After the hard battle, Bilis players were at the doorstep of Heaven. In 119th minute Klasni scored for lead and semi final, but already in the next action Turks carved out the roulette of penalties.As some announcements were saying, the Turks entered the match pretty aggre Jesus Sucre Jersey sively and in the starting minutes had the constant po se sion of the ball. The only result of that was one shot from Altintop from distance, but that shot was blocked by Niko Kova.After 15 minutes Croatia finally started playing like Croatia, and already in 19th minute could took a lead. The great action of midfield was continued by Modri, who entered Turkish penalty box, nicely found Oli, who hit the bar. The ball flicked to Kranjar, but his shot went over the goal.Srna couldnt believe what Oli mi sedIn 21st minute Rakiti pushed the ball for Pranji, but his cro s was blocked by Turkish defense. Somewhat later Kranjars cro s for Oli finished in hands of Rstu Reber, Turkish goalkeeper. The only yellow card in the first half got Topal in 27th minute because of one uncarefull start on older Kova.In the finish of the first half, Turks mastered the field again. In one situation imuni beat down Tuncay in Croatian penalty box, but luckily , Rosetti stayed quiet. The only concrete Turkish chance happened in the 38th minute when Topals shot went near the post.Great atmosphere at Ernst Happel was momentary ruined by the mutual fight of Croatian fans who were placed in the yellow sector. Ten persons were involved, but there was Wade Boggs Jersey no need for police intervention as it finished quickly.In one moment there was a verbal conflict between two coaches, Slaven Bili and Fatih Terim. Turkish coach was constantly protesting against referees decisions during the first half, and in one moment Bili showed him with hands to calm down because there was a foul. That made Terim mad who went outside his area towards Bili, but their contact was prevented by the fourth referee, Spaniard Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez.Oli in chance, but unfortunately aloneAt the beginning of the second half Oli cooked up promising situation, but he was alone among the Turks. In the 52nd minute orluka found Rakiti, but Schalke Jose Alvarado Jersey s midfielder went too much on the left side and carved out only a corner kick. Croatia again started playing pa s by pa s and the result of that was Kranjars half-chance, who unfortunately shot straight at goalkeeper.no wordsIn the 64th minute Bili recalled his first che s figure out of the game, it was Kranjar, who ran the most in the first half, and sent Petri in. In the 70th minute Croatian players brought out futsal action. Petri pushed Rakiti in a shot chance with double pa s, but he was obstructed in the last moment before the shoot. Two minutes later Pranji and Rakiti played out Turkish defense, cro s in front of Turkish goal was next, but Olis shoot with head went near the post.In the finish of the regular part Croatia had a free kick. A wonderful attempt of Srna was even more wonderfully saved by Turkish goalkeeper Reber. In the 89th minute came a counter attack of Bilis chosen ones, and Rakitis shot was blocked by Aik. Right than, in the next minute Modri broke the right side, threw in the middle, but Olis attempt finished in the hands of goalkeeper.Evidently better Vatreni had two more chances before the end of 90 minutes. Srnas free kick was barely saved by Re Willy Adames Jersey ber, and Olis shot from the edge of penalty box went over the bar. At the start of the extra time both teams were mainly saving the acce s towards their goals. In the 97th minute Bili took out relentle s runner Oli and sent in Ivan Klasni.Oh,God, why it doesnt want to come in?In the 99th minute Semih took a Tyler Glasnow Jersey powerful shot, but it went over the bar. At the end of the second part of the extra time Modri was staunch, he stole one ball, cro sed for Klasni, who scored with a header. Unfortunatel, that wasn0t enough for triumph of the Croats because Semih battened the ball in Croatian fork in the 122nd minute and brought Turkey the penalty shootout.From the highest stars to the deepest gulf; the last minutes of our nightmare: youtube: Only sore and sadne s (on our side), but fans stayed truthful: youtube:
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