Portugal-Turkey 3-1: goals from Otavio, Diogo Jota, Yilmaz, Nunes

It could have been the last decisive roar of “Gol Krali”, perhaps the most important of his adventure with the Turkish national team. Instead, it turned out to be a fatal mistake, which allowed Portugal to take another step towards Qatar 2022. The national team of coach Fernando Santos reaches the final of the qualifying play-offs at the World Cup, due to the 3-1 victory over Burak & Co, who regret the wrong penalty from Yilmaz. The 36-year-old center-forward, captain of Kuntz’s national team, after scoring the 1-2 goal, in fact, missed the chance of a draw from the spot, when there were just five minutes to 90 ‘. CR7 and teammates celebrate thanks to the plays of Otavio, author of the 1-0 and assistman of Jota on the occasion of the doubling. The goal of the final 3-1, arrived in the 94th minute, instead bears the signature of Nunes.

First half

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Portugal, without the injured Lopes, Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Neves and Sanches, takes the field with a 4-3-3, fielding Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva on the sides of Moutinho and the trident made up of Otavio, Jota and Cristiano Ronaldo forward. Kuntz instead relies on the usual Yilmaz in attack, supported by Kutlu, Under and Calhanoglu. In defense there is Demiral from 1 ‘. Ronaldo and his teammates immediately press the accelerator and in the first ten minutes they shoot twice, first with the former Juve and then with Jota: Cristiano’s conclusion ends up in the curve, however, that of the 25-year-old touches the crossbar. After a quarter of an hour, Otavio scores 1-0. The Porto midfielder arrives first of all on the ball kicked by Bernardo Silva and rejected by the post: Cakir can do nothing on the 27-year-old’s tap-in, which paves the way for the Seleçao. Although the ball of the game remains in the hands of the red-green, the response from Turkey is not long in coming and, just before half an hour, Diogo Costa opposes Under and Kokcu. Portugal, however, is in a hurry to close the match and, on 42 ‘, finds the double with Jota: Kabak messes up and fails to intercept Otavio’s assist, the Liverpool forward must not even jump and, with his head, supports comfortably Network.

the error of yilmaz

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At the beginning of the second half, Portugal seeks the trio but Bernardo Silva and Jota (twice) fail to worry Cakir. At 62 ‘Turkey shortens the distance with Yilmaz, who closes a splendid triangle with Under and, a stone’s throw from the goalkeeper, makes no mistake. In the last half hour, the guests pushed for the equalizer and, after the imprecise attempts of Calhanoglu and Under, they won a penalty kick in the 82nd minute: the contact between Fonte and Unal was judged irregular by the referee Siebert, recalled to the Var. However, Yilmaz wasted from the spot, sending the ball over the crossbar. At 94 ‘Portugal closes the accounts with Nunes, who has been on the pitch for just 5’, who on an assist from Leao overtakes Cakir and puts the stamp on the definitive 3-1.