Stats That Prove Turkey Are the Comeback Kings

Just how great a comeback team are Turkey? Over their four games at Euro 2008 Turkey have spent 280 minutes on level terms with opposition, 111 minutes losing and just two minutes in the lead. And yet they’re in the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
These stats aren’t intended to suggest that Fatih Terim’s team don’t deserve to be in the last four. They’re intended to underline just how dramatic Turkey’s comebacks have been. Because it doesn’t matter what the score is in the 89th (or 118th) minute. It’s the score at full-time that counts.
| vs | Leading | Drawing | Losing |
| Portugal | 0 | 60 | 30 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 66 | 25 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 35 | 53 |
| Croatia | 0 | 118 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 279 | 110 |
(who says stats aren’t exciting?)
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Love that pic of Arda. That little wily bastard….
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Unbelievable.
See the Germans not settle without a 3-5 goal lead in the Semis.




Thanks to Turkey for bringing the surprise element to the tournament. Thanks to God for entertaining us like this by sending Turks.




Unbeliable! Turkey is great team normally and they have capacity as much as all others..But with this excite it is really great tournement ! They deserve to win and they showed match is not finishing before last warn.Perfect ! Go Turkey and good luck from Danish people !
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