Guus Hiddink is reported to plan to stand down from his job with Turkey after the second leg UEFA EURO 2012 play-off game in Zagreb on Tuesday, following some stinging criticism over recent days.
Croatia romped to a comfortable 3-0 victory in the first leg on Friday, with goals from Ivica Olic, Mario Mandzukic and Vedran Corluka taking them to the brink of the finals.
Boos rang around the stadium at the final whistle and the result will pile more pressure on the Turkey coach, Guus Hiddink, who was already under fire after a patchy campaign in the qualifiers in which his charges finished second in Group A.
Olic put the visitors ahead in the second minute with a simple tap-in from close range after the goalkeeper, Volkan Demirel, failed to cut out a low cross from Corluka.
Despite a long period of possession by Turkey, Croatia then doubled their lead in the 32nd minute when Mandzukic headed in a cross from Darijo Srna at the far post.
Turkey's miserable night was completed in the second half, as Corluka made it 3-0 in the 51st minute, escaping his marker and heading in from close range from a free-kick whipped in by Srna.
Their were chants for Hiddink's resignation at the end and Volkan was also jeered in what was an especially sweet victory for Croatia, who suffered a heart-breaking quarter-final defeat by Turkey at the 2008 finals, when they were seconds away from clinching a place in the semi-finals before losing the game in Vienna on penalties. The Turks had equalised with the last kick of extra-time and then won the shoot-out.
