Date
2005-11-16
Match
| Turkey | - | Switzerland |
 | - |  |
Result
4 - 2
Referee decisions
Yellow
5 - 4
Red
0 - 0
Penalty
1 - 1
Referee assessment
this match
overall
Our marks
8.8
7.5
Your marks
6
7.3
9
Control: 8
Calls: 9
Neutrality: 9
Style: 8.8
General assessment
Frank de Bleeckere matches
'11-11-23 Arsenal - Dortmund (2 - 1)'11-11-12 England - Spain (1 - 0)'11-10-19 Shakhtar - Zenit (2 - 2)'11-10-11 Slovenia - Serbia (1 - 0)'11-09-27 Napoli - Villarreal (2 - 0)'11-09-02 Bulgaria - England (0 - 3)'11-08-24 Rubin Kazan - Lyon (1 - 1)'11-05-03 Barcelona - Real Madrid (1 - 1)'11-03-09 Tottenham Hotspur - AC Milan (0 - 0)'10-11-23 Partizan - Shakhtar (0 - 3)'10-11-02 Hapoel Tel Aviv - Schalke 04 (0 - 0)'10-09-28 Chelsea F.C. - Marseille (2 - 0)'10-09-07 Russia - Slovakia (0 - 1)'10-08-17 Young Boys - Tottenham Hotspur (3 - 2)'10-06-29 Paraguay - Japan (0 - 0)'10-06-23 USA - Algeria (1 - 0)'10-06-17 Argentina - Korea Republic (4 - 1)'10-04-28 Barcelona - Internazionale (1 - 0)'10-03-30 Bayern Munich - Manchester United (2 - 1)'10-03-09 Arsenal - Porto (5 - 0)'09-11-25 APOEL - Atlético de Madrid (1 - 1)'09-11-04 Lyon - Liverpool (1 - 1)'09-10-21 Real Madrid - AC Milan (2 - 3)'09-10-16 Ghana u20 - Brazil u20 (0 - 0)'09-10-03 Australia u20 - Brazil u20 (1 - 3)'09-09-28 Nigeria u20 - Spain u20 (0 - 2)'09-09-24 Egypt u20 - Trinidad and Tobago u20 (4 - 1)'09-09-05 Switzerland - Greece (2 - 0)'09-08-28 Barcelona - Shakhtar (1 - 0)'09-08-12 Russia - Argentina (2 - 3)'09-05-07 Hamburger SV - Werder Bremen (2 - 3)'09-04-16 Dynamo Kyiv - PSG (3 - 0)'09-03-28 Portugal - Sweden (0 - 0)'09-03-10 Liverpool - Real Madrid (4 - 0)'08-11-26 Bordeaux - Chelsea F.C. (1 - 1)'08-10-21 Manchester United - Celtic (3 - 0)'08-10-11 Romania - France (2 - 2)'08-09-17 Juventus - Zenit (1 - 0)'08-08-27 Atlético de Madrid - Schalke 04 (4 - 0)'08-06-26 Russia - Spain (0 - 3)'08-06-18 Russia - Sweden (2 - 0)'08-06-12 Croatia - Germany (2 - 1)'08-05-01 Fiorentina - Glasgow Rangers (0 - 0)'08-04-01 AS Roma - Manchester United (0 - 2)'08-02-19 Liverpool - Internazionale (2 - 0)'07-11-28 Valencia - Schalke 04 (0 - 0)'07-11-17 Macedonia - Croatia (2 - 0)'07-11-07 Sporting - AS Roma (2 - 2)'07-10-17 Switzerland - USA (0 - 1)'07-10-03 Lazio - Real Madrid (2 - 2)'07-09-08 Sweden - Denmark (0 - 0)'07-08-29 Arsenal - Sparta Prague (3 - 0)'07-05-02 AC Milan - Manchester United (3 - 0)'07-04-04 Chelsea F.C. - Valencia (1 - 1)'07-03-28 Italy - Scotland (2 - 0)'07-02-20 Real Madrid - Bayern Munich (3 - 2)'06-11-22 Internazionale - Sporting (1 - 0)'06-10-18 Chelsea F.C. - Barcelona (1 - 0)'06-09-26 Benfica - Manchester United (0 - 1)'06-09-06 Northern Ireland - Spain (3 - 2)'06-08-09 Shakhtar - Legia Warszawa (1 - 0)'06-06-30 Italy - Ukraine (3 - 0)'06-06-25 England - Ecuador (1 - 0)'06-06-18 Japan - Croatia (0 - 0)'06-06-10 Argentina - Cote d'Ivoire (2 - 1)'06-03-09 Udinese - Levski Sofia (0 - 0)'06-02-21 Bayern Munich - AC Milan (1 - 1)'05-11-23 Real Madrid - Lyon (1 - 1)• '05-11-16 Turkey - Switzerland (4 - 2)'05-11-02 Benfica - Villarreal (0 - 1)'05-10-18 Panathinaikos - Barcelona (0 - 0)'05-10-08 Denmark - Greece (1 - 0)'05-10-02 Mexico u17 - Brazil u17 (3 - 0)'05-09-29 Turkey u17 - Brazil u17 (3 - 4)'05-09-23 Qatar u17 - Brazil u17 (0 - 6)'05-09-20 Cote d'Ivoire u17 - Korea DPR u17 (0 - 3)'05-09-16 Peru u17 - Ghana u17 (1 - 1)'05-09-03 Sweden - Bulgaria (3 - 0)'05-08-09 Anorthosis - Glasgow Rangers (1 - 2)'05-06-08 Korea DPR - Japan (0 - 2)'05-04-05 Liverpool - Juventus (2 - 1)'05-02-23 Werder Bremen - Lyon (0 - 3)'04-11-24 AC Milan - Shakhtar (4 - 0)'04-11-17 Armenia - Romania (1 - 1)'04-10-09 Slovenia - Italy (1 - 0)'04-09-28 Manchester United - Fenerbahce SK (6 - 2)'04-09-15 Deportivo La Coruna - Olympiakos (0 - 0)'04-08-10 Dynamo Kyiv - Trabzonspor (1 - 2)'04-03-11 Villarreal - AS Roma (2 - 0)'04-02-26 Brøndby - Barcelona (0 - 1)'03-12-15 Spain u20 - Colombia u20 (1 - 0)'03-12-09 Ireland u20 - Colombia u20 (2 - 3)'03-12-04 Argentina u20 - Mali u20 (3 - 1)'03-12-01 Panama u20 - UAE u20 (1 - 2)'03-11-05 Internazionale - Lokomotiv Moskva (1 - 1)'03-10-21 Deportivo La Coruna - Monaco (1 - 0)'03-09-06 Macedonia - England (1 - 2)'03-08-27 Slavia - Celta de Vigo (2 - 0)'03-06-11 Greece - Ukraine (1 - 0)'03-04-30 Germany - Serbia and Montenegro (1 - 0)'03-04-10 Celtic - Boavista FC (1 - 1)'03-03-12 Dortmund - Lokomotiv Moskva (3 - 0)'03-02-26 Valencia - AS Roma (0 - 3)'02-12-11 Barcelona - Newcastle United (3 - 1)'02-10-30 Internazionale - Rosenborg (3 - 0)'02-10-02 Auxerre - Arsenal (0 - 1)'02-09-07 Latvia - Sweden (0 - 0)'02-08-28 Newcastle United - Zeljeznicar (4 - 0)'02-02-21 Lyon - Liberec (1 - 1)'01-12-06 Leeds United - Grasshopper (2 - 2)'01-10-17 Bayern Munich - Spartak Moskva (5 - 1)'01-10-06 Moldova - Turkey (0 - 3)'01-09-25 Fenerbahce SK - Lyon (0 - 1)'01-07-25 Torpedo Kutaisi - Kobenhavn (1 - 1)'01-03-24 Cyprus - Ireland (0 - 4)'00-10-26 Boavista FC - AS Roma (0 - 1)'00-09-12 Drnovice - 1860 Munchen (0 - 0)'00-08-02 Kaunas - Glasgow Rangers (0 - 0)1999-11-04 Juventus - Levski Sofia (1 - 1)1999-09-16 Celtic - Hapoel Tel Aviv (2 - 0)
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Turkey - Switzerland, 4 - 2. Sukru Saracoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005-11-16
I still remember this match (and my memory for football matches is rather bad). This was a really difficult one and Frank was at his best. The Swiss had won the first leg of the World Cup play-offs 2-0 so the Turks had to win with a three goal difference. Hard, but not impossible until Switzerland got a penalty after 27 seconds.
According to Frank de Bleeckere:
One of the most important matches of his career. TV cameras and newspaper journalist were waiting for the Belgians at the airport baggage carousel. 50.000 Turks yelling and whistling made it impossible to hear the Swiss hymn. The Turkish players were diving and complaining, every second was a battle, the fans threw things on the field. Frank describes it as if he was in a cocoon: not bothered by the aggression and tension, just concentrating on the match.
The turks couldn't score the necessary last goal, knowing they'd qualified, the Swiss didn't celebrate but fled to their dressing room. Oddly enough the Turks also ran off the field. Fights broke out inside the corridor.
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One Turkish player, Serhat Akin, then player for Anderlecht, visited the Belgian officials to congratulate them with the match.