Bilic wary of resilient Turks

CROATIA coach Slaven Bilic believes Turkey’s two stunning comeback victories during the group shows both the strengths and the weaknesses of their quarter-final opponents.

After losing their opening Euro 2008 fixture 2-0 to Portugal, Turkey had a mountain to climb to make the last eight and hardly made life any easier for themselves against Switzerland and Czech Republic.

Against the Swiss, Turkey trailed at half-time and only snatched a 2-1 thanks to Arda Turan’s injury-time strike, while the Czech match was even more dramatic with Fatih Terim’s men scoring three times in the last 15 minutes to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 win.