Nuno Tavares helped Portugal fight their way to the quarter-finals of the U21 European Championships, winning their first match in the competition in dramatic fashion.
After a slow start to the tournament that saw them lose to hosts Georgia and draw with the Netherlands, Portugal turned their fortunes around with a vital 2-1 victory over Belgium on Tuesday evening, sending them into second in Group A.
Tavares featured for the entire match as a left-back, with all three goals coming in the second half. Joao Neves' opener was quickly cancelled out by Belgium's Yorbe Vertessen, meaning that some last-minute penalty heroics from captain Tiago Dantas were required to send Portugal through.