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25 January 2008
With as many as eight of his players sidelined because of injury or suspension, Terim will be forced to rely on youngsters such as London-born forward Colin Kazim-Richards at St Jakob-Park.
"My players may be inexperienced but they are definitely hungry. With Kazim, I have been putting him in the team since the beginning - he can control his excitement." said Terim.
The former AC Milan coach added: "Before coming here, many people were asking whether experience or hunger was the most important thing. Experience is important, but dynamism from players is just as important and can benefit the team."
Former Bury, Brighton and Sheffield United man Kazim-Richards, 21, and his team-mates may be unheralded names in the football world but they have certainly caught the public's imagination over the past few weeks.
Turkey scored last-minute winners in their final two pool games, against Switzerland and the Czech Republic, to squeeze out of Group A.
And in their quarter-final against Croatia they grabbed an equaliser in the dying seconds of extra-time - just a minute after falling behind - before going through on penalties.
"One of the things we said before we came here was that we wanted to remind the football world of Turkey," Terim said.
"Everyone, whether they are football fans or not, is talking about Turkey. In four years' time, people will think of Turkey in the sense that we have succeeded. But neither myself nor my players believe we have completed what we set out to do.
Terim will be without suspended quartet Tuncay Sanli, Arda Turan, Volkan Demirel and Emre Asik, while Nihat Kahveci, Emre Gungor, Servet Cetin and Emre Belozoglu are injured.
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