Euro 2012 play-offs review: Portugal, Czechs and Croatia qualify

Cristiano Ronaldo and Helder Postiga both scored twice as Portugal reached the finals with a 6-2 win over Bosnia , but the scoreline did little justice to the drama at Lisbon's Stadium Of Light.

The visitors, who had held on for a gallant goalless draw in the first leg in Bosnia, twice narrowed the deficit to a single goal despite being hampered by the 54th minute sending-off of Senad Lucic.

A thunderous eighth minute free-kick from Ronaldo and an even more powerful long-range drive from Nani on 24 minutes appeared to have settled home nerves and sent the favourites through.

But Zvjezdan Misimovic ensured the outcome of the game still hung by a thread at half-time after he converted a 41st minute penalty awarded after Fabio Coentrao was ruled to have handled in the box.

Portugal regained the initiative through Ronaldo on 53 and when Lulic was shown a straight red immediately afterwards for arguing with the referee, it appeared the Bosnian challenge was finally over.

But the visitors reduced the deficit again on 65 through Emir Spahic before the 10 men tired, with two late Postiga strikes and a free-kick from Miguel Veloso giving a lopsided look to the scoreline.

The Czech Republic joined the qualifiers for the finals after negotiating a potentially tricky night in Montenegro.

Petr Jiracek's 81st minute goal was enough to give the Czechs a 1-0 win on the night and 3-0 on aggregate.

The home side will rue a pair of first half misses from Mirko Vucinic, with one close-range effort flying over the bar and his second superbly saved by Czech keeper Petr Cech, before Jiracek's winner ended the tie.

Croatia played out a goalless draw against Turkey in Zagreb which earned Slaven Bilic's men a 3-0 aggregate victory following their heroics in Istanbul on Friday.

Colin Kazim-Richards hit the post for Turkey in the fourth minute but Croatia looked most likely to break the deadlock with Ivan Rakitic forcing a superb fingertip save out of Turkey keeper Sinan Bolat.

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EURO 2012 - THE QUALIFIERS

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

France

Germany

Greece

Holland

Italy

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Ukraine

Russia

Spain

Sweden