Portugal-North Macedonia will be the final of the world play off in which Italy was also involved.
The Lusitanian coach Fernando Santos smiles as he will find Trajkovski and his team mates instead of the European champions next Tuesday at the 'Estadio do Dragao' in Porto.
The match was decided by the verve of the hosts, who went at the interval at 2-0 for the goals of the excellent Otavio, a naturalized Brazilian who was unexpectedly deployed by the coach, and Diogo Jota (able to exploit an indecision of his Kabak scorer), but another factor was Burak Yilmaz.
First able to score, on an assist from Cengiz Under, the Turks 'goal in the 20' of the second half but then the protagonist of the error that, five minutes from the end, closed the challenge, the one from the spot for the penalty that the referee had granted after 'consultation' to the Var for a foul by Fonte on Unal.
Yilmaz has 'chipped' the crossbar, and goodbye hopes of making it for Turkey, who in the recovery also suffered the third goal of the hosts, that of the substitute Matheus Nunes, who in the 88th minute
he had taken the place of Joao Moutinho.
In the meantime the match had turned nasty and in certain situations the referee had struggled to control him.
Instead, immediately after the final whistle there was room for a smile, because a fan from the stands managed to reach the pitch, took a selfie with Joao Felix and then 'sprinted' to escape the stewards' tackle.
Cristiano Ronaldo did not shine, who wasted a favorable opportunity that the real CR7 would have transformed into a goal, but his role remains fundamental being the reference point of the Seleçao.
On the other hand, the performance of the midfield trio Bruno Fernandes-Joao Moutinho-Bernardo Silva was very good.
The latter on a couple of occasions forced the Turkish goalkeeper Cakir to work overtime.
In the end, the tears of the Turks and the joy of the Portuguese, for which Qatar seems much closer.