Jun 20 2008
Euro 2008 Quarter Final Match Prediction: Croatia - Turkey
THE OLD BLACK HORSE VS THE NEW BLACK HORSE.
The old black horse i mentioned above is Croatia and the new black horse is referring to Turkey. They fighting spirits against the Czech has once again proved to the world that anything is possible to happend in football.The two sides have met on three prior occasions, with Turkey having never emerged as the victors.
The first encounter between the sides was back in 1996 when Croatia edged Turkey 1-0 in Nottingham in the European Championships in England: the last two Turkey-Croatia meetings, both friendlies, have ended in draws. First of all the two teams drew 1-1 in Sendai in the Kirin Cup of 1997 - which was won by Japan - before they met again in 2004 in Zagreb for a thrilling 2-2 contest. So, what will be the score tonight? a Draw or an easy win from either side?
FORM GUIDE06 Feb Netherlands (h) Friendly L 3-0
26 Mar Scotland (h) Friendly D 1-1
24 May Moldova (h) Friendly W 1-0
31 May Hungary (a) Friendly D 1-1
08 Jun Austria (a) Euro 2008 W 1-0
12 Jun Germany (n) Euro 2008 W 2-1
16 Jun Poland (n) Euro 2008 W1-0
Croatia
Turkey26 Mar Belarus (a) Friendly D 2-2
20 May Slovakia (n) Friendly W 1-0
25 May Uruguay (n) Friendly L 3-2
29 May Finland (n) Friendly W 2-0
07 Jun Portugal (n) Euro 2008 L 2-0
11 Jun Switzerland (n) Euro 2008 W 2-1
15 Jun Czech Republic (n) Euro 2008 W 3-2
Team Line up
Croatia
Probable Line Up: Peltikosa; Corluka, Robert Kovac, Simunic, Pranjic, Srna, Modric, Niko Kovac, Rakitic, Kranjcar, Olic/Petric.
Turkey
Probable line up: Rustu Recber; Hamit Altintop, Emre Asik, Gokhan Zan, Hakan Balta; Topal, Arda, Tumer, Tuncay; Nihat, Erding.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Croatia - Ivica Olic
Ivica Olic has been quietly proving himself on the international stage. Although he’s well over the 50 cap mark by now he’s arguably not received the recognition that he should have, but a fine goal against Germany has helped to change that. According to a study, he is the fastest player at Euro 2008 so far. Whether he can play in tonight match is still unknown as he is suffer with a injury in his last match.
My Prediction
Ok, let be more straight forward for tonight match between the 2. My predicted score for this is CROATIA 3-1 TURKEY because the answer is simple. I want to see Croatia playing against Germany in the Semi Final, the re-match between the 2 (If possible) is what make me excited.
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Thank you for you guys support. It is sad to say that my prediction went wrong for yesterday match as Turkey the new Black horse turn all the odds down….and finally went into the semi final. But guys, any comments on today match between Holland Vs Russia?