Portugal 3-1 Turkey: Diogo Jota helps send Portugal through to World Cup qualification play-off final

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.

World Cup Qualification UEFAInevitable Ronaldo row as Portugal's World Cup plans explode — The Warm-Up15/11/2021 AT 07:40 Burak Yilmaz pulled one back for Turkey midway through the second half, then missed a penalty five minutes from time. And Portugal grabbed a third in injury-time as Matheus Nunes put the tie beyond any doubt. Fernando Santos' men will play North Macedonia in Porto on Tuesday with a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at stake.

World Cup qualifying UEFA tables World Cup qualifying UEFA fixtures/results TALKING POINT — Are Portugal scarred? The scoreline may suggest it was comfortable — and it was, but Portugal are showing signs of scarring from their defeat at home to Serbia in the group stages which denied the Selecao an automatic spot at the Qatar World Cup. Despite racing into a two-goal lead, Portugal became complacent and inexplicably let Turkey back into the game causing a nervous finish. If it wasn't for Turkey's Burak Yilmaz skying his penalty then it could have been a complicated night for Fernando Santos' side.