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Soccer-Euro-Turkey Beats Finland 2-0 in Final Warm-Up

Reuters
May 29, 2008

Turkish midfielder Hamit Altintop vies with Finland's Mika Vayrynen during the Turkey vs Finland international friendly football match in Duisburg. (John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish midfielder Hamit Altintop vies with Finland's Mika Vayrynen during the Turkey vs Finland international friendly football match in Duisburg. (John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images)


HELSINKI—Tuncay Sanli scored in the first half and Semih Senturk added a second late on to secure Euro 2008 finalists Turkey a 2-0 victory over Finland in their final friendly before next month's tournament.

With fast, short passing Turkey controlled the game in the first half and went ahead after 15 minutes when Sabri Sarioglu crossed for Tuncay to score.

Finland came into the game, played in Duisburg, Germany, after the break and striker Mikael Forssell wasted a good chance to equalise after an hour.

Two minutes from the end Kazim Kazim broke free on the right wing and crossed for striker Semih to score his first international goal.

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Turkey will play Czech Republic, Portugal and Switzerland in Group A at the Euro 2008 finals which start on June 7.


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