meet the winners of group b semifinal.

What Philiph Lahm,man of the match talked to media after the match.

"It was a great ball to me, i got a good first touch which allowed me to take it on and hit it really well. It is hard to describe the emotions you feel, but when you see the subs' bunch running towards you, it shows the character and togetherness in the team.I appreciate that I didnt too well with their second equaliser, and I made some mistakes during the 90th minutes, but the goal I scoared was the most important of career. A semifinal is always a special match and is always a fight. We didn't play as well as we'd wanted to , but there are ups and downs in every game and maybe these were moe extreame than susal, particularly with the late goals for either side. "We are delighted to have come through the match, especially after we lost the semi-final [of the FIFA World Cup to Italy] in 2006. You don't reach too many semi-finals or finals at this level, so our goal now is to win the tournament. We are delighted to be through and we'll be playing for the fans. It doesn't matter who we play because we will be ready for it."