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Portugal 3-1 Turkey: “Cleared” and qualified for the final of the playoffs, Yilmaz deadly
Portugal qualified for the final of World Cup qualifiers, beating Turkey 3-1. Otavio (15′), Zota (42′) and Nounies (90’+4′) scored the hosts’ goals, Gilmaz reduced to 65′ and lost a penalty in the 85th minute. In the final against North Macedonia.
Portugal is closer to the Qatar World Cup. Fernando Santos’ team beat Turkey 3-1 in Dragao to reach the play-off final, where they meet North Macedonia. Otavio (15th) and Zota (42nd) scored the first goals for the Portuguese. Yilmaz reduced to 65′ for Turkey while later being fatal losing a penalty to equalize in 85′. Nounies in 90+4′ suspended Portugal from qualifying.
Portugal came into play very strongly. In the 9th minute, Dalot turned from the right, Ronaldo made the shot while moving and the ball went wide. In the 11th minute, the hosts missed a great opportunity. Bruno Fernandez committed a foul from the right, Zota pulled to the far post but didn’t get the ball as close as he would have liked and went wide.
Portugal finally opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Bernardo Silva missed the shot, the ball landed on Chakir’s right post, Otavio took the rebound and pushed the ball into the net to make it 1-0.
In the minutes that followed, Turkey picked up the pace and tried to find an answer. In the 23rd minute, the guests missed a huge chance. After a cross from the right, Koutlou headed in from close range and the ball went a bit wide. Kuktsou missed another chance in the 27th minute.
Turkey got on the pitch while Portugal found empty spots. So she doubled her goals in the 42nd minute. Otavio took the cross from the right, saw Zotas, who sent the ball into the net with a header at the second post to make it 2-0 at half-time.
Portugal went into the second half to control the pace of the game. Santos’ team was not threatened until the 65th minute. It was the moment when Turkey came back into the game reduced. Yilmaz played a few with Uder, the Lille striker faced Costa and sent the ball into the net. Turkey rose and immediately missed another chance with Yilmaz.
Turkey had a huge chance to equalize just minutes before the final. In the 83rd minute, Fonte found Unal with his foot in the penalty area as he captured the ball while the Turk had bitten the ball. After an investigation at the VAR, a penalty was awarded. Yilmaz took over the execution, but the ball hit the bar and went wide at 85.
At 90+4′ Portugal checked the qualification. Nounies faced the Turkish keeper after a pass from Leao and made it 3-1. In the delay, Ronaldo made the shot, with the ball hitting the crossbar.
PORTUGAL: Diogo Costa, Dalot, Danilo, Fode, Guerrero (88′ Mendes), Bruno Fernandes (80′ Carvalho), Joao Moutinho (88′ Nounies), Bernardo Silva, Zota (71′ Felix), Otavo (89′) .
TURKEY: Tsakir, Kabak, Demiral, Soyuncu, Koutlou (90′ Dursun), Selik (80′ Yazici), Koktsu (80′ Tokoz), Tsalhanoglu, Akturkoglou (66′ Unal), Uder, Yilmaz.
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World Cup
INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:
“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”
FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”
Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:
“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”
Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.
Source: Sport UA
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VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets
The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.
This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.
Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.
This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.
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Former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos He talked about his interaction with Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior and other representatives of Brazil within the scope of the “royal club”.
“The Brazilians aroused my sympathy even as a child. While playing for Real Madrid, I developed excellent relationships with Vinicius, Casemiro and Militao.
It is very easy to find a common language with these guys: they know how to enjoy life, and their mentality is significantly different from that of the Germans.
Casemiro and Vinicius and I understood each other perfectly on the field and developed a unique football bond with Vini.
We communicated warmly in daily life. I believe that if there is no contact between players off the field, it is extremely difficult to achieve harmony in the game.
I used Vini’s high-speed bursts effectively and he masterfully directed my passes,” AS Kroos reports.
Let’s remember that Kroos defended the jersey of Real Madrid from 2014 to 2024. During this decade the German midfielder won the Champions League five times.
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