Euro 2016: Turkey are alive with Czech win

Burak Yilmaz and Ozan Tufan scored a goal in each half as Turkey beat Czech Republic 2-0 to keep alive slim hopes of reaching the Euro 2016 last 16 on Tuesday.

The defeat eliminated the Czech Republic, who had already suffered at Turkish hands at a past Euro finals.

Turkey lost their first two Group D matches and were punished for their unruly fans. And there were more wild scenes in the stands as Turkey stole the match.

Eighteen year-old Emre Mor, who has just been signed by Borussia Dortmund, burst down the right after 10 minutes, saw Yilmaz in the middle and provided a perfect ball for the Beijing Guoan player to fire the ball into the corner.

In a closely fought contest that was Turkey’s only entry into the Czech goal area in the first half hour.

Turkish goalkeeper Volkan Babacan produced a series of brilliant saves to keep his side in the game. He also had some luck when Tomas Sivok’s header came off the crossbar.

And Czech veteran Jaroslav Plasil played a one-two with Borek Dockal and fired a 25-metre drive that was heading for the corner of the net before Babacan pushed it wide. The Czech Republic pressed forward but Turkey struck a killer blow on 65 minutes.