Wednesday 11th June 2008
Emre to miss Swiss encounter
Turkey have lost Belozoglu Emre to injury ahead of Wednesday's clash with Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland.
The midfielder pulled up with a hamstring problem during training and will miss the crucial Group A encounter at Basel's St Jakob-Park Stadium.
"Unfortunately, Emre is not going to play tomorrow. He had a slight injury to his hamstring and he wasn't feeling well this morning," Turkey coach Fatih Terim said.
He added: "He had an MRI and results have shown that there's an edema of two to three centimetres.
"Not having Emre is a problem for us because his role is not that simple to cover by another player.
"But then again Switzerland will not have their injured captain Alexander Frei."
