Portugal breeze past Turkey and into Euro 2024 knockouts

Portugal looked every inch a team aiming to win their second European Championship after triumphing in 2016.

Martinez's Portgual on a perfect six points, will face one of the four best third-place finishers in the next round.

Bernardo Silva’s fine finish in the 21st minute, a comical Samet Akaydin own goal shortly afterwards and Bruno Fernandes’s second-half tap-in gave Portugal a straightforward win in front of swathes of passionate Turkish fans in Dortmund. It was Ronaldo who unselfishly set up Fernandes for a simple goal in the 56th minute after springing through Turkey’s offside trap, and he then had time to pose for a selfie with a child fan who invaded the pitch midway through the second half.Martinez’s side, on a perfect six points, will face one of the four best third-place finishers in the next round and go into their final group game against Georgia without any pressure for a result.

Some fans sat on the top of cars leading chants among the thousands of supporters who crawled towards their destination.Once inside what was effectively a home crowd let out a deafening chorus of whistles and jeers when Portugal jogged out for their pre-match warm-up.

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