Portugal-Turkey live: the Portuguese start this barrage strong

It’s heating up on the lawnYellow cards distributed to Celik and Jota, who play the roosters on the edge of the sidelines. The referee calms everyone down. Stat’ Portugal are used to the play-offs, which they have always won in recent years. Whether for the 2010 World Cup (1-0, 1-0 against Bosnia and Herzegovina), Euro 2012 (0-0, 6-2 again against Bosnia and Herzegovina) or the 2014 World Cup (1-0 , 3-2 against Sweden). The head of RonaldoThe Portuguese need to be reassured, they who have lost a lot of control since they opened the scoring. On a distant free kick, Bruno Fernandes finds Ronaldo’s head too crossed … anyway offside. The Turks make Portugal doubt Another Costa save at the foot of his post. On the corner that follows, Demiral badly adjusts his header. Turkey is doing much better! The Seleçao plays to scare itself! (1-0) Another big mistake in the Portuguese rearguard, Otavio has the ball stolen in a dangerous area. Yilmaz has the full time axis but crosses his shot too much from the left! Kutlu on the verge of equalization!! (1-0) It’s very hot in the Portuguese area, where the danger is getting terribly close! When a cross fell from the right, Kutlu passed over Dalot and headed a few centimeters from the post!! took advantage of a gift in front of his own surface from the Parisian Danilo Pereira. Costa is vigilant and captures in two stages. The Turks try to react Very good reading from Costa, who is well placed on a cross from Ünder and captures the ball in a dangerous area. Portugal from the right end How best to start this barrage for the Portuguese? Otavio, FC Porto player, scored his second goal in front of his usual home crowd and allowed the Lusitanians to breathe in this tense barrage.OTAVIOOOOOO!!! (1-0) At the end of a beautiful collective action, the local concretizes the domination of the Portuguese!! On the lookout for a shot from Bernardo Silva pushed back by the post, Otavio capsizes his Dragon stadium and propels the ball to the back at a tight angle!!Ronaldo frames this timePortugal really took the game from the right end, and put big worries to the Turks, feverish. Ronaldo tests Cakir’s gloves from afar. Jota saw her in them!! (0-0) Offset free kick on the right for the Portuguese. Bruno Fernandes is in charge and distills a marvelous cross that Jota takes back a few meters from goal… but manages to put it above!!! Offensive Guerreiro-Dalot, imprecise CR7 The Portuguese maintain constant pressure in the half of opposing ground. Very voluntary, the Lusitanian side force the Turkish block to often retreat. On a cross from Dalot, Ronaldo does not lie down enough and sends his shot in the air. Turkish Airlines The Lusitanians keep control of the ball but it still lacks a bit of precision in traffic. Cakir reads the air trajectory well on this cross from Guerreiro, and imposes himself above everyone. As we find ourselves Boss of the Portuguese defense this evening, Fonte tackles in the feet of his LOSC teammate, Yilmaz, who was launched to the left. The two men know each other by heart, it will be one of the duels to follow. Already the rhythm We do not take the time for careful introductions, and we rush to attack on one side or the other in these first minutes. There was mayhem in the Turkish area, after a head-to-head clash between CR7 and Celik. It’s off to Porto! (0-0) It is the Turks who kick off this semi-final of the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup! The kick-off is imminent! The players enter the lawn of the Dragon stadium , accompanied by the referee of the meeting, the German Daniel Siebert. The national anthems ring out! 17 teams already qualified Before these play-offs, many nations are already guaranteed to play in the next World Cup: ► Europe: France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Croatia, Spain, Serbia, Netherlands, Switzerland and England ;
► Asia: Qatar, Iran, South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia;
► South America: Brazil and Argentina.CR7 is also playing its international futureCristiano Ronaldo will be particularly awaited, the five-time Ballon d’Or will try to imitate his performance in the 2014 play-offs, during which he scored 4 goals in two matches against the Sweden to qualify his country. Above all, at 37, an elimination even before the start of the next World Cup could well sound like an international retirement for CR7. Portugal in doubt, Turkey is doing a little better If the Seleçao is there, it’s because the job n hasn’t been done in recent months. The Portuguese finished second in their group in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, behind Serbia. And they remain on two outings without a win, in Ireland (0-0) and against the Serbs (1-2). Completely unrecognizable during the last Euro, the last of their group, Turkey found some color afterwards. After a slap received in the Netherlands (6-1), during the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, coach Senol Gunes was replaced by Stefan Kuntz. Since then, Turkey have not lost, chaining 3 wins and 1 draw to finish second in their group.Reminder of the rulesQualifications operate in the form of play-offs. The European national teams competing play a semi-final, then a final. The winner of each final will play in the World Cup next November and will be part of the draw for the competition which will take place on Friday April 1 in Doha, Qatar. in defence. Ruben Dias, Nelson Semedo or Lille midfielder Renato Sanches had not already been able to be part of the initial list. Packages to which have been added since those of Pepe (covid), Ruben Neves and Lyonnais Anthony Lopes (injured). Finally, Joao Cancelo is suspended. in title opposed at the same time to North Macedonia, in the final of the mini-tournaments organized by UEFA to distribute the last tickets for the World Cup. The composition of Turkey The eleven: Cakir – Kabab, Demiral, Soyuncu, Kutlu – Celik, Kokcu, Calhanoglu, Akturkoglu – Yilmaz, Ünder. A doublet made in Ligue 1 in front with the Lille Yilmaz and the Marseillais Ünder holders. The composition of Portugal Eleven: Diogo Costa – Dalot, Danilo, Fonte, Guerreiro – Otavio, Bruno Fernandes , Joao Moutinho – Bernado Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota. Joao Felix and Rui Patricio are on the bench. Cristiano Ronaldo is accompanied by the Jota-Bernardo Silva duo in front. Good evening everyone! Good evening everyone! Welcome to RMC Sport to follow the first play-off of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers live, between Portugal and Turkey. The two selections must imperatively win if they want to see the World Cup in Qatar in November.