In the early morning of March 25, Beijing time, Portugal defeated Turkey 3-1 in the semi-finals of The World Preliminary Round European Zone Play-off Group C. In this battle, Portugal won an extremely thrilling victory, which can be said to be an escape, and the opponent Turkey kicked a penalty that was enough to equalize in the final stage! Portugal then scored in stoppage time to kill the match. In this way, Ronaldo is still 1 win away from the World Cup.
In this campaign, C Ronaldo led the Portuguese starter, B Fee, B Seat, Jota, Dalot and other stars all appeared; on the Turkish side, Char Khan Oulu led, Ilmaz, Yundel, De Miral and other stars also started.
In the 15th minute, Portugal took the lead. Moutinho went straight, found Ronaldo, C Ronaldo crossed, found Bernardo Silva, Bernardo Silva hit the post, and then Otavio scored to make it 1-0, Portugal led Turkey.
In the 42nd minute, Portugal went down to the next city. Portugal attacked from the front, Otavio sent a provocative cross, found Jota on the left side of the penalty area, Jota followed up with a header into the net, Portugal 2-0 lead Turkey to end the first half.
Yi Bian fought again, and Turkey pulled back a city in the 65th minute. At the top of the penalty area, Yunder sent a delicate straight, Irmaz scored, the low shot was won, and Portugal's lead was narrowed to 2-1.
In the 86th minute, Char khanoglu picked out the middle of the penalty area, Turkish striker Unai fell to the ground in the penalty area, the referee signaled that Fonte had fouled, penalty! Turkey's perfect opportunity! Unfortunately, Irmaz's penalty flew straight away.
In stoppage time, Portugal counter-attacked, Leo sent a straight plug, Nunes killed, low shots won, Portugal killed the game 3-1.
In the other semi-final of the same group, Italy was eliminated by North Macedonia in a 0-1 upset, and was killed in stoppage time, and Trajkovski's long-range shot was fatal! As a result, the final match of this group: Portugal vs North Macedonia, the winner advances to the World Cup.