Portugal played hard against the Czech Republic on match day, but on Saturday, they soon took a firm grip on proceedings. With Vitinha pulling the strings, they began to dictate the pace and on 21 minutes they were ahead when Nuno Mendes' deflected cut-back was coolly dispatched by Bernardo Silva.

In a most unfortunate manner from a Turkish perspective, one soon became two. Joao Palinha's attempt to cross the ball set off some alarm bells, but with goalkeeper Altay Bayindir heading forward without looking, Samet Akaydin's back pass activated the warning klaxon – despite a desperate scramble, too late. .

Altay Bayindir, one of four Turkish changes from the victory over Georgia, had the ball out of his own net 11 minutes into the second half as Cristiano Ronaldo pounced on the offside net and unselfishly headed the ball to Bruno Fernandes. Crescent-Stars fought back, but the game was over.

So Turkey followed up their first opening day win at the Euros with a defeat which is their biggest defeat in the competition. A point against the Czech Republic on Wednesday would still see Portugal progress to the knockout stage, with a win keeping their 100% record out of the group intact.