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
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
68 mins
The commentary team have started talking about the oldest brewery in the world, which is apparently in Dortmund, so that gives you an idea as to the pace of the game at the moment.
Nelson Semedo has replaced Joao Cancelo.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
65 mins
Yildiz tries an effort from distance, but it flies over.
Silva gets away down the right and clips the cross to Ronaldo, but he just gets ahead of it as he jumps and can’t direct it goalwards.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
62 mins
Portugal look more likely to extend their lead than concede at the moment. You wonder whether it’s worth it for Vincenzo Montella to even try getting anything from this now.
He has made another two changes though, as Ayhan and Aktürkoğlu come off for Yuksek and Yildiz.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-3 Portugal
58 mins
Sloppy from Turkey, with Celik playing Ronaldo onside and then slipping.
It’s looking very comfortable for Portugal now.
GOAL! Turkey 0-3 Portugal
56 mins
GOAL! And that should be that.
Another gift for Portugal, and it’s so simple. Dias has the ball in his own half, close to halfway. He spots Ronaldo making the run, and he’s curved it perfectly to stay onside. He’s one-v-one and squares it to Fernandes, who taps into an empty net.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-2 Portugal
55 mins
Vitinha has had a poor few minutes, but he gets lucky as the foul is given when he’d lost the ball near the touchline.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-2 Portugal
54 mins
Vitinha tries playing though Fernandes for the ball across goal, but again his pass is overhit.
Turkey attack and Yazici has his first effort since coming on, but it’s straight at Costa.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-2 Portugal
51 mins
Cancelo fires a ball across goal and it goes all the way across to Neto, but he can’t find Fernandes with his cutback.
Euro 2024: Turkey 0-2 Portugal
47 mins
Pepe concedes a corner early on, but Dias heads away the in-swinging delivery. Portugal are inches away from being clean through on goal, but Vitinha’s pass to Fernandes is overhit.
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