Germany reached the Euro 2008 final after winning a five goal thriller against underdogs Turkey.

Tournament favourites Germany face rank outsiders Turkey in the first semi final of Euro 2008.

Turkey beat Croatia 3-1 on penalties after a dramatic last few minutes of extra time to set up a semi final clash against Germany.

Croatia and Turkey will both be confident of reaching the semi finals when they take part in an unlikely quarter final clash on Friday night.

Turkey dumped the Czech Republic out of Euro 2008 by coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 on Sunday night.

It’s winner takes all when the Czech Republic play Turkey for a place in the Euro 2008 quarter finals.

Switzerland became the first side to be eliminated from Euro 2008 after losing to Turkey in the final minute of the game.

As co-hosts, Swizterland will want to progress to the quarter finals and that means a victory against Turkey on Wednesday night.

Portugal outlined their intentions for the tournament with a comfortable 2-0 victory against a lacklustre Turkey side.

The 2004 finalists Portugal will hope to go one better this year, starting against Turkey on Saturday night.