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Ramos sends Portugal into last 16 as VAR drama caps wild finish against Croatia

The Guardian · 5 days ago

Portugal
Portugal
2
FIFA WC26
2-1
Finished
Croatia
Croatia
1

Key moments
  1. 17'

    Yellow card
    RUBEN DIAS (Portugal) is booked by
  2. 53'

    Goal
    Ivan PERISIC (Croatia) scores!!
  3. 59'

    Yellow card
    Luka MODRIC (Croatia) is booked by
  4. 90'+4'

    Goal
    GONCALO RAMOS (Portugal) scores!!
  5. 90'+8'

    Yellow card
    Ivan PERISIC (Croatia) is booked by
Squads
Portugal squad
  • Selected
  • 1 DIOGO COSTA
    Goalkeeper
  • 3 RUBEN DIAS
    Defender
  • 7 CRISTIANO RONALDO
    C Forward
  • 8 BRUNO FERNANDES
    Midfielder
  • 13 RENATO VEIGA
    Defender
  • 15 JOAO NEVES
    Midfielder
  • 17 RAFAEL LEAO
    Forward
  • 18 PEDRO NETO
    Forward
  • 20 JOAO CANCELO
    Defender
  • 23 VITINHA
    Midfielder
  • 25 NUNO MENDES
    Defender
  • 2 NELSON SEMEDO
    Defender
  • 4 TOMAS ARAUJO
    Defender
  • 5 DIOGO DALOT
    Defender
  • 6 MATHEUS NUNES
    Midfielder
  • 9 GONCALO RAMOS
    Forward
  • 10 BERNARDO SILVA
    Midfielder
  • 11 JOAO FELIX
    Forward
  • 12 JOSE SA
    Goalkeeper
  • 14 GONCALO INACIO
    Defender
  • 16 FRANCISCO TRINCAO
    Forward
  • 19 GONCALO GUEDES
    Forward
  • 21 RUBEN NEVES
    Midfielder
  • 22 RUI SILVA
    Goalkeeper
  • 24 SAMU COSTA
    Defender
  • 26 FRANCISCO CONCEICAO
    Forward
Croatia squad
  • Selected
  • 1 Dominik LIVAKOVIC
    Goalkeeper
  • 2 Josip STANISIC
    Defender
  • 3 Marin PONGRACIC
    Defender
  • 6 Josip SUTALO
    Defender
  • 8 Mateo KOVACIC
    Midfielder
  • 10 Luka MODRIC
    C Midfielder
  • 11 Ante BUDIMIR
    Forward
  • 13 Nikola VLASIC
    Midfielder
  • 14 Ivan PERISIC
    Forward
  • 16 Martin BATURINA
    Midfielder
  • 17 Petar SUCIC
    Midfielder
  • 4 Josko GVARDIOL
    Defender
  • 5 Duje CALETA-CAR
    Defender
  • 7 Nikola Moro
    Midfielder
  • 9 Andrej KRAMARIC
    Forward
  • 12 Ivor PANDUR
    Goalkeeper
  • 15 Mario PASALIC
    Midfielder
  • 18 Kristijan JAKIC
    Defender
  • 19 Toni FRUK
    Midfielder
  • 20 Igor MATANOVIC
    Forward
  • 21 Luka SUCIC
    Midfielder
  • 22 Luka VUSKOVIC
    Defender
  • 23 Dominik KOTARSKI
    Goalkeeper
  • 24 Marco PASALIC
    Forward
  • 25 Martin ERLIC
    Defender
  • 26 Petar Musa
    Forward

Rafael Leão dropped to his knees. His cross had just been flicked into the net by Gonçalo Ramos to take Portugal to the last 16 of the World Cup. Leão’s expression was not one of delight, but relief.Billed as the last dance for two footballing icons, it was Luka Modrić who, at the age of…

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