The domestic aspect have been cruising at the Estadio do Dragao way to first-1/2 desires by means of Brazilian-born midfielder Otavio and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota. But Turkey's veteran skipper Yilmaz pulled a aim again within the 65th minute, putting in a nerve-racking end. Turkey had been then provided a past due penalty while a foul on Enes Unal was detected by way of the German referee following a VAR evaluation, but Yilmaz put the spot-kick over the bar and Matheus Nunes secured Portugal's victory in stoppage time.
The 36-12 months-old Yilmaz may now never get the risk to play at a World Cup as Turkey's wait to return to the finals goes on. They have now not seemed at the World Cup because coming 1/3 in Japan and South Korea in 2002. Portugal have no longer ignored out on the event when you consider that 1998 and they may now expect to stable a gap in Qatar when they host North Macedonia in a play-off decider subsequent Tuesday.
At 37, Cristiano Ronaldo's dream of World Cup glory stays alive and few aspects in international football can healthy the attacking threat of Fernando Santos' team. Here Santos left Joao Felix on the bench and passed a surprise start to Otavio, the Brazilian-born Porto winger.
The 2016 European champions started strongly and went beforehand on the quarter-hour mark as a Bernardo Silva shot hit the publish and Otavio, prevailing simply his 0.33 cap, netted the comply with-up. The 2d goal arrived three minutes before the c programming language at the end of a flowing circulate, as Otavio clipped a go from the edge of the container for Jota to head in at the again submit.
Portugal were cruising however then Turkey pulled one again within the sixty fifth minute as Cengiz Under slipped a skip in for Lille ahead Yilmaz to attain. The domestic facet, lacking their first-choice centre-again pairing of Pepe and Ruben Dias due to Covid-19 and injury respectively, started out to look shaky and Turkey took gain. Jose Fonte's contact with Unal inside the field became first of all ignored via referee Daniel Siebert but he awarded a penalty after reviewing the images. Yilmaz may want to have compelled more time but his 85th-minute kick grazed the bar and flew over, to the relaxation of the home crowd.
Substitute Nunes, also born in Brazil, made it 3-1 within the fourth minute of stoppage time, in which all-time pinnacle worldwide intention-scorer Ronaldo also hit the bar as Portugal progress.
