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- From: armagan@sassafras (Armagan Ozdinc)
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- Subject: TURKEY vs. ENGLAND - Update on Today's World Cup
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 14:11:15 GMT
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- NO SWIMMING THE BOSPHORUS FOR COACH PIONTEK
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- LONDON, Nov 17, Reuter - Coach Sepp Piontek says Turkey
- are no longer Europe's whipping boys and believes they can
- upset England in their World Cup soccer qualifier on
- Wednesday.
- "We are not a team you just beat anymore. You have to
- play well to win now. The days when it was just a question
- of how many we lose by are finished," said the former Danish
- coach.
- When Piontek brought Turkey to England 13 months ago for
- a European championship qualifier he promised to swim the
- Bosphorus if they won.
- They lost 1-0 and this time he's making no similar rash
- promises.
- "I said I'd swim the Bosphorus because it was
- unrealistic that we would win. Now it would not be
- sensational," he said.
- "My greatest wish after two and a half years in Turkey
- is that we can get our first goal and first point against
- England. We have had two very good games against England.
- "They had difficulty winning last time and the day when
- we score and win is coming closer and closer," said Piontek
- whose Danish team were the last to win a competitive
- international at Wembley in 1983.
- Riza Calimbay the Turkish captain said: "Piontek has
- made us play more as a team, given us confidence and boosted
- our morale and shown us we can measure up to the rest of
- Europe."
- Piontek was delaying naming his team until Wednesday.
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