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BASEL, June 26: Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber has announced his international retirement following Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat by Germany in the Euro 2008 semi-finals.
The match in Basel, which the Turks were unlucky to lose, was his 118th final cap. Rustu was second-choice goalkeeper coming into the tournament but Volkan Demirel’s two-match ban for a red card in the final group win over the Czechs gave him his chance.
Rustu who shone in Turkey’s run to the 2002 World Cup semi-final, was at fault for Croatia’s goal in the 1-1 quarter-final draw but saved a penalty in the shootout to send Turkey through.—Reuters
