Portugal beat Turkey 3-0 and advanced to the Round of 16 with an outstanding Cristiano Ronaldo :: Olé USA

The former European champions experienced a somewhat hostile atmosphere in Dortmundsince the famous stands of the Westfalenstadion were a sea of ​​red and white full of Turkish fans.

Every touch of the ball by a Portuguese was received with incessant whistles and boos, while Vincenzo Montella’s team looked like the home team. It was Ay-Yıldızlılar who had the first scoring opportunity, but the Galatasaray player wasted his chance from close range.

That missed opportunity was duly punished when Bernardo Silva ended his drought, scoring his first goal in a major international tournament. It all came from Portugal’s left side, where Rafael Leão and Nuno Mendes connected well, and the latter’s cross slid between Samet Akaydın’s legs, just for Silva, who broke the deadlock.

Minutes later, Portugal doubled their lead with an unusual goal. João Cancelo burst inside and tried to set up Cristiano Ronaldo. He didn’t come out, but Akaydın blindly returned the ball to goalkeeper Altay Bayındır as Portugal regrouped and despite a desperate attempt to reject, the ball ended up going in.

Already deep into the second half, Ronaldo ran towards a through pass and instead of finishing, he touched the ball back to Fernandeswho pushed a pass into the net to make the final score 3-0.

With classification assured as winner of Group F, Martínez will probably rotate the team in Portugal’s last game. On the other hand, Türkiye still has qualification in its hands. A draw with the Czech Republic would be enough for them to finish second in Group F.

António Silva enters, Pepe retires

Ismail Yüksek, Arda Guler, Merih Demiral and Kenan Yildiz entered Turkey, Kaan Ayhan, Yunus Akgün, Samet Akaydin and Kerem Akturkoglu retired.

In Portugal Nelson Semedo entered for Joao Cancelo.

Changes in Portugal: Rúben Neves and Pedro Neto entered, Rafael Leão and João Palhinha retired

Changes in Türkiye: Yusuf Yazici entered and Orkun Kokcu retired

Türkiye only beat Georgia, while drawing with Italy, and losing against Hungary, Austria and Poland.

In their last five matches, Portugal beat the Czech Republic, Ireland and Finland, while losing to Croatia and Slovenia.

Gunok, Mert Muldor, Bardakci, Akaydin, Kaan Ayhan, Aktürkoglu, Salih Özcan, Orkun Kökçu, Çalhanoglu, Kahveci, Kiliçsoy

Diogo Costa, Gonçalo Inácio, Pepe, António Silva, Joao Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo, Joao Félix, Diogo Dalot, Rafael Leao, Cristiano Ronaldo

The Turks beat Georgia, marking the first time in history that they opened their participation in the Euro Cup with a victory. Thanks to that, they lead group F. Turkey knows that Portugal is predicted as the favorite team in this match, so it will seek to make a breakthrough and secure a place in the Round of 16.

Portugal is one of the candidate teams. Cristiano Ronaldo’s men achieved a narrow victory in their debut in the Euro Cup against the Czech Republic, where they dominated but failed to reflect that dominance in goals, suffering a temporary draw until the goal at the end of the match that gave them the victory.

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