Turkey and Portugal continue their Euro 2024 campaigns with a clash at BVB Stadion Dortmund on Saturday afternoon.
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This will be the ninth meeting between these two nations, with Portugal holding a 7-2 advantage to date. That includes a 3-1 win in their most recent meeting during qualifying playoffs for the 2022 World Cup, with Portugal going on to make the tournament in Qatar. That’s the first meeting since a 2012 friendly, which Turkey won 3-1 in Lisbon. Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe still survive in the Portgual squad from that day, with the latter scoring an own goal in Turkey’s win.
Both sides made winning starts to their Euro 2024 campaigns, with Portugal coming from behind to beat Czech Republic 2-1, while Turkey overcame Georgia 3-1 in one of the games of the tournament so far.
Turkey vs Portugal team news
Vincenzo Montella is unlikely to change too much following his side’s 3-1 win over Georgia on matchday one.
Roberto Martinez, on the other hand, will surely be considering a change in approach after his three-at-the-back system left Portugal disjointed. At the very least, Goncalo Inacio feels like a more natural fit at left-centre-back than Nuno Mendes.
Neither side picked up any injuries or suspensions in their opening matches.
Turkey squad:
Goalkeepers: Mert Gunok (Besiktas), Ugurcan Cakir (Trabzonspor), Altay Bayindir (Manchester United)
Defenders: Zeki Celik (Roma), Merih Demiral (Al Ahli), Mert Muldur (Fenerbahce), Ferdi Kadioglu (Fenerbahce), Abdulkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray), Samet Akaydin (Panathinaikos), Ahmetcan Kaplan (Ajax).
Midfielders: Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Okay Yokuslu (West Brom), Orkun Kokcu (Benfica), Salih Ozcan (Borussia Dortmund), Ismail Yuksek (Fenerbahce), Arda Guler (Real Madrid)
Forwards: Cenk Tosun (Besiktas), Irfan Kahveci (Fenerbahce), Kerem Akturkoglu (Galatasaray), Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray), Yunus Akgun (Leicester), Kenan Yildiz (Juventus), Bertug Yildirim (Rennes), Semih Kilicsoy (Besiktas), Yusuf Yazıcı (Lille)
Portugal squad
Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolves), Rui Patricio (AS Roma)
Defenders: Antonio Silva (Benfica), Danilo Pereira (Paris St Germain), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Goncalo Inacio (Sporting), Joao Cancelo (Barcelona), Nelson Semedo (Wolves), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Joao Neves (Benfica), Joao…
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