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Soaked Swiss Soccer
Switzerland met Turkey in their second Euro 2008 Group A match on June 11th in Basel, Switzerland. The skies opened up and poured down as the game continued on, making for dramatic images. Turkey went on to win the match, 2 goals to 1. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, (Euro 2008) began June 7th and is scheduled to conclude June 29th. (15 photos total)
Imposing dark clouds are pictured over the stadium during the UEFA EURO 2008 Group A match between Switzerland and Turkey at St. Jakob-Park on June 11, 2008 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
A general view as the rain pours down during the UEFA EURO 2008 Group A match between Switzerland and Turkey at St. Jakob-Park on June 11, 2008 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Patrick Straub/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Switzerland's Patrick Mueller controls the ball under pouring rain during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Klaunzer)
Swiss defender Patrick Muller (L) vies with Turkish players during the Euro 2008 Championships Group A football match Switzerland vs. Turkey on June 11, 2008 at Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
Switzerland's Ludovic Magnin, right, and Turkey's Nihat Kahveci, left, vie for the ball during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Switzerland's Gelson Fernandes, right, and Gokhan Inler, left, vie for the ball with Turkey's Tuncay Sanli, center, during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Klaunzer)
Switzerland's Hakan Yakin, foreground center, and Valon Behrami, right, celebrate scoring the opening goal during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Turkey's goalkeeper Volkan Demirel, right, kicks the ball, following a heavy downpour, during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Klaunzer)
Swiss midfielder Hakan Yakin (L) vies with Turkish midfielder Hamit Altintop during the Euro 2008 Championships Group A football match Switzerland vs. Turkey on June 11, 2008 at Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland. (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Swiss goalkeeper Diego Benaglio reacts during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey, at the Euro 2008 soccer championships in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
Switzerland's Valon Behrami is seen under a pouring rain during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Switzerland's Gokhan Inler, second from left, vies for the ball with Turkey's Mehmet Aurelio, right, and Turkey's Emre Asik, second from left, during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Turkey's Tuncay Sanli, right, and Switzerland's Tranquillo Barnetta, left, vie for the ball during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Switzerland's Patrick Mueller, left, Turkey's Arda Turan, center, and Switzerland's goalkeeper Diego Benaglio, right, vie for the ball during the group A match between Switzerland and Turkey in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
Swiss forward Johan Vonlanthen looks dejected after the Euro 2008 Championships Group A football match Switzerland vs. Turkey on June 11, 2008 at Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland. Turkey won 2-1. (BORIS HORVAT/AFP/Getty Images)
Links and more information:
Neck and Neck Until the End, Turkey Dispatches Switzerland NYtimes.com article - 6/12
UEFA 2008 Official site.
UEFA Euro 2008 Wikipedia entry
UEFA Wikipedia entry for Union of European Football Associations
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Amazing pictures.. thanks for this!
There's a mistake in the comment for the last picture. Turkey won 2 to 1, not 2 to 0. The first part while the raining was pouring was pretty funny to watch.
This was a spectacular match to watch on tv simply because of the rain! It created many tackles and lots of sliding and was the cause of Switzerland's goal. It is a pity Switzerland lost.
But thanks for the many great pictures!
The final result was 2-1, not 2-0.
Typo fixed, thanks!
As a professor of photography, that last picture of Vonlanthen has got to be one of the best lit and therefore most amazing snap shot photo's I've ever seen.
This site is AMAZING -- I read it every day! Keep the great pics coming...and like Nhoj, I am also loving the last shot of Vonlanthen!
Absolutely fantastic. Photojojo had a link to this. Will visit it fequently
Picture number 10 is stunning. I love the sharpness, and stillness of the rain, as if time stopped, and the way the light is wrapping his profile so slightly. It's really great. Good job, photographer! Man! Soccer looks so fun.
Amazing Pictures! I will visit often!
ˇFantásticas!
Really great site, fantastic pictures!!
Thanks for your effort, Alan.
Amazing Pictures! I will visit often!
I`m from Iran
Third last pic looks more like water polo!
Last pic is full of emotion, sad yet sexy -- fantastic.
Superb shots! Thanks for posting :-)
Photos Superbe ! Dommage qu on aille perdu ce foutu match
Football ou Water Polo ?
What a fantastic collection of pictures. I just discovered this site a few days ago, and I've been visiting it everyday since.
I was at that game and yes it felt more like a game of water polo, but it was fun to watch anyway. I really like the pictures, it looks amazing to see the same scenes captured on film
this is boston.com and opeple from boston dont care about soccer
Mira esta fotos guey, estan buenisimas
Note that it really matters but..... too bad we lost.... :-(
Really great pictures
love love love this site.
pics are amazing, format is perfect.
looking forward to more entries!
belas fotos e pena que nao tires a equipa portuguesa
Great shots!!
Bon chance with selling the sport to the U.S. brothers.
Thanks for showing these photos at a format where the detail will be appreciated. Some may end up on newspaper back pages, but never with the same clarity.
nice pictures. unfortunetaly the strongest did not win but it was funny with the rain.
Nice photos, this goes for the entire blog. If you make a picture twice as large, it becomes ten times as good to watch...
very nice!!
I love how the rain shows a trail of movement -- it adds motion to the photographs and you can almost see the before/after of the scene... truly brilliant.
I think the caption writer needs to look up a few synonyms for the word 'vie'...
Cool photos and website nonetheless!
Might want to mention that the Swiss player Hakan Yakin, who appears in a few of these pictures and scored in the game, is of Turkish descent. He isn't the most popular guy in Turkey.
YES IN EARTH RAINS... SOOOO
Increiblemente fantasticas todas las imagenes, en todas sus secciones. Felicitaciones!!
Amazing, outstanding. Congrats!!
Saludos desde El Salvador, Centro America
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And this is why baseball is the wussiest sport of them all.
Mr. Alan,
It is more than football. Really ammazing.
Well Done Mr. Alan
Sherif
Dubai