Turkey lost their opening Euro 2016 match against Croatia 1-0 at the Parc des Princes in Group D yesterday.
The game featured two players from Barcelona on opposing sides – Rakitic for Croatia and Arda Turan for Turkey.
The Turkish international winger started but did not exactly put on his best performance.
We took a look at fans reactions to his display on Twitter after the game.
There was some excitement at the prospect of Group D pitching several Barcelona players against one another.
@ArdaTuran Spain, Turkey and Croatia! Should be fun in the Barcelona changing room!!
— R@ymønd ||*|| (@RaymondSouthorn) December 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/messi10stats/status/741977781601439744
Barcelona fans were full of good luck messages before the game.
Good luck @ArdaTuran ! pic.twitter.com/xjiiZRKFHk
— Barca Galaxy (@barcagalaxy) June 12, 2016
And it looked to be an interesting match up between Turan and his Croatia opponents.
2 – Arda Turan and Ivan Perisic's stats in #EURO2016 qualifiers. Passion. pic.twitter.com/qQVADfqrj2
— OptaCan (@OptaCan) June 12, 2016
Turan went into the game having been involved in 9 goals in his last 11 games for Turkey and having created the most chances for his side.
26 – Arda Turan (26) created more chances than any other #TUR player in #Euro2016 qualifying. Example. pic.twitter.com/CDLdParfYk
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 9, 2016
Turan did not however, deliver on the pitch.
Arda Turan, Calhanoglu and Ozyakup fully didn't turn up today
— Semih Azizoğlu (@semihaziz14) June 12, 2016
Most of these reactions were actually pretty tame.
https://twitter.com/TurkzZ/status/742007389885456384
A disastrous game by Calhanoglu. Not to mention Arda Turan.#TUR
— Michael Yokhin (@Yokhin) June 12, 2016
Turan was also criticised for spending too much time filming promotional videos instead of training.
#Turkey vs. #croatia come on Turkey!
May the better one win!@Nike @ArdaTuran https://t.co/lXrnORs211— Benan Cem (@BenanCem) June 12, 2016
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