Turkey v Portugal LIVE: Result and reaction as Cristiano Ronaldo’s side win Group F at Euro 2024
Turkey 0-3 Portugal: Ronaldo set up Bruno Fernandes to seal the win with an unselfish square ball as the Selecao won Group F with a game to spare
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Your support makes all the difference.Portugal cruised to a 3-0 win against Turkey and booked their spot in the Euro 2024 last 16 as Group F winners thanks to a Bernardo Silva strike, an own-goal by Samet Akaydin and a Bruno Fernandes tap-in.
Silva scored his first goal in a major international tournament in the 21st minute when a cross from Nuno Mendes deflected off a Turkish defender to find the Manchester City forward ghosting alone in the area, who then smashed it past the goalkeeper to put the Portuguese ahead.
Seven minutes later, Turkish defender Akaydin made a comical mistake as he tried to play the ball back to his goalkeeper who was out of position and there was nothing he could to stop it from rolling into the net despite their desperate attempts to keep it out.
Portugal kept dominating and extended their lead after substitute Ruben Neves set Cristiano Ronaldo free with a long ball to beat the offside line and, after drawing in the goalkeeper, squared the ball for Fernandes who only had to tap it into an empty goal.
The win lifts Portugal to a guaranteed first place in Group F on six points, three ahead Turkey in second and five ahead of Georgia and Czech Republic with one game to go.
Follow the reaction from Turkey v Portugal below - plus the reaction to Georgia v Czech Republic and updates from Belgium v Romania in the day’s late game:
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
90 mins
Fernandes plays a ball in to Neto, and there’s space to run into, but his dribbling is poor and he loses it to Demiral.
Portugal counter again, with Joao Neves – who just came on for Vitinha – squaring it to Ronaldo, who lays it off to Silva. The City man takes the shot rather than playing in Fernandes, and the attack ends.
There’ll be five minutes of added time in Dortmund.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
88 mins
Almost brilliant from Portugal as Ronaldo lays it off to Fernandes on the edge of the box. He looks like he’s going to sweep it to the left wing but instead he slips a ball through to the onrushing Silva, who just can’t quite get it under control as Bayindir races off his line.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
86 mins
Portugal are taking it pretty easy now. This game was over as a contest as soon as the third went in, and it’s been pedestrian ever since really.
Guler plays an inviting disguised pass into the box, but it’s cleared.
Portugal counter, but Ronaldo can’t get the required accuracy on the pass back to Neto.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
84 mins
Bayindir rises high to collect Mendes’ cross, and Turkey’s counterattack ends with Guler chipping a ball towards Yazıcı that runs out of play.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
82 mins
Pepe does make way now, with many Turkey fans partaking in a standing ovation. He’s replaced by Benfica’s Antonio Silva.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
79 mins
Pepe clears the first corner back out for another corner, and then he clears the second corner away before heading away the follow-up cross.
He’s the oldest player to ever play at a European Championship, and he’s had a great game today.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
77 mins
Effective Turkey attacks have been few and far between in the second half, and another breaks down as Yılmaz loses the ball, but they do win a corner in the end.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
75 mins
Turkey make another change as an injured Akaydin is replaced by Merih Demiral.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
73 mins
Unsurprisingly, Ronaldo is looking like the most animated player on the pitch at the moment. You can tell the fact that he hasn’t scored yet is weighing on his mind.
He almost has a couple of chances as Portugal counter, but Pedro Neto can’t find him with a through ball or with the cross on the follow-up.
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