Turkey strike twice to deny Welsh win
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Turkey 2-2 Wales
Billy Bodin and Elliott Chamberlain both gave Wales the lead only for Hasan Ahmet and Gökhan Töre to equalise each time for the Group 6 hosts.
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Turkey denied Wales an impressive win in the opening match of UEFA European Under-17 Championship Elite round Group 6 as the mini-tournament hosts twice came from behind in Adana.
Equalisers
Billy Bodin volleyed Wales ahead just past the half-hour but within four minutes Hasan Ahmet had levelled for the 2008 semi-finalists. And after Elliott Chamberlain restored the Welsh lead after the break, also with a volley, but it lasted for the same amount of time before Gökhan Töre found the target with a superb dipping free-kick. On Saturday, Turkey take on Romania, who won 2-1 against Finland, the next opponents for Wales.