Goals and Highlights: Portugal 3-1 Turkey in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (3-1)

Thank you here for your audience on another Qualifying match. Stay tuned here for the repercussions of this game. Have a good night, and see you next time!
 

The next round will be on Tuesday (29th), at 1:45 pm, when Portugal faces North Macedonia. Whoever wins will be in the World Cup!
 

And that was it! Portugal is in the next round of the playoffs and will face North Macedonia for a spot in the World Cup!

Cristiano Ronaldo received in front and hit it hard, but it hit the crossbar!
 

Rafael Leão got a great pass to Matheus Nunes, who came face to face with the goalkeeper and hit hard to extend the score!

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João Félix hit hard from the right, the ball deflected and fell to Cristiano Ronaldo, who shot blocked and the ball was left to Çakir

Substitution in Turkey: Kutlu goes out and Dursun comes in.

Triple substitution in Portugal: Guerreiro, Otávio and João Moutinho were replaced by Matheus Nunes, Nuno Mendes and Rafael Leão.

Yilmaz went for the ball and sent it VERY over the goal, missing the chance to tie the match!

Unal, in a bid in the box, ended up being kicked by José Fonte. On the field the referee did not mark anything, but after reviewing the VAR the penalty is marked!

Double substitution in Turkey: left Çelik and Kokçu to enter Yazici and Tokoz. And in Portugal left Bruno Fernandes and entered Willian Carvalho.

Demiral is yellow carded for pulling Otávio on the counter-attack.

Guerreiro lifted the ball into the box and Otávio headed the ball hard, but it went to the right side of the goal!

Substitution in Portugal: Diogo Jota is out and João Félix is in.

Yellow card to Çalhanoglu, for a midfield foul on Portugal's counter-attack. 

Substitution in Turkey: Akturoglu is out and Unal is in.

In a great exchange of passes Akturoglu got the pass to Yilmaz, who came out in the face of Diogo Costa and hit a low shot to the bottom of the goal!

Dalot managed to get a grip on the right, raised in the area and Diogo Jota managed to shoot, but sent it over the goal.

Diogo Jota was launched and, on the wrong exit of Çakir outside the area, he hit over the empty goal!

Diogo Jota hit a hard shot from outside the area and Çakir deflected it into the right corner!

Cristiano Ronaldo makes his first touch on the ball and it's off to the start of the second half!

With no changes, Portugal and Turkey return to the field to start the second half of the match!
 

With goals from Otávio and Diogo Jota, Portugal goes through the phase with victory and goes to the playoff final!

Otávio received on the edge of the area and crossed high for Diogo Jota, at the second post, to head and send it into the back of the goal, with no chance for Çakir

Yellow card to Çelik and Diogo Jota, for a little confusion in the Portugal defense field.

Bruno Fernandes, in a free-kick in the intermediate area, raised in the area and Cristiano headed the ball to the left side of the goal!

Kokçu's strong shot, from the right, that invaded the area passing through the defenders, Diogo Costa was forced to pick up the corner!

Yilmaz hit a hard shot from outside the area and sent it through the right side of the goal!

Akturoglu got the ball on the right from a great pass, he lifted it into the box and Kutlu headed it down to the ground and sent it through the right side of the goal!

When Portugal Under made a mistake, he shot, but Diogo Costa got his hands on it.

Bernardo Silva's strong shot from outside the area exploded off the right post. In the rebound Otávio was there to fill his foot and it deflected off the goalkeeper, but still going to the bottom of the goal!

Cristiano hit it hard, but in the middle of the goal and in the hands of Çakir.

Bruno Fernandes raised the ball in the area and Diogo Jota threw himself on it, but, in the small area, he sent it over the goal!

As expected, it is a tense start to the game, with no chances and Portugal trying to launch itself into attack.

Yilmaz makes the first touch on the ball and it rolls into the first leg of the playoff! Remember that if there is a tie we will go to extra time and if the tie stays the penalty shootout!

Now the national anthems are played before the ball starts to roll!
 

The teams take the field to start the match!
 

In addition to this now match Wales faces Austria, Sweden hosts the Czech Republic and Italy plays North Macedonia.

With only one game, the qualifying playoffs start today and qualify for the next - and final - stage all teams today. Poland is already in the final for a place in the World Cup because of Russia's exclusion from FIFA competitions. The match between Scotland and Ukraine was postponed also because of the War and has no confirmed date yet.
 

The players take to the field of the Estádio do Dragão to start their warm-up exercises.

Turkey is lined up and will play with:

Portugal is lined up and will play with:

Now begins the broadcast of the World Cup Qualifying playoff match between Portugal and Turkey!
 

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This is the start time of the game Portugal vs Turkey of 24th March 2022 in several countries:

Argentina: 4:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Argentina
Brazil: 4:45PM in TNT, Estádio TNT Sports, TNT Go, HBO Max
Chile: 3:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Chile
Colombia: 2:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Colombia
Ecuador: 2:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Ecuador
USA (ET): 3:45PM in ESPN2, TUDN Usa, TUDN App, TUDN.com, UniMás, Univision NOW
Spain: 7:45PM in Cuatro, Mitele Plus
Mexico: 2:45PM in DirecTV SportsSky HD, Blue To Go Video Everywhere
Peru: 2:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Peru
Uruguay: 4:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Uruguay
Venezuela: 3:45PM in directvsports.com, DirecTV Sports App, DirecTV Sports Venezuela

Daniel Siebert will referee the match, with assistant referees Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. Marco Fritz will be in charge of VAR, with the entire team coming from Germany.

The probable Turkey team to take the field is: Çakir, Celik, Soyuncu, Demiral and Erkin; Under, Çalhanoglu, Antalyali and Akturoglu; Yilmaz and Yazici.

The probable Portugal team to take the field is: Rui Patricio, Cedric, José Fonte, Inácio and Raphael Guerreiro; Danilo Pereira, João Moutinho and Bruno Fernades; Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo and Diogo Jota.

Fernando Santos will not be able to use only two players: Rúben Neves and Pepe. The midfielder is injured and the defender has tested positive for Covid-19. Stefan Kuntz, on the other hand, has no absences for the match.

Portugal went through group A, where Serbia led with 20 points. Portugal was second with 17, along with Ireland and Luxembourg with nine and Azerbaijan with one. Turkey was also second in group G, with 21 points, while the Netherlands came first with 23. Norway closed the qualifying round with 18 points, followed by Montenegro with 12, Latvia with nine, and Gibraltar with no points earned.

Turkey, on the other hand, went for the spot. On November 13, Turkey thrashed Gibraltar 6-0, with goals from Akturoglu, Dervisoglu (2), Demiral, Dursun, and Muldur. Three days later, Turkey visited Montenegro and won 2-1, with Beciraj opening the scoring, Akturoglu equalizing and Kokçu coming back to score.

Portugal comes into this playoff on the back of a scoreless draw with Ireland, which took place on November 11 last year, and a 2-1 loss to Serbia, which took place on the 14th. The goals in this second match were Renato Sanches, opening the scoring for Portugal, Tadic equalizing and Mitrovic coming back in the last minute of the match.

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