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Swiss forward Tranquillo Barnetta (L) and Swiss defender Stephan Lichtsteiner (down) vie with Turkish defender Hakan Kadir Balta (R) during the Euro 2008 Championships Group A football match Switzerland vs. Turkey at Jakob-Park stadium in Basel, Switzerland. Turkey won 2-1.

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BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - Arda Turan ended Switzerland's interest in Euro 2008 in heartbreaking fashion by capping a man-of-the-match display with the stoppage time strike that 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, Arda 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.

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