• Portugal are through to the round of 16
  • Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes got on the scoresheet in a 3-0 win
  • Player ratings from the crucial victory at Signal Iduna Park

Portugal swept aside Turkey with impressive ease to book their place in the Euro 2024 knockout rounds.

Goals from Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and a comical own goal from Samet Akaydin earned Portugal a statement 3-0 victory of a talented Turkey outfit at Signal Iduna Park.

The win sees Roberto Martinez's side top Group F with one game of the group stages left to go.

How the game unfolded

Cheered on by a buoyant Turkish support at Signal Iduna Park, Turkey started the game in the ascendancy and could've (probably should've) been one goal to the good inside the opening five minutes.

A wonderful sweeping move from left to right culminated in Zeki Celik drilling the ball low across the six-yard box and into the path of Kerim Akturkoglu who, remarkably, was unable to direct his flick effort goalward from two yards out.

Expectedly, Turkey were made to rue that miss chance soon after.

After a period of dominance, Portugual took the lead in the 20th minute through Bernardo Silva. The diminutive midfielder netted his first ever international tournament goal, wrapping his foot around a cut-back cross from Nuno Mendes to sweep the ball into the right corner of the net.

Things went from bad to worse for Turkey just eight minute later, when a defensive calamity gifted Portugal a second goal.

Samet Akaydin's criminal no-look back pass rolled past the on-rushing Altay Bayindir and then over his own goal line soon after.

Portugal continued their dominance into the second half, capitalising on yet more disastrous defending from Turkey to make it 3-0. Cristiano Ronaldo, played onside by a seemingly asleep Zeki Celik, raced clean through on goal before square to Bruno Fernandes for a simple tap-in.

After the third went in it was pretty plain sailing for Portugal, with Turkey rarely looking remotely capable of creating a chance, and Martinez's talented midfield bunch keeping hold of the ball with relative ease.