Turkey beat Iceland to secure Euro 2016 spot

ByReuters

Published 13/10/2015 at 21:05 GMT

Turkey snatched automatic qualification for Euro 2016 as the best third-placed team with a last-gasp goal to secure a 1-0 win at home to Iceland thanks to Selcuk Inan's free-kick on Tuesday.

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The Turks, who finished with 10 men after midfielder Gokhan Tore was shown a straight red card after 77 minutes for a shocking challenge on Jon Dadi Bödvarsson, had to wait until the 89th minute for Inan to score from 25 metres.

Iceland, having already won a place at next year's finals in France, failed to cause the Turkey defence much trouble and finished second in the group behind the Czech Republic.

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