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Turkey beat Czech Republic 2-0 in EURO 2016 (updated)

Xinhua, June 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkey beat Czech Republic 2-0 in the UEFA EURO 2016 Group D here on Tuesday to earn the opportunity to qualify for last 16.

Turkey' s forward Burak Yilmaz, played in China' s Beijing Guoan, scored in Turkey' s first counter-attack in the 9th minute from Emre Mor's assist.

In the 65th minute, Selcuk Inan winged a free-kick into the box. Mehmet Topal dinked the ball back and Ozan Tufan lashed it inside Czech' s Goalkeeper Petr Cech's left-hand post.

"It's of course a huge disappointment for everyone. We had it in our hands, unfortunately we failed. We started very well, they scored on the first attack and that was the breaking point," Cech said.

"If we played another four hours today, I think we would still not be able to score." Cech added.

Turkey collected three points in the group and have to wait to find out if they qualify for the last 16 of EURO 2016. The final round of group games will come to a close on Wednesday evening.

Czech Republic only got one point by a draw with Croatia. Endit