Portugal, Croatia and Czechs qualify

Euro 2012 round-up:Cristiano Ronaldo and Helder Postiga both scored twice as Portugal reached the Euro 2012 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.

Croatia 0-0 Turkey (Agg: 3-0):A scoreless home draw on a bitterly cold night handed Croatia a 3-0 aggregate win over Turkey in their play-off and a place in the Euro 2012 finals. The success completed Croatia's revenge over Turkey for a painful defeat in their Euro 2008 quarter-final.

Turkey were a much improved side in Zagreb after a poor performance in the first leg in Istanbul, but Croatia comfortably held their own in front of a passionate 25,000 home crowd in the Maksimir stadium.

Facing the mammoth task of overhauling the first-leg deficit, Turkey threw men forward from the kick off and missed a double chance to take the lead on the night in the fifth minute.

Midfielder Selcuk Inan's cross from the left hit the far post and when the rebound fell kindly for Kazim Kazim, Croatia's keeper Stipe Pletikosa kept out the striker's close-range shot with a superb reflex save.

Croatia quickly regained their composure and launched several raids down the right flank, with captain Darijo Srna delivering a teasing cross for Mario Mandzukic whose header was deflected over the bar by a defender.

Mandzukic missed Croatia's best chance in the first half when he misfired high and wide from 10 metres after good work by Ivica Olic, who also teed up Srna to shoot over the bar shortly before the interval.

Croatia left back Danijel Pranjic saw his shot from 20 metres deflected just wide on the hour, before Hamit Altintop came close with a stinging low drive at the other end barely a minute later.

Croatia winger Ivan Rakitic then had a swerving shot pushed around the post by Sinan Bolat before he side-footed the ball wide from eight metres with only the Turkish keeper to beat after a delightful one-two with Srna.

Rakitic was again unlucky in the closing stages, when his piledriver from 20 metres shaved a defender and whizzed inches over the bar before Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric had a shot from 10 metres blocked by a defender in the dying minutes.

Jubilant home fans lit half a dozen flares shortly before the final whistle and hurled one on the pitch, narrowly missing their own goalkeeper Pletikosa.

Montenegro 0 Czech Republic 1 (Agg: 0-3):The Czech Republic made sure of a place at the finals after beating Montenegro away in the second leg thanks to a late goal from Petr Jiracek.

The Czechs were content to defend their 2-0 first-leg lead and were not really troubled until the second half when Montenegro stepped up the pressure and could have easily scored three goals.

Czech coach Michal Bilek said his team had expected Montenegro to come out strong and praised his opponents for a number of attacks in the second half that almost turned the game.

"We knew they were good on offense," Bilek said. "We deserved to qualify."

Montenegro, aiming to qualify for their first international tournament since splitting with Serbia, had a number of chances to get back into the tie.

Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic headed over the bar late in the second half and missed again minutes later when Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was able to save both his shot and the rebound.

Cech, who was wearing a specially-designed mask after breaking his nose, made a number of sprawling saves including one from Dejan Damjanovic early in the second half whose shot he appeared to just nudge onto the crossbar.

Montenegro dominated the second half but Pilzen's Petr Jiracek put the game beyond reach in the 81st minute when he split two defenders and side-footed a shot that Montenegro keeper Mladen Bozovic could only deflect into the net.

The Czechs, who won the European Championship in 1976, qualified for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine after finishing runners-up to Spain in group play.