As champions of the past two European Championships, Portugal and Italy have been very disappointed by the performance of the 22nd Fifaccia Qatar European Qualifiers, neither team has been able to directly qualify for a regular match, and in the play-off group, they have also had bad luck to be grouped together, which means that only one of them can appear on the stage in Qatar! Portugal led by Cristiano Ronaldo in the first game of the play-offs, encountered Turkey, the winner between them will compete with the winners between Italy and North Macedonia for a Place in the World Cup, in such a life-and-death battle, Portugal showed its strength, in the first half Otavio and Jota goals helped them to take a 2-0 lead, grasped the initiative to win, in the second half of the National Security Star Irmaz after helping the team to pull back a goal, and missed the perfect opportunity to equalize the score with a penalty, Portugal scored another goal in injury time to kill suspense, and finally defeated Turkey 3-1, they will encounter the elimination of Italy's North Macedonia in the play-off final, C Ronaldo's probability of reaching the World Cup is greatly increased!
After the start of the first half of the game, Portugal and Turkey played back and forth, both created some offensive opportunities, but Portugal's attack was obviously more threatening, in the 9th minute Ronaldo formed a shot after receiving a cross from his teammate on the right, but in the case of no one to watch, the president kicked the goal and fired an anti-aircraft cannon, 2 minutes later, Portugal missed a good opportunity to score, Jota in front of the goal of the cushion shot high, the 15th minute Portugal finally broke the deadlock on the field, Bernardo Silva's long-range shot bounced off the post and Ottavio reacted quickly and followed up to give Portugal a 1-0 lead.
In the 23rd minute, C Ronaldo, who was very active, caused the handball of the Turkish players when he passed in the penalty area, but the referee did not have any indication, 38 minutes B Fee picked up the penalty area to find Ronaldo, but the president slipped directly under his feet and fell, failing to form a goal, in the 42nd minute Portugal extended the lead, helping the team break the deadlock Otavio sent a cross, Jota's header went straight to the dead corner, leaving the opposing goalkeeper helpless, Portugal also extended the lead to 2-0.
Portugal, which led by a large score, after the start of the second half, the attention dropped significantly, and the mistakes on the field also began to increase, in the 66th minute, Ilmaz after receiving the direct ball from his teammates, a low shot helped Turkey to pull back a goal, re-making the game suspenseful, after the start of Turkey, and then launched a more violent attack, in the 82nd minute Turkey's attack paid off, Unai was put down by Fengte in the penalty area, the referee decisively blew the penalty after looking back at the VAR, But Yirmaz, who once played for Beijing Guoan, directly fired an anti-aircraft gun, he also turned from a hero to a sinner, Portugal escaped a disaster, the game was injured in stoppage time, just came off the bench Nunes low shot to break the goal, Portugal 3-1 to lock in the victory, the last moment C Ronaldo also completed a very threatening shot, but unfortunately hit the goal frame.
Qatar World Cup will most likely be the last World Cup of Ronaldo's career, fans will definitely want to see him can lead Portugal to achieve excellent results, after winning this game, they also retained the hope of entering the World Cup, because the next game will be against North Macedonia, the stronger Portugal promotion hopes are greatly increased, which is why fans have said that the World Cup beckoned to Ronaldo!