Portugal beat Turkey 3-1 in their FIFA World Cup play-off semi-final 🎉

Game is over and the final score is Portugal 3-1 Turkey. Here is the match report.

Match Report

Cristiano Ronaldo’s crusade to reach in a fifth World Cup moved a step closer to reality as Portugal scraped past Turkey but not without a serious scare on Thursday night.

The Portuguese seemed to be coasting through when they went two goals up in the first half, courtesy of Diogo Jota and Otavio.

But Burak Yilmaz pulled one back for the Turks and was presented with a golden chance to equalise from a penalty, in the 85th minute.

Yilmaz missed the target and Matheus Nunes went on to snatch Portugal’s third in the final seconds as the visitors threw players forward with an air of desperation.

More to follow.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

9' Ronaldo’s shot over the bar

11' Jota's shot over the bar

14' GOAL! Portugal 1-0 Turkey (Otávio)

21' Under's long shot too straight

27' Kokcu's shot stopped

31' Ronaldo's header wide out

41' GOAL! Portugal 2-0 Turkey (Jota)

48' Bernardo's long shot  stopped

56' Jota's shot over the bar

64' GOAL! Portugal 2-1 Turkey (Yılmaz)

75' Otavio's header wide out

84' Penalty Missed! (Yılmaz)

Line-ups

Portugal XI: Ronaldo, Fonte, Moutinho, Danilo Pereira, Guerreiro, Otávio, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo, Jota, Diogo Costa, Dalot

Subs: Patricio, Cedric, Carvalho, Andre Silva, Jose Sa, Guedes, Felix, Tiago Djaló, Leao, Matheus Nunes, Vitinha Ferreira, Nuno Mendes

Turkey XI: B. Yılmaz, Calhanoglu, M. Çelik, Soyuncu, Demiral, Under, U. Çakır, O. Kabak, K. Aktürkoğlu, O. Kökçü, B. Kutlu

Subs: S. Aziz, C. Erkin, S. Bolat, S. Dursun, K. Ayhan, Antalyalı, E.Ünal, A. Bayındır, D. Toköz, A. Ömür, Y. Yazıcı, M. Müldür