Turkey and Sweden played to a 0-0 draw Wednesday in a friendly international ahead of the European Championship.
Nihat Kahveci missed several chances to score for Turkey, and Gokhan Gonul created more opportunities for the hosts but Sweden goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson was able to keep a clean sheet.
Sweden is in Group D at Euro 2008 with defending champion Greece, Spain and Russia. The Turks, who reached the semifinals at the 2002 World Cup, will play in Group A with Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
The tournament, which runs from June 7-29, will be co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
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Lineups:
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gokhan Gonul, Servet Cetin, Gokhan Zan, Hakan Kadir Balta, Hamit Altintop, Mehmet Aurelio, Emre Belozoglu (Mehmet Topal, 77), Yildiray Basturk, Nihat Kahveci (Gokdeniz Karadeniz, 85), Halil Altintop.
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson, Sebastian Larsson, Daniel Majstorovic, Peter Hansson, Mikael Nilsson (Matias Concha, 88), Kim Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Anders Svensson, Kennedy Bakircioglu, Olof Mellberg, Markus Rosenberg.
Source:AP
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