Turkey 3 Czech Republic 2: A heroic fightback, not without its good fortune, secured Turkey's place in the knockout stages of Euro 2008 and dumped the Czech Republic out of the tournament.

Both goalkeepers played starring roles in the drama in Geneva but unfortunately for Petr Cech and Turkey's Volkan Demirel they were villainous.

Cech, however, will have sleepless nights about his error, which ultimately cost his side the game.

With the score at 2-0 thanks to goals in each half from Jan Koller and Jaroslav Plasil, all looked safe for Karel Bruckner's side until an Arda Turan strike 15 minutes from time gave Turkey hope.

From then on the crosses came thick and fast and when Cech was asked to field a routine ball his grip let him down, allowing Nihat to pass the ball into the net.

The Czechs barely had time to contemplate penalties when Nihat added his second with three minutes to go, though the striker looked marginally offside before his emphatic finish into the top corner.

The Czech's came agonisingly close to an equaliser when Koller appeared to target Demirel, prompting the goalkeeper to shove the big striker to the ground and earn himself a red card.

Top place in the group was already tied up by Portugal who sent a weakened team out to face hosts Switzerland in Basel and lost 2-0.

Two second half goals, one from the spot, from veteran striker Hakan Yakin ensured the home fans at least had something to cheer about after seeing their side eliminated by defeats to the Czechs and Turkey.