Three-time winner Germany elbowed its way into the Euro 2008 final after a thrilling 3-2 victory over Turkey at a semifinal here on Wednesday.

    Defender Philipp Lahm's goal in the added time gifted Germany an arrow victory over under-strength Turkey, which had nine players benched because of bookings or injuries.German striker Miroslav Klose's header in the 78th minute put Germany 2-1 ahead while Turkey's Semih Senturk equalized in the 84th.Lahm, who earlier delivered a superb pass to Klose for Germany's second goal, ended Turkey's heroic run in Euro 2008, sending the Germans to the June 29 final against the other semifinal winner between Spain and Russia."It was certainly not our best game today, but we have won the match with our virtues," said Lahm, who was selected as "man of the match"."The final score is the best moment of my life," he said."Our goal is very clear, we want the title," he added.

         In the final everything is possible. The team has proved that. Of course we want to win the final. We have the winning mentality

    For Fatih Terim, losing to Germany is a "sad" outcome for Turkey.