Arda Turan ended Switzerland s interest in Euro 2008 in heartbreaking fashion as a last-minute breakaway goal gave Turkey a 2-1 win here on Wednesday.
Just as it seemed the co-hosts had done enough to stay alive in the competition, the midfielder broke clear on the left, cut inside and beat goalkeeper Diego Benaglio from the edge of the area with the help of a cruel deflection off the boot of centreback Patrick Muller.
It was harsh on the Swiss but they had only themselves to blame having squandered the chances to kill off the Turks long before the dramatic denouement.
Hakan Yakin, one of three players in the Swiss side with family roots in Turkey, had given Jakob Kuhn s side a first-half lead in treacherous conditions.
But the veteran playmaker also…