Portugal, after going through a few odd moments, has further boosted their hopes of qualifying for this year's Football World Cup in Qatar by beating Turkey 3-1 here on Thursday night. Portugal fans, however, were stunned when the referee has given Turkey a chance to equalize by awarding them a penalty in the 85th minute.
But Burak Yılmaz's shot went off the top of the crossbar and the crisis on Portugal was averted. According to reports, Edmilson scored for Portugal in the 15th minute and Diego Jota in the 42nd minute. ılmaz further boosted Turkey's hopes by scoring a goal in the 65th minute but he missed out on a penalty and Portugal's Matthias Nunes managed to score a third goal for his team in injury time.
With this win, Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo moved closer to making it to another World Cup. They are scheduled to take on North Macedonia on their soil on Tuesday in the playoff final of European qualifying which has added to the sensation by beating Italy 1-0.
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