An unpleasant rehearsal for Turkey...
Emre Belozoglu was sent off as Turkey and South Korea played out a friendly that fizzled out into a 0-0 draw on Wednesday night.
The Fenerbahce midfielder was booked twice in quick succession after an hour of a match that lacked any of the excitement provided by the two teams when they faced off in a World Cup finals playoff in 2002.It was a poignant match for Turkey's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, who was in charge of South Korea in 2002 when Turkey beat them 3-2 to clinch third place in the World Cup.His side made a strong start with Umut Bulut going close to putting Turkey ahead in the sixth minute when his close range header was saved by South Korea keeper Jung Sung-ryong.Six minutes later Hamit Altintop fired in a long range shot which the keeper knocked wide of the postDespite being a man short Turkey sprang back into life in the final 10 minutes when a header from Colin Kazim forced a good save from Jung.Other results from last night's international friendly games:Israel: 0 - Serbia: 0 Azerbaijan:0 - Hungary: 2Croatia:4 - Czech Republic: 2Macedonia:0 - Cameroon: 1Iran: 1 - Russia: 0Latvia: 2 - Bolivia: 1Andorra: 1 - Moldova: 2 Armenia: 1 - Georgia: 2Belarus: 1 - Kazakhstan: 1 Greece: 1 - Canada: 1 France:1 - Brazil: 0Argentina: 2 - Portugal: 1 Germany: 1 - Italy: 1 Scotland: 3 - N. Ireland: 0 Poland: 1 - Norway: 0Netherlands: 3 - Austria: 1Malta: 0 - Switzerland: 0Belgium: 1 - Finland: 1Denmark: 1 - England: 2Luxembourg: 2 - Slovakia: 1Estonia: 2 - Bulgaria: 2Albania: 1 - Slovenia: 2South Africa: 2 - Kenya: 0Sweden: 1 - Ukraine: 1 (Ukraine win 5-4 on penalties)Cyprus: 1 - Romania: 1 (Romania win 5-4 on penalties)
Last Update: February 10, 2011 16:24