 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Turkey inewo nhoroondo yekukwikwidzana neGreece; yakavatamba ka14 yose, ichikunda kasere, ichidhirowa katatu uye ichirasikirwa nemitambo mitatu. Nyika mbiri idzi dzakarondedzerwa se dzinorova zvinopfuura zvavanokwanisa; neGreece ichikunda Euro 2004 kunyangwe yaive yakarongwa sevasina simba pamberi pemakwikwi, uye Turkey yakatevera menduru yavo yendarira yeWorld Cup muna 2002kupfurikidza nokupfuurira kuenda kumasemi-fainari eEuro 2008, uko vakabviswa neGermany. Nemhaka yekukakavadzana pakati penyika mbiri idzi uye kukakavadzana kweCyprus, pamwe nezviitiko zvakati wandei zvinoitika panguva yemitambo pakati pemakirabhu eTurkey neGreek, yakatsanangurwa seimwe yemakwikwi makuru enhabvu epasi rose. 