Switzerland vs Turkey

Hosts Switzerland will be hoping to reward their home supports with a win but Turkey will be a very stubborn opposition in Basel.
Line-ups
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Emre Asik, Servet Cetin, Hakan Kadir Balta, Tumer Metin, Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Mehmet Aurelio, Arda, Hamit Altintop, Tuncay Sanli, Nihat.
Switzerland: Benaglio, Senderos, Muller, Magnin, Lichtsteiner, Yakin, Gokhan Inler, Gelson Fernandes, Behrami, Barnetta, Derdiyok.
Preview:
Switzerland captain Alexander Frei has called on his team-mates to keep their Euro 2008 dream alive when they take on Turkey on Wednesday.Frei's tournament came to a premature end when he suffered knee ligament damage in the co-hosts' opening-game defeat to the Czech Republic, but he has chosen to remain with the squad.Another defeat for Switzerland would all but kill off their hopes of making it to the knock-out stages.

Frei said: "Our dream has to live on. Therefore we have to try everything on Wednesday. Sometimes you fall down, but then you can fight or stay down. Champions always get up again."I know that the team has a dream. Mine was destroyed on Saturday, but the team's dream lives on even after the defeat against Czech Republic.

"Turkey will be looking for revenge for their defeat to the Swiss on away goals in a 2006 World Cup play-off.The second leg of that tie in Istanbul was marred by violent clashes after the final whistle, but Frei is adamant they will be no repeat of those scenes in Basle.

The Borussia Dortmund striker added: "The game on Wednesday will be completely different from the one in Istanbul. For me that game is already forgotten. I said that before the Euros.

"For those who were directly affected the events are certainly still in their heads, but for the younger players it is just not an issue."The younger players have already come so far that they don't need any advice from an old man like me. For Hakan Yakin, who will play, it will certainly be very special.

Therefore he also doesn't need any advice. He will be motivated enough."Yakin, who has Turkish ancestry, is likely to replace Frei in the starting line-up, with Ludovic Magnin inheriting the captain's armband.Turkey will also be looking to bounce back from a defeat after losing to Group A favourites Portugal in their first match.And midfielder Hamit Altintop said: "We Turks have very high expectations. That we absolutely want to and have to win on Wednesday is clear.

The home advantage of the Swiss could also be a disadvantage."The pressure for the home team can increase quickly if it does not go to plan. You saw that with the 1-0 loss to the Czechs."Turkey, World Cup semi-finalists in 2002, never looked like causing an upset against Portugal and Altintop knows they have to up their game if they are to make it to the last eight.

The Bayern Munich man added: "Perhaps we afforded the Portuguese too much respect. We were too nervous. But we have now got rid of these feelings. That won't happen to us again."Our fans and and us expect a reaction. In the first game we offered too little, that is clear.

It will have be different (against Switzerland)."Boss Fatih Terim will be without defender Gokhan Zan, while Servet Cetin is a doubt, but Altintop is hopeful of playing in his customary midfield role rather than at right-back like against Portugal."I think I will play in midfield against Switzerland", he added.