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Turkey defeats Honduras in a football friendly

Turkey's national football team beat their central American opponents Honduras 2-0 in a friendly match held in summer camp in Washington on Friday.

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00:00 - 30/05/2014 Friday
Update: 10:34 - 30/05/2014 Friday
Yeni Şafak
Turkey defeats Honduras in a football friendly
Turkey defeats Honduras in a football friendly

Before the kick off, the crowd stood in silence for the victims of the Soma mine blast.

Almost 21,000 fans watched the game at RFK Stadium in Washington.

After a goalless first half, two goals scored by Mevlut Erdinc and Caner Erkin enabled Turkey to win the match.

In a post-match conference, Turkey's head coach Fatih Terim praised the performance of the Turkish players especially in the second half.

One of the players, Tarik Camdal also appreciated the win against central American opponents and hoped that Turkey will defeat USA in the next match as well.

Turkey is preparing for Euro 2016.

Turkey defeated Kosovo 6-1, and the Republic of Ireland 2-1 in preparation for Euro 2016 qualification.

Turkey National Football Team arrived in US capital city Washington after these two matches.

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