Portugal dines with turkey ahead of world cup plans in Qatar.

Portugal continued their quest for a spot in the world cup scheduled later this year after missing out on an automatic qualification last year.

This time, they were drawn with turkey who with all due respect are normally expected to be the underdogs.But sometimes these games are determined by the more tactical team.

The game did not clock 15 minutes before Portugal showed that there were in for business, Bernardo Silva strucked the ball with precision and even though he beat the goal keeper, he couldn't beat the wood work.

The ball hit the inside of the post and was looking to roll away but a rebound by octavio had the net shaking.

That was not how the first half ended as an inch perfect, diagonal pass from an unlikely source, octavio found the bearing of Diogo jota's head.

The dynamic winger, planted the ball into the net with the experience of a traditional farmer planting his seeds into the soil, and the turkey stopper had no chance.

The second half began wiith Portugal thinking the game was sealed, but Burak yilmaz had other idea's.

The 37 year old poacher built up a play and found the net with a goal that would have left pep guardiola in disbelief after seeing what he does best anchored perfectly by another team. This left turkey trailing Portugal by one goal.

With the game almost at it's death, Jose fonte who thought he had cleared the ball in the six yard box had his opposition feel his boot on his legs as the video assistant referee(VAR) brought into light a mortal combat kick from the Portugal international.

The Referee had no option than to point to the spot, and Burak yilmaz had his chance to score a brace, but the turkey talis man flopped his lines, and could only find the stands with the ball.

Portugal went on to score a third and almost a fourth and match wouldn't have ended much better with a goal from Portugal talis man.

The ball found itself at disposal on the feet of Ronaldo in the 95th minute, but the centurion could only use the ball to kiss the cross bar.

The match ended and Portugal were more relieved to find out that the final qualification match would be against north Macedonia. Traditional defenders, Italy conceded a goal in the 92th minute which put an end to their world cup dreams.