Euro 2024, all easy for Portugal: 3-0 to Turkey and round of 16

A clear victory, very important for the continuation of the European Championships.

Portugal crush against Turkey. In Dortmund, the top clash for Group F of Euro 2024 ends 3-0 for the Lusitanians. A result that already allows Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates not only to have the arithmetic certainty of the round of 16, but also to end the first phase of the European Championship as the leaders of their grouping.

Several rotations in Vincenzo Montella’s eleven, who gives up Yildiz and Arda Guler from the first minute. The choice initially seems to pay off, as Akturkoglu makes himself dangerous twice in the first ten minutes. Then forò comes the 22nd, and Portugal takes the lead thanks to Bernardo Silva's shot after a choral action that leads Bruno Mendes to the decisive cross.

The game still seems wide open, so much so that Cristiano Ronaldo often complains to his teammates. On one occasion the cameras linger precisely on his reprimands to Joao Cancelo, and in the meantime Akaydin blatantly misses a back pass to Bayindir: the Turkey goalkeeper attempts a save in extremis, but the ball crosses the line. At 28' Portugal è ahead by two goals.

Again Akturkoglu and then Kokcu try to reopen the game before halftime, in the second half Yazici does the same. Portugal però did not lose its composure nor control, so much so that at 56'Cristiano Ronaldo came alone in front of the usual Bayindir, but he laterally leans for Bruno Fernandes who scored the easiest of goals. Turkey is gone, so much so that it is the Lusitanians who build a few chances for the poker. But that is enough to win, and pass the round as leaders.