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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Fisher at Samsun Stadium

Wales hopes hang by a thread after Morrell sees red in Turkey defeat

Umut Nayir scores Turkey’s first goal against Wales.
Umut Nayir heads Turkey’s opening goal against Wales. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

After hanging in this game valiantly with 10 men for so long, for Wales how, in unforgiving surroundings, this quickly unravelled into another thoroughly demoralising evening.

Turkey had a goal disallowed either side of Danny Ward superbly denying Hakan Calhanoglu from the penalty spot midway through the second half but the hosts eventually got on the scoreboard legitimately via a smart header by the substitute Umut Nayir on 72 minutes. Then came a second, courtesy of another substitute, a wonderful bending effort from 25 yards by Arda Guler, the highly-rated 18-year-old Fenerbahce forward. Suddenly, that was that.

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