Senior quartet swell Turkish ranks
Monday, October 13, 2008
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Turkey are taking no chances ahead of their UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-off decider against Belarus in Minsk on Tuesday after four players were drafted in from Fatih Terim's senior squad.
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Aydın Yılmaz, Caner Erkin, Ceyhun Gülselam and Serdar Kurtuluş will travel to Minsk today and are likely to play key roles as Turkey look to maintain their one-goal advantage from Friday's first leg. "This match is very important and we take our U21s very seriously," explained Terim, who has also lost the services of 17-year-old Batuhan Karadeniz after the Beşiktaş JK forward dislocated his shoulder in Turkey's 2-1 victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina while winning his first senior cap. Turkey's U21 side lead Belarus 1-0 going into the second leg, with a place at next year's finals in Sweden at stake.
