{"id":6302,"date":"2026-07-03T05:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:03:50","slug":"ramos-ronaldo-score-as-portugal-rallies-to-beat-croatia-2-1-and-advance-to-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=6302","title":{"rendered":"Ramos, Ronaldo score as Portugal rallies to beat Croatia 2-1 and advance to round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>LEXIE LINDERMAN<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO (AP) \u2014 At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo will get another match in a Portugal uniform, thanks to a penalty he scored, a stoppage time header by Goncalo Ramos, and a VAR ruling the Croatia team still doesn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=6300\">Mullins\u2019 2-run homer, Seymour\u2019s sharp outing lift Rays to 8th straight win, 5-2 over Royals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ramos headed in the winner as Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in a wild finish that also included a Croatian goal disallowed for offside just before the final whistle in a World Cup round of 32 match on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The game featured a matchup of 40-somethings \u2014 Ronaldo, in his sixth World Cup, and Croatia\u2019s Luka Modri\u0107, making his fifth bid for a tournament title.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo tied things up in the 68th minute on a penalty kick that gave the megastar his first knockout stage goal at the World Cup before being subbed out in the 81st minute. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never felt any of that (fear),\u201d he said. \u201cYes, nervous. But as always, you have to be very positive for things to go well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, it was Ramos who gave Portugal the victory and a berth in the round of 16. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that type of moment, I love that type of games,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to play every game like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: outstream_video--><\/p>\n<p>Portugal moves on to face Spain on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst half we dominated the game. In second half after the goal we get a little bit panic, but this is football,\u201d Ronaldo said. \u201cAfter the penalty, I think it was a little bit better for us. We created a few chances and I think at the end of the day we deserved to win the match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things got weird after Ramos scored. With Portugal and its fans still enthralled with his goal, Croatia thought it had tied things up 2-2 in the very last moments. But after a 2 1\/2-minute delay, Mario Pasalic was called offside as VAR ruled no goal. Croatia fans threw bottles on the field and whistled in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia midfielder Petar Sucic said, \u201cthe referee said he didn\u2019t see (anyone) touch the ball, he said that he had a sensor in that ball,\u201d that caused the offside ruling. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s a regular goal.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: cube_article--><\/p>\n<p>Portugal coach Roberto Martinez said it was, indeed, the chip in the ball that triggered the decision. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=6298\">Daily Horoscope for July 03, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to tell them (Croatia fans) the message is very clear: The balls now have a chip, and it\u2019s very clear that\u2019s why the VAR intervened,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a subjective opinion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Croatia opened the scoring in the 53rd minute when Ivan Perisic scored off a cross from Josip Sanisic.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo, booed loudly by Croatia fans every time he touched the ball, got his chance from the spot after Nikola Vlasic was called for a holding foul inside the box. Portugal\u2019s megastar hitched his step and converted down the middle as the goalkeeper went to his right.<\/p>\n<p>Modri\u0107 led Croatia to second- and third-place finishes in 2018 and 2022, and the match carried the weight of the two aging stars each trying to realize the dream of winning the World Cup. Modri\u0107 is 40.<\/p>\n<p>The men, who were teammates at Real Madrid, shared a few smiles and an embrace ahead of the coin toss before the match. The two met on the pitch after the match, hugged and exchanged a few words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played with Luka so many years,\u201d Ronaldo said. \u201cWe\u2019re nearly the same age. I think he\u2019s a legend of football. He\u2019s still a legend of football.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Croatia coach Zlatko Dali\u0107 said this was \u201cprobably\u201d Modri\u0107\u2019s last World Cup, but added, \u201conly God knows what will happen in the next four years. We\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll talk about it in Croatia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a postgame interview with Fox, Ronaldo proudly turned around to show that he was wearing a Diogo Jota jersey and his No. 21, one year after his teammate died in a car crash. \u201cWe knew this before the game. It was a so special moment. We speak today to our group, the coincidence of life. It\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>Lexie Linderman is a student in John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=6297\">How \u2018Country Roads\u2019 became the soundtrack of the US team\u2019s World Cup run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014-<\/p>\n<p> See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXIE LINDERMAN TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Goncalo Ramos headed in a pass from Rafael Leao in stoppage time as Cristiano Ronaldo, who had earlier converted a penalty kick, watched from the bench as Portugal defeated Croatia 2-1 on Thursday, ending Luka Modri\u0107\u2019s fifth bid for a World Cup. 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