Croatia, Portugal and World Cup
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Portugal beat Croatia 2-1, and Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first ever knockout stage goal with a penalty. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes discuss the matchup and ask how dangerous Portugal is now that they’ve advanced to the Round of 16.
Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in hugely controversial circumstances to set up a mouthwatering round-of-16 clash with fierce rivals Spain at the 2026 World Cup. Croatia thought they had scored a last-gasp equaliser to send the game to extra time,
It will now be neighbors Portugal versus Spain on Monday after the Portuguese got by Croatia in a thriller in Toronto
The match ended in the cruelest way for Croatia when Josko Gvardiol’s would-be game-saving equalizer 13 minutes into added time was ruled out for offside after video review.
Despite a wealth of talent, Portugal drew two of their group games. Mark Carey takes a look at how they are playing
The knockout stage never disappoints, and it doesn't appear like it will at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. After its dominant 3-0 win over Sweden on Tuesday, France has extended its gap
Cristiano Ronaldo played hero yesterday, leading Portugal to a 2-1 win over Croatia, which had a late equalizer taken away on replay review. Now, Portugal takes on Spain next.
Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic spoke about the "poor" refereeing that he felt cost his side a World Cup game against Portugal.
