It was to be or not to be in this group for Turkish National team and coach Abdullah Avci and they could not do it in front of their home turf at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu stadium.
Although, Turkey went ahead with Burak Yilmaz header first a huge mistake by defender Semih Kaya cost Turkey a win !
Hungary scored with Daniel Bode on Semih Kaya's mistake.......
Turkey's goal came from Burak Yılmaz on 63rd minute while, Bode equalized the score for Hungary on 71st minute.
Hungary had the first chance in the sixth minute, but Adam Szalai hit his shot straight at Turkey goalkeeper Onur Kivrak. Turkey forced a succession of corners and then Alper Potuk shot wide for the home side, who lost the reverse fixture in October 3-1.
With nearly 20 minutes gone Szalai tried another shot from distance, which was again off target, as was Alper Potuk when he shot from long range. But just three minutes later Hungary twice went close to taking the lead, only to be denied by Onur Kivrak.
Balazs
Dzsudzsak's free-kick was headed by Szalai but the effort was parried
by Onur Kivrak, who also saved Tamas Kadar's follow-up shot. Nuri Sahin shot over the bar and then Selcuk Inan saw his effort blocked by defender Jozsef Varga.
Hungary keeper parried a shot from Arda Turan before Burak Yilmaz shot wide. Turkey
should have taken the lead, but Alper Potuk missed the target with a shot
from close range and then Kiraly tipped over a 25-yard shot from Nuri Sahin
.
Burak Yilmaz shot over the bar and Hungary's
Tamas Hajnal fired wide as both sides started the second half well.
Burak Yilmaz finally made the breakthrough on the hour when he headed in Arda
Turan's cross from close range.
Hungary were level with 20 minutes to go when substitute Bode shot home from
close range. The visitors nearly took the lead when Vladimir Koman's
shot was blocked, but neither side could break the deadlock in a
frenetic finish.
In the other matches , Netherlands beat Romania 4-0 while, Estonia defeated Andorra 2-0.
Referees: Milorad Mazic, Milovan Ristic, Dalibor Djurdjevıc (Serbia)
Turkey: Onur Recep Kıvrak, Gökhan Gönül, Bekir İrtegün, Semih Kaya, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Arda Turan, Selçuk İnan, Nuri Şahin (Min. 90 Kerim Koyunlu), Alper Potuk (Min. 70 Hamit Altıntop), Umut Bulut (Min. 80 Mevlüt Erdinç), Burak Yılmaz
Hungary: Kiraly, Vanczak, Kadar, Varga, Meszaros, Korcsmar (Min. 46 Guzmics), Dzsudszak, Koman, Pinter, Hajnal (Min. 68 Böde), Szalai (Min. 78 Elek)
Goals: Min. 63 Burak Yılmaz (Turkey), Min. 71 Bode (Hungary)
Yellow Cards: Min. 48 Varga, Min. 58 Dzsudzsak, Min. 75 Bode, 90+2 Kiraly (Hungary), Min. 59 Bekir İrtegün, Min. 87 Burak Yılmaz (Turkey)
FIFA 2014 World Cup European Qualifications Group D Standings:
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1.NETHERLANDS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 18 |
| 2.HUNGARY | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
| 3.ROMANIA | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 4.TURKEY | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 5.ESTONIA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| 6.ANDORRA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Abdullah Avci did not serve what he promised , when he took over from Guss Hiddink !
He spoke way too early, in my opinion !
