Turkey 0 England 0
Having adopted a siege mentality all week, England were at least perfectly prepared for everything that was thrown at them by Turkey as they gained the required point in their titanic Group Seven decider in Istanbul tonight.
England coped with the hostile atmosphere, on and off the pitch, with missiles being thrown into David James' penalty area, and with a horrifying penalty miss by David Beckham.
An unseemly incident in the tunnel at half-time, after Alpay pushed Beckham in the face, sparked a melee in which Emile Heskey and Emre were apparently forcibly parted.
Without either Michael Owen or Rio Ferdinand, or any supporters, the same players who had threatened strike action redeemed themselves in the only way possible. On the pitch.
England were by no means overawed and, with Turkey fielding three strikers, that enabled Eriksson's midfield quartet - led by the effervescent Steven Gerrard - to dominate proceedings.
With Turkey wilting under the weight of expectation, Paul Scholes placed a header over the crossbar and then Wayne Rooney was sent scurrying through after Alpay had given away the ball to Beckham.
Rooney managed to lob goalkeeper Rustu Recber but the ball dropped agonisingly onto the roof of the net and it was not too long after that before the home side managed to settle.
James twice denied Nihat, as well as Emre, but the space was still there for England to exploit on the break.
When Gerrard foxed Tugay inside the penalty area with a neat twist, he crashed to the ground and referee Pierluigi Collina had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.
Beckham stepped up, ready to convert, but he slipped horribly at the vital moment of impact and the ball ballooned embarrassingly over the bar.
Alpay was straight over to rile the England captain and then fell to the floor as if he had been struck. Sensibly, Collina was unmoved and the Aston Villa defender had only served to add a further scar to his already blemished reputation.
Just three minutes later, England had a chance of immediate redemption.
Rooney slipped the ball to Scholes just 12 yards out but the midfielder, without a goal for his country in 23 games, drove his shot narrowly wide.
Back came Turkey in a thrilling encounter. James denied both Sergen and Nihat, but although England were by now hanging on, they survived until the interval.
That was the cue for the scuffle inside the tunnel as Collina raced over to intervene, and he summoned players to his office at half-time to urge calm.
Turkey were out early for the second half as England kept them waiting and they continued their attempts to take the sting out of the home side thereafter.
Hakan Sukur went down in search of a penalty but was warned about diving and booked soon afterwards, while England also survived an almighty scramble in their own penalty area.
With 30 minutes left, on came Tuncay - Turkey's Rooney - for Sergen, with Ilhan soon joining him at the expense, surprisingly, of Okan, who had just clashed with Beckham.
Eriksson's response was to introduce Darius Vassell for Heskey, with Kieron Dyer also entering the fray for Rooney to bolster the midfield.
While Sukur's had a header deflected wide, Vassell came even closer and then Beckham's header was ruled out as Dyer had been offside in the build-up. Gary Neville had to be urged back onto the pitch as he failed to notice the linesman's flag.
Tuncay and Nihat both came within mere inches of hitting the target, but with Dyer excelling late on, England held on - just - through the agony and then ecstasy of four minutes of added time.