Turkey win knocks stuffing out of hosts

Hakan Yakin opened the scoring for Switzerland in the 32nd minute but substitute Semih Senturk's equaliser shortly before the hour mark left both teams searching for their first win in Group A and in the bottom two places of the group.

Just as the game looked to be headed for a draw, Arda struck from the edge of the area to claim a 2-1 win for Turkey.

His right-footed effort deflected off a Swiss defender and into the goal to silence the home crowd.

The Swiss had had a chance to move in front late in the game but Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel made a stunning save to deny Yakin's close-range effort.

Turkey take on the Czech Republic in the last group game on Sunday while the Swiss face unbeaten Portugal.

Both teams struggled with the very wet conditions but it did not spoil the atmosphere for the fans packed into the stadium.

Turkey may have dominated the early part of the match but that soon changed as Switzerland broke the deadlock. A long ball from Philippe Senderos was controlled by Eren Derdiyok who served an unmarked Yakin at the far post for an easy tap-in.

The 'visitors' equalised after the restart when Senturk latched onto Kahveci Nihat's cross from the left and his powerful header beat Benaglio.

Fatih Terim's side continued to battle and their efforts paid off in injury time when Turan fired home the winner.