Turkey v Portugal: Euro 2024 – live | Euro 2024

Half-time: We reach the break in yet another entertaining game and Portugal lead courtesy of Bernardo Silva’s opener and a somewhat comical no-look backpass from Turkey defender Samet Akaydin that beat his own goalkeeper.

44 min: Zeki Celik and Joao Palinha get booked for different offences as referee Felix Zwayer deals out more cards than a Las Vegas croupier. Three of the Turkey back four have now had their names taken and Abdulkerim Bardakci will miss their final group game against the Czech Republic. It’s half-time.

43 min: There’s more misery for Samet Akaydin, the scorer of the own goal, who gets very harshly booked for what looked to be an excellent tackle on Leao.

41 min: Portugal manager Roberto Martinez is very unhappy that Leao got booked and protests at length to the match officials. He hasn’t got a leg to stand on as his winger was caught bang to rights.

40 min: Rafael Leao takes a dive and has his name taken. It’s his second booking for simulation in two games and he’ll now have to sit out Portugal’s match against Georgia on the Naughty Step.

38 min: Having seen Nuno Mendes beaten down the right, Pepe moves across the penalty area to cut out a pull-back. His reading of the game is second to none.

37 min: Cristiano Ronaldo tries his luck with a long-range effort after latching on to a long ball over the top on the edge of the box. His effort whistle over the bar.

36 min: Portugal break upfield and Bruno Fernandes slices a shot high and wide from a decent position. He will, as they say, be disappointed with that.

35 min: Another fine tackle, this time by Nuno Mendes on Baris Yilmaz right on the edge of the Portugal penalty area. Yilmaz appeals for a penalty or free-kick but the ref waves away his protests.

33 min: Turkey try to get back into the game and Porrtugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa is forced to save an Akturkcoglu shot at his near post.

30 min: Oh dear. A Portugal attack had broken down and without looking to see where his goalkeeper was, Samet Akaydin sent a backpass his way from the edge of the penalty area. Altay Bayinder had moved out of his goal and wasn’t where the centre-half thought he’d be and despite the keeper and Zeki Celikm’s best attempts, they were unable to scramble back and hack the ball clear before it rolled over the line. Both players end up in an unseemly tangle in the back of the net while Akaydin puts his head in his hands wishing the ground would swallow him up.

Portugal double their lead! Or to be more precise, Turkey double it for them with a comical own goal. It’s the sixth one of the tournament and by far the best.

25 min: Turkish defender Abdulkerim Bardakci is booked for what looked like a decent tackle and upon protesting his innocence, is told the card was brandished because his boot was off the floor.

23 min: That was a fine finish from Silva, who pounced after a low Nuno Mendes cross from the left was deflected into his path. Somewhat remarkably, it’s his first major tournament goal for Portugal in 15 appearances.

Portugal lead! Bernardo Silva almost takes the net off its moorings with a bullet of a left-footed shot from 15 yards after latching on to a loose ball in the Turkey penalty area.

21 min: Pepe gets across to dispossess Orkun Kokcu with an impeccably timed challenge when it looked like the Turkey midfield had been slipped through on goal. Excellent defending.

19 min: Portugal are stretching Turkey by using the full width of the pitch, with Leao and Bernardo Silva hugging their respective touchlines whenever their team is in possession.

18 min: Leao gets on the ball again and tries to drill a cross through the Turkey penalty area. It’s intercepted by Zeki Celik and the ball clanks off Leao’s shin before going wide. He cheekily tries to claim a corner but the match officials aren’t having it.

16 min: Rafael Leao takes on Yunus Akgun down the left touchline but is unable to jink past the Turkey winger. He has to settle for winning a throw-in.

15 min: Ronaldo shimmies this way and that, getting the better of Ferdi Kadioglu down by the byline before crossing to Leao. The Portuguese winger gets his head to the ball but is unable to steer it goalwards.

14 min: Bruno Fernandes robs Celik of possession after the full-back had skipped past Nuno Mendes deep in Portugal territory.

12 min: Portugal are in possession, their every pass being greeted by whistles and jeers from the Turkey fans. Vitinha sends a cross to Rafael Leao from the right but the header across the penalty area to Ronaldo is intercepted. Turkey clear their lines.

10 min: That was a quite astonishing miss from Akturkoglu, who failed to get a touch on the cross from right-back Celik, who had put the ball on a plate for him. He was two yards out and under pressure from Joao Cancelo, but still …

8 min: Cristiano Ronaldo heads over the bar.

6 min: Oh my. Bayinder picks out Hakan Calhanboglu with an excellernt kick-out and Turkey charge forward. Zeki Celik is picked out with a long diagonal to the right wing and whips a cross to the far post. Kerem Akturkoglu somehow fails to convert from two yards at the far post. That was a glorious chance for Turkey to take the lead.

5 min: Turkey win a throw-in deep inside the Portuguese half. Their fans are in the overwhelming majority in the stadium and are making one (welcome to) hell of a din.

4 min: Orkun Kokcu is penalised for a foul on Vitinha in the middle of the pitch. He caught the midfielder’s achilles tendon and it looked a sore one.

2 min: Portugal play the ball out from the back, their centre-halves split and standing at either side of the penalty area near the byline. They get it forward to Bernardo Silva, who sends in a low cross for Cristiano Ronaldo. He doesn’t get much power on his strike, which is easily saved by Bayinder.

1 min: Portugal get the ball rolling, their skipper Cristiano Ronaldo doing the honours. Within seconds, the ball is at the feet of Turkey goalkeeper Altay Bayinder.

Not long now: Referee Felix Zwayer and his team of match officials lead the players of both sides out and they line up for the national anthems. The famous Yellow Wall at the stadium in Dortmund is red for the day that’s in it, the stand in question having been taken over by Turkey fans. If either team prevails in this game today, they will win Group F.

Pepe: A shout-out to Portugal’s centre-back, who will make his 139th appearance for Portugal this evening at the ripe old age of 41.

It’s a quite astonishing achievement for the footballing s-house other footballing s-housers call “the Guvnor”. He is, by all accounts, a lovely man off the pitch in real life and his 39-year-old teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, who is about to make his 209th appearance for Portugal, is a spring chicken by comparison.

Today’s match officials

• Referee: Felix Zwayer

• Referee’s assistants: Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmuller.

• Fourth official: Jesús Gil Manzano

• Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert

Those teams: Vincenzo Montella makes four changes to the side that beat Georgia. Manchester United reserve goalkeeper Altay Bayindir replaces Mert Gunok, while Zeki Celik, Kerem Akturkoglu and Yunus Akgun also come into the side.

Roberto Martinez makes one change to the Portugal side, with Fulham midfielder Palinha coming in to the side. Diogo Dalot drops to the bench.

Turkey: Bayindir, Celik, Akaydin, Kokcu, Akturkoglu, Calhanoglu, Bardakci, Kadioglu, Yilmaz, Ayhan, Akgun.

Subs: Demiral, Yokuslu, Guler, Tosun, Yazici, Kaplan, Ozcan, Yuksek, Muldur, Yildiz, Cakir, Kilicsoy, Yildirim.

Portugal: Costa, Mendes, Pepe, Dias, Cancelo, Fernandes, Vitinha, Palhinha, Leao, Ronaldo, Silva.

Subs: Patricio, Semedo, Dalot, Ramos, Felix, Sa, Pereira, Inacio, Neves, Luiz, Neves, Jota, Silva, Neto,Conceicao.

Group F: It’s ended all square in Hamburg, where Georgia substitute Saba Lobzhanidze missed a glorious chance to win all three points for his country with the final kick of the game.

The opportunity came against the run of play and Georgia had to dig deep. This result means nobody’s chances of making the knockout stages will be decided until the final round of games.

Early team news

There are concerns over the fitness of Turkey’s teenage midfielder Arda Guler, who was inspirational and scored one of the goals of the tournament so far, in his side’s win over Georgia. Otherwise, Vincenzo Montello has a full squad to choose from.

Portugal manager Roberto Martinez has no injury problems and may stick with the same line-up that started against the Czechs.

The BVB Stadion Dortmund is the venue for today’s match between Turkey and Portugal, who both won their opening matches and will each be hoping to secure their passage into the knockout stages this afternoon with a game to spare.

Turkey beat Georgia in what was arguably the best game of the tournament so far, while Portugal needed a last-gasp Francisco Conceicao winner to secure their come-from-behind win over the Czech Republic. Kick-off in Dortmund is at 5pm (BST) but we’ll have team news and build-up in the meantime.