http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html en-gb 30 Sat 19 Dec 2009 16:42:55 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=17#comment6 Thanx Mark for your great comments. Euro 2008 has been a classic tournament not only for us (turks) , but also for every football fan around the world. It was an amazing 2 weeks to see our team reaching the semi-finals. Maybe with more European experience and a better system(!) we can achieve more in the future. Sat 28 Jun 2008 12:44:45 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=14#comment5 As a German living in the UK, I knew that this would be special game, because the Turks would play their hearts out and the German team would be afraid to lose the match. With almost 4 million Turks in Germany, this was a match that left almost no one untouched.If the German team would have gone out, I would have fully supported them in the final. And apart from 3-4 incidents it was a party all over Germany, Turks and Germans together. This did more for integration and friendship then 40 years of politics. Football can be great. Fri 27 Jun 2008 12:31:20 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=11#comment4 The team of the tournament by far. And a pundit on BBC before the match said "oh, Germany will win something like 4-0"! After the match he says "well, some people were expecting Germany to go past the Turks easily". Yeah, "some people", eh??!! :)But if it weren't for the fact that the goalie was suspended, Turkey would have been in the finals, and with other players returning most probably lifted the cup. But that's for another day. 2 semi-finals in six years is pretty good..Great matches.. On to South Africa 2010!!! Fri 27 Jun 2008 11:19:40 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=8#comment3 gr8 players, gr8 spirit, im sure turkey wudve won that hands down with nihat, arda and tuncay. Ah well, it was a previlige to see all the comebacks, and i agree with mark easily best mach of tournament czech vs. turkey. Wat a comeback, fatih terim is a gr8 manager, sad 2 see him go, i think hes leaving. He wudve been gr8 2 see at the nex big tournament, boy is he a lovable character and a underated manager Fri 27 Jun 2008 11:00:02 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=5#comment2 Wow - c o r r e c t i o n : Of course it must read :"our Scottish friends" :-) Thu 26 Jun 2008 21:54:15 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=2#comment1 Thanks, Turkey. You played with your hearts. The Germany team did not. They played with their heads.An underdog who seemingly dominates the pitch and plays with heart is bound to be everybody's darling, even if he loses. Understandable.I do not want our team to be everybody's darling. As Germans, you have no chance anyway.I want our team to be successful.Never mind all this ludicrous "Panzer" imagery and all the other stereotypes no matter what the performance was like.Our Turkish friends have no problems with Germany being successful. But watch the Italians and the especially Brits - excuse me: the English: our Scottish fiends see these matters veeeeeeeeeeery differently.It is fun to be envied if success is the reason.Can't imagine it's much fun for the English to be pitied when poor performance is the reason.Understandable. Thu 26 Jun 2008 21:52:13 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/thanks_for_the_memories_turkey.html?page=0#comment0 The champion of our hearts; Turkey, thank you very much!! The substitutes of the selection could have beaten complete Germany, you showed us this fact last night. I'm proud of you!! THANKS A LOT!!! Thu 26 Jun 2008 16:23:40 GMT+1