In the early morning of March 25, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the European Preliminary Round play-offs began: Portugal vs Turkey. In the first half, Otavio and Jota scored goals, and in the second half, Irmaz missed the penalty after scoring, and Nunes scored. In the end, Portugal beat Turkey 3-1.
In the group stage, Portugal scored 17 points, three points behind Sevilla, and was second in the group and could only play the play-offs. Fortunately, they came across Turkey, which was not very strong. However, the opponents in the final will be the winners of Italy and Macedonia.
In the 14th minute of the first half, Ottavio opened the scoring for Portugal.
In the 41st minute, Jota went down again.
In the second half, the situation suddenly changed, and in the 64th minute, Yundale assisted the veteran Yilmaz of the Chinese Super League.
In the 84th minute, Vonte sent a handball to the point and Irmaz hit the crossbar.
In the final moments of stoppage time, the 23-year-old Nunes scored. 3-1, Portugal successfully defeated Turkey to advance to the final of the play-offs.
In this match, portugal's captain is 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, and Turkey's captain is 36-year-old Irmaz. Years go by, years go by. For these two veterans, this is their last trip to the World Cup. Compared with Irmaz, C Ronaldo is still lucky. Because, his teammates are stronger.
This match is Ronaldo's 185 appearances for Portugal, ranking third in the history of the entire world football national team. In first place is Malaysian international centre-back Su Jin'an, with 195 games, while in second place is Kuwaiti striker Mutawa with 190 games. I don't know if C Luo has any hope of surpassing these two people.
Portugal starters: 22-Diego Costa, 20-Dalot, 13-Danilo Pereira, 6-Fonte, 5-Guerrero, 11-B Fee, 8-Moutinho, 10-B Seat, 7-C Ronaldo, 19-Jota, 16-Otavio
Turkey starters: 23-Chakir, 13-Kutru, 4-Serunju, 3-Demiral, 15-Kabak, 21-Akturkoglu, 10-Charkhanoglu, 19-Kokku, 2-Selik, 17-Ilmaz, 7-Yundel