In the 72nd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 700th goal in his career on penalty. A senseless fact for the 34-year-old striker. The goal is that he steps up into a solid company where, among other things, Pele and Romario live.

Ronaldo's nemesis Lionel Messi, of course, shadows the Portuguese. Messi is currently scoring 672 goals.

But that anniversary could not lift Portugal. Ukraine defeated them at home by 2-1 and secured a place in the European Cup playoffs next year.

Portugal may instead go on a battle for the second straight place to the European Championship with Serbia beating Lithuania by 2-1 and is a point behind Portugal in Group B.

France years wait for advancement

Roman Jaremtjuk and Andrij Jarmolenko scored the goals for Ukraine.

France chased one of the direct seats to the European Championship, but failed to close the match against Turkey despite a management goal in the 76th minute by Olivier Giroud at home. Turkey acknowledged six minutes later and the French players looked disappointed when the referee blew off at 1-1, which means that none of the teams are ready for the European Championships yet.

In the same group, Iceland won against Andorra but with their 15 points after all is a tough situation to go if France or Turkey both stand at 19 points in group H.