Basturk - praise for rival Lucio (Allsport)
BASTURK RATTLES CLUB-MATE LUCIO
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Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Yildiray Basturk will
come head to head with club-mate Lucio in Turkey's World Cup Group C clash with
Brazil on Monday.
Basturk will be a major player for the Turks as they seek to upset favourites
Brazil for top spot in the group.
And he has told his BayArena colleague that he's coming to get him.
"I know his weaknesses," joked Basturk. "But, I don't want to make them
public.
"We've joked about it, but he makes very few mistakes and is a good
player."
But Basturk has rubbished suggestions that the Brazil match will make or break
their qualification chances, with both China and Costa Rica also in contention.
"Whatever the result of this game, we still have two other matches to play in
the group," he added.
"Even if we lose this game, I believe we will win the others and progress to
the next stage.
"Brazil is a world class team but we have to get prepared to this game.
"If we can't do that, I don't think we can succeed. We are preparing very
well though and I believe we will get a good score."
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