First-half objectives from Otavio and Diogo Jota put the hosts in charge at Estadio do Dragao and they seemed to journey into the play-off last before Turkey answered.

Burak Yilmaz side-footed into the base corner with 25 minutes staying to set up a brazen completion however at that point terminated over the crossbar from the punishment spot.

Matheus Nunes added a third for Portugal in stoppage time to put the game past Turkey.

Fernando Santos' side, denied programmed capability from the gathering by Serbia, will currently point toward the North Macedonia on Tuesday for the opportunity to book a spot in Qatar.

Portugal were presumably hoping to see as Italy hanging tight for them in their play-off last, yet Aleksandar Trajkovski's stoppage-time victor acquired North Macedonia a shock win against the European bosses.

"These games are finals. Finals are generally confounded," said Portugal supervisor Santos. "We won the first and presently we need to win the second. That is the thing we will zero in on.

"This game is finished. Presently we need to zero in on North Macedonia, which will be a troublesome game without a doubt. Assuming they figured out how to beat Italy that implies it will be undeniably challenging."

Has make difficult work of it

In Porto, the last score made this resemble an agreeable success for Portugal and it would have been on the off chance that the hosts had profited by their strength prior in the game.

An extending Jota some way or another turned Bruno Fernandes' plunging free-kick over the crossbar from short proximity before Portugal broke the halt following 15 minutes.

Bernardo Silva hit the post with a low exertion and the ball stumbled into the goalmouth into the way of Otavio, who pressed in from a point in spite of the best endeavors of goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir.

Turkey then, at that point, started to play and had half possibilities of their own, with Kutlu heading wide at the far post, before Portugal multiplied their lead.

Skipper Cristiano Ronaldo began a slick move with a beautiful flick and the hosts worked it well to Otavio, who selected Jota and the Liverpool forward controlled a header into the net.

That apparently placed Portugal in order however they neglected to expand their lead when Otavio headed wide in the last part and contrary to the rules Turkey answered.

A quick move from the hosts permitted Yilmaz to complete insightfully and the 36-year-old was then given a tremendous open door after Jose Fonte got Enes Unal in the crate, a punishment granted after the arbitrator counseled the pitchside screen.

In any case, Yilmaz loaned back and sent his work cruising over the crossbar, before Portugal enclosed up their movement by added time when Nunes beat the offside snare to complete insightfully.

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