Turkey fought back from two
goals down to gain a dramatic
draw against Norway that keeps
them top of UEFA EURO 2008â?¢
Group C.Altıntop
heroicsHaving won 4-1 in
Greece on Saturday, Turkey
were three points clear before
today's games, while Norway
were still reeling from losing
at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Although the Turk
more

Turkey fought back from two
goals down to gain a dramatic
draw against Norway that keeps
them top of UEFA EURO 2008â?¢
Group C.Altıntop
heroicsHaving won 4-1 in
Greece on Saturday, Turkey
were three points clear before
today's games, while Norway
were still reeling from losing
at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Although the Turkish lead is
now down to one point after
their 100 per cent winning
record ended, the two late
Hamit Altıntop free-kicks
that cancelled out Simon
Brenne and Martin Andresen's
first-half efforts will give
Turkey further
confidence.Advantage NorwayThe
match was played behind closed
doors in Frankfurt as Turkey
completed their three-game
stadium ban following
incidents after their FIFA
World Cup play-off against
Switzerland in November 2005.
Norway seemed the more at home
and Brunne shot just wide
early on before Thorstein
Helstad headed over the bar.
On 31 minutes Ã?ge Hareide's
side were in front as Fredrik
Strømstad on the right found
Brenne and he rounded Volkan
Demirel and fired in. Nine
minutes later it was two.
Helstad launched a
counterattack and laid the
ball off to John Carew, who
played in Andresen, and the
Norway captain drove in from
the edge of the box.Comeback
beginsWith Greece beating
Malta to close in on Turkey,
the leaders needed to rally
after the interval and within
three minutes Gökdeniz
Karadeniz shot on to the post.
Altıntop then forced a save
from Thomas Myhre, before with
18 minutes remaining his
free-kick slipped under the
grasp of the goalkeeper and
into the net. Myhre then
frustrated Emre Belözoglu,
yet in added time another
Altıntop set-piece again
caught him out and Turkey had
their point. On 2 June they go
to Bosnia-Herzegovina, who are
six points adrift just like
Norway, who host Malta the
same day.

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