Portugal v Croatia, 02 July 2026

Score2-1 to Portugal
RefereeEspen Eskås
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Finals - Round of 32
VenueBMO Field, Toronto
Attendance43,036

View Portugal v Croatia head to head

Kick-off: 7.00pm local . Head to Head Played: 11 Portugal won: 8 Drawn: 2 Croatia won: 1 Portugal scored: 21 Croatia scored: 9 . FIFA World Ranking: Portugal 5th, Croatia 11th . Including qualifiers, this was the first-ever meeting in the FIFA World Cup. Most recent meeting was a 1-1 draw in Split, Croatia in a UEFA Nations League game on 18 November 2024.

2 Portugal

Manager: Roberto Martínez

1 Croatia

Manager: Zlatko Dalić

Goals:

Cristiano Ronaldo penalty 68 P
Gonçalo Ramos 90+4 G

Goals:

Ivan Perišić 53 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Diogo Costa
Defender Rúben Dias
Defender/Midfielder João Cancelo
Defender/Midfielder João Neves
Defender/Midfielder Nuno Mendes
Defender/Midfielder Renato Veiga
Midfielder Bruno Fernandes
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder Vitinha
Midfielder/Forward Rafael Leão
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)

Starting lineup:

Dominik Livaković Goalkeeper
Josip Stanišić Defender
Josip Sutalo Defender
Ivan Perišić Defender/Midfielder
Marin Pongračić Defender/Midfielder
Martin Baturina Midfielder
Mateo Kovačić Midfielder
Luka Modrić Midfielder (captain)
Petar Sučić Midfielder
Nikola Vlašić Midfielder
Ante Budimir Forward

Substitutions:

Bernardo Silva for Vitinha 62
Francisco Conceição for Pedro Neto 62
Gonçalo Ramos for João Cancelo 62
Nélson Semedo for Bruno Fernandes 62
Rúben Neves for Cristiano Ronaldo 81

Substitutions:

Igor Matanović for Ante Budimir 46
Mario Pašalić for Martin Baturina 68
Joško Gvardiol for Nikola Vlašić 90+2
Andrej Kramarić for Mateo Kovačić 90+6

Cards:

Rúben Dias 17 Y

Cards:

Luka Modrić 59 Y
Ivan Perišić 90+8 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Goalkeeper Rui Silva
Defender Gonçalo Inácio
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender Tomás Araújo
Defender/Midfielder Diogo Dalot
Defender/Midfielder Matheus Nunes
Midfielder Rúben Neves
Midfielder Samú Costa
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Francisco Conceição
Midfielder/Forward Gonçalo Ramos
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Trincão
Forward Gonçalo Guedes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski
Goalkeeper Ivor Pandur
Defender Dulje Caleta-Car
Defender Martin Erlić
Defender Joško Gvardiol
Defender Luka Vušković
Defender/Midfielder Kristijan Jakić
Defender/Midfielder Marco Pašalić
Midfielder Nikola Moro
Midfielder Luka Sučić
Midfielder/Forward Toni Fruk
Midfielder/Forward Mario Pašalić
Forward Andrej Kramarić
Forward Igor Matanović
Forward Petar Musa

Comments:

Portugal had progressed to the knockout phase for the fifth time in their last six participations at a FIFA World Cup tournament. . This was the first time since the famous 5-3 victory against Korea DPR in England in 1996 that the Seleção had come from behind to win a knockout game at the FIFA World Cup finals. . Only Lionel Messi (29) had now made more appearances at FIFA World Cup tournaments than Cristiano Ronaldo (26). At the age of 41 years and 147 days, in scoring his first-ever goal in the knockout phase of FIFA World Cup, he also become the oldest-ever player to score at this stage of the competition. . Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 61st minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Portugal were awarded a penalty in the 65th minute following a VAR review.

Comments:

Croatia failed in their attempt to reach the Round of 16 at a FIFA World Cup tournament for a third consecutive edition. . The Vatreni had now scored the opening goal in four of their last five games at FIFA World Cup finals. . Ivan Perišić had now scored at four editions of FIFA World Cup tournaments: only Cristiano Ronaldo (six) and Lionel Messi (five) had now scored in more. . Nikola Vlašić scored in the 56th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Petar Sučić scored in the 80th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Joško Gvardiol scored in the 12th added minute at the end of the game but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

2 Portugal

Manager: Roberto Martínez

Goals:

Cristiano Ronaldo penalty 68 P
Gonçalo Ramos 90+4 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Diogo Costa
Defender Rúben Dias
Defender/Midfielder João Cancelo
Defender/Midfielder João Neves
Defender/Midfielder Nuno Mendes
Defender/Midfielder Renato Veiga
Midfielder Bruno Fernandes
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder Vitinha
Midfielder/Forward Rafael Leão
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)

Substitutions:

Bernardo Silva for Vitinha 62
Francisco Conceição for Pedro Neto 62
Gonçalo Ramos for João Cancelo 62
Nélson Semedo for Bruno Fernandes 62
Rúben Neves for Cristiano Ronaldo 81

Cards:

Rúben Dias 17 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Goalkeeper Rui Silva
Defender Gonçalo Inácio
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender Tomás Araújo
Defender/Midfielder Diogo Dalot
Defender/Midfielder Matheus Nunes
Midfielder Rúben Neves
Midfielder Samú Costa
Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva
Midfielder/Forward Francisco Conceição
Midfielder/Forward Gonçalo Ramos
Midfielder/Forward João Félix
Midfielder/Forward Trincão
Forward Gonçalo Guedes

Comments:

Portugal had progressed to the knockout phase for the fifth time in their last six participations at a FIFA World Cup tournament. . This was the first time since the famous 5-3 victory against Korea DPR in England in 1996 that the Seleção had come from behind to win a knockout game at the FIFA World Cup finals. . Only Lionel Messi (29) had now made more appearances at FIFA World Cup tournaments than Cristiano Ronaldo (26). At the age of 41 years and 147 days, in scoring his first-ever goal in the knockout phase of FIFA World Cup, he also become the oldest-ever player to score at this stage of the competition. . Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 61st minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Portugal were awarded a penalty in the 65th minute following a VAR review.

1 Croatia

Manager: Zlatko Dalić

Goals:

Ivan Perišić 53 G

Starting lineup:

Dominik Livaković Goalkeeper
Josip Stanišić Defender
Josip Sutalo Defender
Ivan Perišić Defender/Midfielder
Marin Pongračić Defender/Midfielder
Martin Baturina Midfielder
Mateo Kovačić Midfielder
Luka Modrić Midfielder (captain)
Petar Sučić Midfielder
Nikola Vlašić Midfielder
Ante Budimir Forward

Substitutions:

Igor Matanović for Ante Budimir 46
Mario Pašalić for Martin Baturina 68
Joško Gvardiol for Nikola Vlašić 90+2
Andrej Kramarić for Mateo Kovačić 90+6

Cards:

Luka Modrić 59 Y
Ivan Perišić 90+8 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski
Goalkeeper Ivor Pandur
Defender Dulje Caleta-Car
Defender Martin Erlić
Defender Joško Gvardiol
Defender Luka Vušković
Defender/Midfielder Kristijan Jakić
Defender/Midfielder Marco Pašalić
Midfielder Nikola Moro
Midfielder Luka Sučić
Midfielder/Forward Toni Fruk
Midfielder/Forward Mario Pašalić
Forward Andrej Kramarić
Forward Igor Matanović
Forward Petar Musa

Comments:

Croatia failed in their attempt to reach the Round of 16 at a FIFA World Cup tournament for a third consecutive edition. . The Vatreni had now scored the opening goal in four of their last five games at FIFA World Cup finals. . Ivan Perišić had now scored at four editions of FIFA World Cup tournaments: only Cristiano Ronaldo (six) and Lionel Messi (five) had now scored in more. . Nikola Vlašić scored in the 56th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Petar Sučić scored in the 80th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Joško Gvardiol scored in the 12th added minute at the end of the game but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.