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🎥 Portugal through: crazy game, Croatia KO! CR7 scores, 🥹 Diogo, Modric 👋
Portugal secured a place in the World Cup round of 16 by defeating Croatia 2-1 in Toronto.
Key takeaways
- Portugal defeated Croatia 2-1 in Toronto to qualify for the World Cup round of 16.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first-ever World Cup knockout stage goal, which was his 146th international goal.
- The second half of the match lasted a total of 64 minutes with 19 minutes of added time.
- Josko Gvardiol's 104th-minute equalizer was ruled out for offside after a VAR review detected an imperceptible touch using a microchip in the ball.
- Luka Modric played his final match for the Croatia national team.
Portugal secured a place in the World Cup round of 16 by defeating Croatia 2-1 in Toronto. Ivan Perisic opened the scoring for Croatia in the 53rd minute, but Cristiano Ronaldo equalized from the penalty spot, marking his first-ever goal in a World Cup knockout stage. Gonçalo Ramos scored the winning header in the 94th minute. The match featured an extraordinary 64-minute second half with 19 minutes of added time, three disallowed goals, and a late Josko Gvardiol equalizer ruled out for offside via a microchip-in-ball VAR review. Following the match, Luka Modric played his final game for Croatia, and Ronaldo paid an emotional tribute to late teammate Diogo Jota by wearing his shirt.
In their words
“for Diogo, for us and for Portugal.”
“I played many years with Modric, it’s wonderful to still see him playing at a high level. I told him: congratulations Luka and good luck for the future of your career”
By the numbers
- 2-1
- Final score of Portugal vs Croatia match
- 64
- Total minutes played in the second half
- 146
- Total international goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo
- 41
- Age in years of Cristiano Ronaldo during match
- 19
- Total minutes of added time played
How it unfolded
- Diogo Jota dies in a tragic car accident
- Ivan Perisic scores to give Croatia the lead
- Gonçalo Ramos scores the winning header for Portugal
- Josko Gvardiol's late equalizer is ruled out by VAR
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