Portugal’s forward Ricardo Quaresma (L) celebrates scoring the opening goal with Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group B football match between Iran and Portugal. Photo: AFP
Portugal survived a second-half fightback to beat Turkey 3-1 in Porto on Thursday and advance to the finals of the European World Cup qualifying play-offs.
First-half goals from Otavio and Diogo Jota had Portugal cruising, but Burak Yilmaz pulled one back in the second half.
The Turkey captain then missed a late penalty, and Matheus Nunes sealed Portugal’s win in stoppage time, setting up a play-off decider at home to North Macedonia next Tuesday.
AFP
