Turkey take down neighbours Greece
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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Turkey 2-1 Greece
Turkey began their Elite round Group 3 campaign with a victory over Greece in Cartaxo, thanks to two goals in the second half.
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Turkey began their Elite round Group 3 campaign with a victory over neighbours Greece in the Portuguese town of Cartaxo, thanks to two goals in the second half.
Late goals
Neither side was able to carve out a breakthrough until the 69th minute, when Sercan Yıldırım put Turkey ahead and his team-mate Eren Albayrak made certain of the points with a second effort four minutes from time. Greece still had time to get on the scoresheet, striking through Lefteris Matsoukas to give themselves a glimmer of hope, but their opponents held on and can now look forward to facing Denmark on Monday, while Greece take on joint-leaders Portugal.