Nihat leaves it late as Turkey triumph amid chaotic scenes in Geneva

Turkey provided an incredible finale when two goals in two minutes earned them a place in the quarter-finals.

Nihat Kahveci struck in the 87th minute for an equaliser after Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech made a complete hash of a cross.

Then Nihat struck again in the 89th minute by curling home a winner from outside the box.

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Never say die: Nihat scores his side's equaliser before the real drama

Even then the drama was not over as Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel was sent off for shoving giant Czech striker Jan Koller, who went down theatrically.

But the Turks survived to set up a lasteight clash with Croatia. Koller, the 6ft 8in target man had put his side in front in the 34th minute with a trademark header, his 55th for his country, and Jaroslav Plasil had added a second in the 61st minute.

But Arda Turan pulled one back 15 minutes from time for Turkey and Cech looked at fault as Turan's shot went in off a post.

This was the first time the two nations had ever met at a European Championship.

But the Czechs had been in this sort of situation before, when they lost a must-win final group game to Italy at the 2006 World Cup.

Don't look now: Cech after his blunder

Both teams boasted an identical record going into the game and in the event of a draw they knew it would be decided on penalties. If anybody wanted that to happen, the Czechs did.

They had been involved in three previous shootouts in the history of the tournament - and won them all without missing a kick.

They made a fast start, with Reading's Marek Matejovsky just off-target from long range and Koller heading over the crossbar from a free-kick.

Turkey made it physical from the outset and picked up two quick bookings in the first 10 minutes before venturing forward, with Middlesbrough forward Tuncay shooting wide from 25 yards.

Libor Sionko flashed in a centre at the other end which flew straight across the area before being cleared by Emre Gungor as the Czechs stepped up the pressure.

Sionko was only inches away from finding the top corner when he rounded off another storming run by taking right-footed aim from just outside the penalty box.

Turkey suffered a scare when Mehmet Aurelio went down awkwardly under a tackle from David Rozehnal.

The final push: Volkan Demirel earned a red card for this shove

Aurelio's ankle buckled underneath him, but he was quickly back in the game. It took half an hour for the Turks to force Cech into a save, and even then it was a looping header which he had no problem holding on to at the first attempt.

His opposite number Volkan had to be considerably more alert when he raced from his line to clear at the feet of Sionko.

But he was beaten seconds later when right back Zdenek Grygera raced forward to deliver an inchperfect cross for Koller to rise above Emre Gungor and meet with a bullet header.

Volkan got a hand to it but the power beat him and the ball went in off the underside of the crossbar. Koller was all clenched fists and bulging muscles as he celebrated in front of the Czech bench.

Breakthrough: Koller (No 9) gives the Czechs the best start

Soon afterwards the Czechs were forced into an early change when Matejovsky was stretchered off injured to be replaced by David Jarolim.

But it did not seem to matter. The Turks were having trouble handling the towering Koller in the air and he sent another header over the bar from 12 yards following a Marek Jankulovski free-kick just before half-time.

His efforts on the deck were a little more wayward as an offbalance volley on the turn moments later went arcing up into the stands.

Whatever coach Fatih Terim said to his players at the break clearly had an effect and despite Plasil's goal, their grandstand finish merited their victory.