This is for soccer fan who reads this.
I'm not especially excited about this matchup. One reason is Turkey, already the underdog who has never reached a Euro final in their history, but did finish fourth in the 2002 World Cup has been absolutely decimated by injuries and yellow card suspensions for this match. The way the tournament works is that if a player picks up two yellow cards in total during their three group play matches or the quarterfinal they are suspended for one game.
I'm not especially excited about this matchup. One reason is Turkey, already the underdog who has never reached a Euro final in their history, but did finish fourth in the 2002 World Cup has been absolutely decimated by injuries and yellow card suspensions for this match. The way the tournament works is that if a player picks up two yellow cards in total during their three group play matches or the quarterfinal they are suspended for one game.
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