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It proved to be a successful evening for Manchester United's international stars on Thursday evening as the line-up for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar took a step closer towards being finalised.
Portugal survived a nervous ending to move one step closer to reaching the World Cup with a 3-1 win over Turkey in their playoff semi-final on Thursday.
Portugal are through to a decisive World Cup qualifying play-off final next week after beating Turkey 3-1 in Porto on Thursday, but only after Burak Yilmaz missed a crucial late penalty for the visitors. The home side were cruising at the Estadio do Dragao thanks to first-half goals by Brazilian-born midfielder Otavio and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota. But Turkey's veteran skipper Yilmaz pulled a goal back in the 65th minute, setting up a tense finish. Turkey were then awarded a late penalty when a foul on Enes Unal was detected by the German referee following a VAR review, but Yilmaz put the spot-kick over the bar and Matheus Nunes secured Portugal's victory in stoppage time.
PORTO: Portugal are through to a decisive World Cup qualifying playoff final next week after beating Turkey 3-1 in Porto on Thursday (Mar 24), but only after Burak Yilmaz missed a crucial late penalty for the visitors.
PORTO, Portugal : Portugal coach Fernando Santos said he warned many times that North Macedonia could shock Italy and he was proved right when they won their World Cup qualifying playoff semi-final 1-0 in Palermo on Thursday.
Veteran Turkey star Burak Yilmaz sent his nation out of the World Cup qualifiers after failing to hit the target with a penalty that would have tied Thursday's play-off with Portugal.
Goals from Otavio and Diogo Jota gave Portugal a 3-1 win over Turkey on Thursday evening to book their place in next week's World Cup qualification play-off final. Otavio broke the deadlock for Portugal in the 15th minute, firing in the rebound after Bernardo Silva's effort struck the woodwork. Ad/> Diogo Jota superbly headed a second just before the interval to put the hosts firmly on the driving seat.
Portugal kept their hopes of reaching the 2022 World Cup alive as they beat Turkey after the visitors missed a late penalty in the play-off semi-final in Porto.