TURKEY have crashed out of Euro 2020 after Xherdan Shaqiri’s spectacular double helped ensure Switzerland’s victory.
Fancied by many as the tournament’s ‘dark horse’, they fell behind on six minutes through Haris Seferovic’s left-footed strike in Baku.
But the moment of the match fell to Shaqiri with a superb trademark strike.
Picking the ball up on the edge of the box, the Liverpool ace curled an unstoppable effort into the top corner to double Switzerland’s advantage on 26 minutes.
Turkey, who needed to win to stand any chance of progressing, handed themselves a lifeline through Irfan Kahveci in the second half.
In a game of spectacular goals, Kahveci would rival Shaqiri by curling an effort over the impressive Yann Sommer from 25-yards.
But Shaqiri ensured there would be no heroic comeback when he fired in a brilliant second just six minutes later.
With Turkey pushing for an equaliser, Switzerland hit them on the counter with Shaqiri hitting a first time effort into the roof of the net.
And with that goal, he ensured he became his country’s top scorer at major tournaments with seven.
Despite his heroics, it will now be a nervous wait for the Swiss after they missed out on second spot despite Wales’ 1-0 defeat against Italy.
Both teams finished on four points but Wales booked their qualification to the knockouts with a better goal difference.
Turkey are the second team to crash out of the tournament after North Macedonia.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
