Meanwhile, Spain face a murderers’ row of Italy and then potentially Germany and France to reach the final.
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“We played well and we were convincing but we didn’t score almost enough”.
“Now we will face a more hard rival than if we had finished first in our group”. But tonight was better.
“I don’t think we have to blame anyone specifically”. We gave a big reaction. We’re on the more complicated side in theory but we are Spain and we have to remain confident.
“It’s a huge disappointment for us”, Cech said.
The 25-year-old goalkeeper was not at his confident best in the final group game and looked jittery in possession while he also lacked confidence in claiming risky crosses, resorting to flailing punches that were very much unlike him. We did a really good job in the group stage, but this is just the beginning.
“We still have some problems, but now it’s easier for us to find solutions”, Terim said.
0 – Turkey have kept a clean sheet at the Euros for the first time since a 2-0 win over Belgium at Euro 2000. Also Turkish players like things to be hard.
“We could not have done this without our great support, all these people who come from Croatia, we have to stay and fight and we want to make every single Croatian happy. I did not really know him until this tournament, but seeing him in training you can tell what quality he has”. People comment on us without knowing what’s going on in the squad. “If we lose, it’s everybody’s fault”. Because this was a decisive match, it was always going to be tough against Turkey. We hoped to score a goal early on so that our opponents would have to go forward, leaving space at the back so that we would have the chance to score a second.
Germany’s Mario Gomez celebrates with Thomas Muller after scoring their first goal against Northern Ireland at Parc des Princes, Paris. We dominated the game and created chances. We are prepared to turn this situation around.
Ozan Tufan – widely criticized during Turkey’s first match against Croatia when he was spotted tidying his hair instead of marking Luka Modric – scored Turkey’s second – and possibly second-round clinching – goal. With four points and third place behind Wales and England in Group B on Monday, the Slovaks looked sure to be safe and duly were.
Featuring in his first major tournament, Yilmaz played no significant role in Turkey’s first two matches but looked to be back at his best against the Czech Republic, and capped his performance with his 21st goal in his 47th global match.
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“I had a positive stage fright at first, but when the game started I did not think who it is”, Rog said.
