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The five Spanish players who joined up with the squad with minor problems have recovered and will be available for the two World Cup qualifiers against Turkey, coach Vicente del Bosque said on Friday.

Germans breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday and acknowledged how lucky their below-par soccer team had been to snatch a 3-2 win over valiant Turkey in Wednesday's Euro 2008 semi-final.

German and Turkish fans geared up on Tuesday for their teams' Euro 2008 semi-final, with police and community officials predicting that Wednesday evening will see frenetic but peaceful sporting rivalry across Germany.

Only four days after kicking off Euro 2008, co-hosts Switzerland could be out of the competition after their second match against Turkey on Wednesday (1845 GMT).

Switzerland and Turkey will aim to put the ugly scenes that marred their last encounter behind them when they meet at Euro 2008 on Wednesday.

Bosnian striker Zlatan Muslimovic has been ruled out of Wednesday's Euro 2008 Group C qualifier against Turkey in Istanbul because of injury, the national soccer association said on its website.

Turkey have recalled Trabzonspor midfielder Gokdeniz Karadeniz for Euro 2008 qualifiers against Hungary and Moldova a year after he was banned for his role in a betting scandal.

Turkey striker Gokhan Unal will miss Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Malta in Frankfurt through injury.

FIFA began the biggest disciplinary investigation in its history on Monday as it examined the violence that marred the World Cup playoff between Turkey and Switzerland earlier this month.

Swiss defender Stephane Grichting, who was taken to hospital after his country's World Cup playoff win against Turkey ended in violence, expects to be back in action next week.

FIFA disagrees with the World Anti-Doping Agency over automatic two-year bans for first-time doping offenders, referring the dispute to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Assistant Turkey coach Mehmet Ozdilek has resigned following a fracas between Turkish and Swiss players after their World Cup play-off last week, the Turkey Football Federation said on Tuesday.

Turkey criticised FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Thursday for commenting on the violent scenes that followed the World Cup playoff defeat by Switzerland before an investigation.

Turkey named the following 25-man squad on Friday for the friendly soccer international against Tunisia in Istanbul on February 9:

African champions Tunisia will pay Turkey in a friendly international in Ankara on February 9 as part of the Meridian co-operation agreement between soccer's ruling bodies Africa and Europe, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have announced.

Belgium coach Aime Anthuenis announced the following squad on Friday for next Wednesday's friendly soccer international against Turkey in Brussels: