CRO
PORKO
GoalCRO - Mateo Kovacic29'
HT
Red cardCRO - Marko Rog51'- GoalPOR - Rúben Dias52'
Yellow cardPOR - Cristiano Ronaldo54'- Yellow cardCRO - Ivan Perisic57'
- GoalPOR - João Félix60'
Substitution
0 - Mario Pasalic
0 - Josip Brekalo64'- GoalCRO - Mateo Kovacic65'
- Substitution0 - João Félix0 - Bernardo SilvaSubstitution0 - Mário Rui0 - João Cancelo71'
- Substitution0 - Diogo Jota0 - PaulinhoSubstitution0 - Danilo Pereira0 - Sérgio Oliveira77'
- Substitution0 - Nikola Vlasic0 - Mislav Orsic84'
- GoalPOR - Rúben Dias90'
- Substitution0 - Mateo Kovacic26 - Toma Basic91'
FT
Croatia
Match stats
Portugal
40%
Possession
60%
8
Shots
17
3
Shots (On goal)
8
4
Corners
12
5
Saves
1
15
Fouls
10
Line-ups
0
Dominik Livakovic
0
Josip Juranovic
0
Dejan Lovren
0
Mile Skoric
29
Domagoj Bradaric
0
Luka Modric
0
Marko Rog
0
Mateo Kovacic
2x
0
Mario Pasalic
0
Nikola Vlasic
0
Ivan Perisic
4-3-1-2
0
Rui Patrício
0
Nélson Semedo
0
Rúben Semedo
0
Rúben Dias
2x
0
Mário Rui
0
Bruno Fernandes
0
Danilo Pereira
0
João Moutinho
0
Diogo Jota
0
Cristiano Ronaldo
0
João Félix
4-3-3
Team stats
Croatia
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Nikola Vlasic 84' | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 91' 29', 65' | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 64' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Domagoj Bradaric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mile Skoric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64'(Mario Pasalic) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84'(Nikola Vlasic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Toma Basic 91'(Mateo Kovacic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ivo Grbic | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Portugal
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 77' | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
João Félix 71'60' | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 77' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
52', 90' | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 71' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trincão 45'(Bruno Fernandes) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 71'(Mário Rui) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71'(João Félix) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paulinho 77'(Diogo Jota) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 77'(Danilo Pereira) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Domingos Duarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pedro Neto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Team Ranks
Croatia
Match stats
Portugal
40%
Possession
60%
8
Shots
17
3
Shots (On goal)
8
4
Corners
12
5
Saves
1
15
Fouls
10
Match stream
- 90'+3'Thank you for joining our coverage, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
- 90'+3'There goes the full-time whistle! Portugal come out on top in an entertaining contest in Split, with Kovacic firing the hosts ahead in the first half, only for Rog to get himself sent off for a second yellow card at the beginning of the second period. Dias and Felix struck twice inside 10 minutes to give Portugal the lead, but Kovacic hit a second from distance to level the scores again, only for Livakovic to drop the ball in the 90th minute, allowing Dias to score a late winner! France's victory over Sweden means that Croatia stay up, however, despite their defeat. It finishes 3-2 to Portugal!
- 90'+3'FULL-TIME: CROATIA 2-3 PORTUGAL
- 90'+1'Kovacic is off for Basic as Dalic looks to salvage a late draw, but there's hardly any time left.
- 90'GOAL!!! DIAS HAS SURELY WON IT FOR PORTUGAL!! It's a howler from Livakovic!! He jumps to claim a corner but doesn't hold it securely and as he lands, he collides with Lovren and inadvertently knocks the ball out of his grasp! It drops to Dias in the box who simply swivels and slots into an empty net for his second goal of the game! It's 3-2 to Portugal!
- 88'There's an enforced stoppage as Juranovic blocks a cross with his throat and goes down in some discomfort. The medical team are out to see to him and it looks as though he will be okay to continue.
- 86'OVER! Olivera bursts forward from midfield and gets into the box on the left before cutting inside and going for the top-right corner, but he gets too much height on the shot and it sails over.
- 84'Vlasic takes his time leaving the field as he is replaced with Orsic for the final few minutes of the match.
- 81'Portugal are desperate to snatch a winner as Cancelo shoots from outside the box and sees it blocked. The pressure is mounting.
- 79'MISS! WHAT A MISS BY BERNARDO SILVA!! Trincao fires a sweetly-struck volley at goal that Livakovic can only parry into the path of Bernardo Silva on the right side of the box. The Manchester City man hits the ball into the ground as the goalkeeper closes him down, but the bounce takes it over the bar! He can't believe he's missed!
- 77'Pereira also goes off in midfield, with Oliveira taking his place as Portugal look for a winner in the closing stages.
- 77'Santos makes another double-change and Jota is replaced by Paulinho in the forward areas.
- 76'WIDE! Trincao bustles his way into the box from the right, holding off two markers in the process, and lashes a left-footed effort at goal, but he steers it just wide!
- 75'Cancelo races onto a long ball down the left, cuts inside and aims a cross towards Ronaldo at the back post, but Skoric does well to head behind for a corner.
- 73'A third goal for France in Paris has all-but secured Croatia's survival and will see Sweden relegated. The pressure is off now.
- 71'Rui also goes off, with Cancelo - a naturally right-sided defender - coming on in his place.
- 71'Felix is the first to be withdrawn as Santos makes a double-change. Bernardo Silva comes on to replace him.
- 68'Croatia aren't settling for drawing level. They're still attacking and pushing men forward despite being outnumbered. It's a risky strategy, particularly with Santos set to bring fresh legs on for Portugal.
- 65'Vlasic was surrounded by defenders in the box and looked to have nothing on, but he showed composure to wait for support and laid the ball off to Kovacic, who came up with a lovely finish!
- 65'GOAL!!! KOVACIC FIRES 10-MAN CROATIA LEVEL!! Vlasic holds the ball up in the box and plays it back to the edge of the area for Kovacic, who races onto it and sidefoots a low effort that curls away from Patricio and goes in off the left-hand post! That's a terrific strike and it's 2-2!
- 64'Dalic brings Brekalo on for Pasalic as he looks to haul his side level despite their man disadvantage.
- 63'SAVE! Trincao finds Jota in the middle with a cross and the forward heads towards the bottom-left corner, but Livakovic keeps it out!
- 60'Jota's run to get in behind was sharp and he was too quick for Lovren, before showing plenty of awareness to cut back rather than shooting from a tight angle.He did appear to handle the ball as he controlled it, but it isn't spotted and the forward gets away with it!
- 60'GOAL!!! FELIX PUTS PORTUGAL IN FRONT!! Lovren misses his interception as the ball is played through to Jota, who gets to the byline - drawing Livakovic out - before cutting back for Felix to scuff the ball into the corner past a sliding Bradaric! There's a suspicion of handball against Jota, but the goal stands! It's 2-1 to Portugal!
- 57'Perisic now finds himself in the book for catching Nelson Semedo in the face with his elbow.
- 54'Ronaldo goes down but the referee deems it a dive and shows the Portugal captain the yellow card.
- 52'Ruben Semedo makes amends for his earlier error, latching onto Livakovic's weak parry and steering it into the middle for Dias as Croatia's defence fail to react.
- 52'GOAL!! PORTUGAL EQUALISE!! Dias levels the scores immediately after Rog is sent off! Ronaldo strikes the free-kick at goal from some distance and Livakovic can only parry it back into the danger zone to Ruben Semedo, who squares for a completely unmarked Dias to slot home! That was very poor from both the goalkeeper and the defence. It's 1-1!
- 51'SENT OFF!! Rog clatters into Ronaldo from behind, catching him on the ankle with his studs and is shown a second yellow card! Croatia are down to 10 men!
- 50'Trincao has gone out to the right wing, while Jota has switched to the left and Ronaldo has moved into a more central role in the hope of affecting the game more.
- 48'CLOSE! A Portugal free-kick is delivered to the back post by Moutinho and Dias meets it from close range, but can only steer his header just over the bar! He looked certain to score from there!
- 45'Croatia will be pleased to find themselves in front at the break after an even half and know that this position guarantees their safety from relegation tonight. Portugal have nothing to play for, but Dalic's men must focus if they are to keep Ronaldo off the scoresheet for another 45 minutes.
- 46'We're back underway for the second half!
- 46'Santos makes a bold half-time change, replacing Fernandes with Trincao and moving to a 4-4-2 formation.
- 45'There goes the half-time whistle! Croatia lead courtesy of a scrappy goal from Kovacic as Ruben Semedo's poor clearance and Patricio's spilled save allowed the midfielder to fire home from close range. Portugal failed to make the most of their strong start to the game and allowed the hosts to assert themselves. It's 1-0 to Croatia at the break!
- 45'HALF-TIME: CROATIA 1-0 PORTUGAL
- 44'Ronaldo doesn't look too impressed as the half-time whistle approaches. He and his team-mates are taking the game to Croatia now, but the hosts have organised themselves and look set to see things out until the break.
- 42'Croatia's position grows ever more secure as France take the lead on home soil. It looks a long way back for Sweden now.
- 40'Felix shows mesmerising close control as he evades the challenges of several Croatian defenders, but he's forced backwards and they eventually overwhelm him through sheer numbers.
- 38'SAVE! A free-kick is lofted into the Croatia box and only half-cleared. It drops to Pereira inside the area and he smashes a volley at goal, but Livakovic does superbly to keep it out!
- 36'MISS! Croatia should be 2-0 up! Juranovic meets a left-wing cross at the back post and gets a free header on it, but can only nod wide of the far post with Patricio stranded! He had to hit the target!
- 34'Rog then tries his luck from outside the box, but he sends his effort high and wide. That's not troubling Patricio.
- 32'Modric whips the ball in from the left and Livakovic comes out to meet it, but can only punch weakly clear. It's hacked up into the air and eventually put behind for a corner.
- 31'That goal has had a tremendous effect on Croatia and the hosts are now dominating and playing with freedom. They look a different side.
- 29'GOAL!!! KOVACIC PUTS CROATIA IN FRONT! A sloppy clearance from Ruben Semedo sees the ball played straight at Pasalic in the box. The Croatia forward controls and fires a low cross in towards Kovacic in the middle and the midfielder's first effort is saved, but Patricio can't hold it and Kovacic smashes home the rebound! It's 1-0 to Croatia!
- 27'The hosts win their second corner of the game as they start to mount some pressure of their own. They're growing in confidence now.
- 25'Croatia have weathered a great deal of Portugal pressure, but they finally seem to be getting a foothold of their own in this game.
- 23'Rog goes into the book for hauling Jota down as the forward broke away on the counter. As clear a booking as you'll see.
- 22'BLOCK! Pasalic latches onto Perisic's knock-down on the edge of the six-yard box and slides in to steer it home, but Ruben Semedo is there to make a vital block!
- 21'France have equalised now and Croatia will breathe a sigh of relief for the moment. They've been under a great deal of pressure, though, and their position remains fragile.
- 19'CHANCE! Rui gets forward down the left and floats a wonderful cross into the box towards Ronaldo. The forward rises over his marker to meet it, but can't quite get there and can only glance it wide with the faintest of touches.
- 17'A loose pass at the back gifts Portugal possession in the Croatia half and Ronaldo seeks to spring a quick attack, turning and playing it forward quickly, but the pass is cut out and seen away.
- 15'BLOCK! Portugal continue to keep Croatia pinned back and another cross is delivered into the box, this time from the left. Jota meets it at the near post, but it's deflected over the bar by Bradaric!
- 13'A short corner to Portugal is taken on the right flank and whipped to the back stick where both Ruben Semedo and Ruben Dias are waiting, but there's a mix-up between the two centre-halves and Rog is able to force another corner.
- 11'Sweden have taken a very early lead in Paris and Croatia are going down as things stand! Plenty of time left in both games, of course, but Dalic's side will certainly feel a greater sense of urgency now.
- 9'Modric twice tries to spread the ball out wide, once to each side, and on both occasions his pass is straight at a Portugal player. Not like him at all.
- 7'Modric and Vlasic link up nicely down the right-hand side, but Rui nips in to block the former's attempted backheel and then draws a foul to relieve the pressure.
- 5'Portugal have settled into a spell of possession and are working the ball methodically from side to side at the back. It's all safe passing at the moment, though, with no real intent or penetration.
- 3'Juranovic whips a cross in from the right towards Perisic in the box, but Ruben Semedo intervenes and concedes the corner. It's been a scrappy opening few minutes.
- 1'We're underway in Croatia!
- -However, Croatia cannot afford to be complacent. France are through and, should the reigning World Cup winners slip up tonight, the pressure will be on Dalic and his side to get a result against Portugal.
- -Whilst Croatia's loss against Sweden has made relegation a possibility tonight, it still remains an unlikely scenario. Dalic's men are sitting on a goal-difference of +1, while Sweden are on -6. If Sweden fail to better Croatia's result tonight, they're almost certainly going down.
- -Portugal boss Fernando Santos makes similarly sweeping changes to his side after their 1-0 loss against France dashed their hopes of defending their Nations League crown. Bernardo Silva, Carvalho, Cancelo and Fonte all drop to the bench, while Guerreiro misses out entirely. Jota, Moutinho, Nelson Semedo, Ruben Semedo and Rui start in their places.
- -Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic makes a resounding six changes to the team that were beaten 2-1 by Sweden last time out, with only Livakovic, Modric, Kovacic, Vlasic and Perisic keeping their places.
- -Portugal substitutes: Bernardo Silva, Rui Silva, Sergio Oliveira, William Carvalho, Paulinho, Ruben Neves, Trincao, Domingos Duarte, Anthony Lopes, Pedro Neto, Jose Fonte, Joao Cancelo.
- -Portugal XI (4-3-3): Rui Patricio; Nelson Semedo, Ruben Dias, Ruben Semedo, Mario Rui; Joao Moutinho, Danilo Pereira, Bruno Fernandes; Diogo Jota, Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo.
- -Croatia substitutes: Toma Basic, Ivo Grbic, Mislav Orsic, Josip Brekalo, Dario Melnjak, Ante Budimir, Antonio-Mirko Colak, Milan Badelj, Bruno Petkovic, Borna Barisic, Simon Sluga.
- -Croatia XI (4-3-1-2): Dominik Livakovic; Josip Juranovic, Dejan Lovren, Mile Skoric, Domagoj Bradaric; Luka Modric, Marko Rog, Mateo Kovacic; Mario Pasalic; Nikola Vlasic, Ivan Perisic.
- -Portugal's inferior head-to-head record against France means the inaugural winners of the Nations League are guaranteed to finish second in the group and will not be able to defend their crown next year. However, Croatia are still at risk of relegation, with just goal-difference keeping them ahead of Sweden going into this fixture.
- -Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Nations League clash between Croatia and Portugal at Stadion Poljud in Split, Croatia.
- 90'+1'
Substitution - In26 - Toma BasicSubstitution - Out0 - Mateo KovacicKovacic is off for Basic as Dalic looks to salvage a late draw, but there's hardly any time left. - 90'Goal0 - Rúben DiasGoal! Croatia 2, Portugal 3. Rúben Dias (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 84'Substitution - In0 - Mislav OrsicSubstitution - Out0 - Nikola VlasicVlasic takes his time leaving the field as he is replaced with Orsic for the final few minutes of the match.
- 77'Substitution - In0 - Sérgio OliveiraSubstitution - Out0 - Danilo PereiraPereira also goes off in midfield, with Oliveira taking his place as Portugal look for a winner in the closing stages.
- 77'Substitution - In0 - PaulinhoSubstitution - Out0 - Diogo JotaSantos makes another double-change and Jota is replaced by Paulinho in the forward areas.
- 71'Substitution - In0 - João CanceloSubstitution - Out0 - Mário RuiRui also goes off, with Cancelo - a naturally right-sided defender - coming on in his place.
- 71'Substitution - In0 - Bernardo SilvaSubstitution - Out0 - João FélixFelix is the first to be withdrawn as Santos makes a double-change. Bernardo Silva comes on to replace him.
- 65'Goal0 - Mateo KovacicGoal! Croatia 2, Portugal 2. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
- 64'Substitution - In0 - Josip BrekaloSubstitution - Out0 - Mario PasalicDalic brings Brekalo on for Pasalic as he looks to haul his side level despite their man disadvantage.
- 60'Goal0 - João FélixGoal! Croatia 1, Portugal 2. João Félix (Portugal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
- 57'Yellow card0 - Ivan PerisicPerisic now finds himself in the book for catching Nelson Semedo in the face with his elbow.
- 54'Yellow card0 - Cristiano RonaldoRonaldo goes down but the referee deems it a dive and shows the Portugal captain the yellow card.
- 52'Goal0 - Rúben DiasGoal! Croatia 1, Portugal 1. Rúben Dias (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rúben Semedo following a set piece situation.
- 51'Red card0 - Marko RogSENT OFF!! Rog clatters into Ronaldo from behind, catching him on the ankle with his studs and is shown a second yellow card! Croatia are down to 10 men!
- 29'Goal0 - Mateo KovacicGoal! Croatia 1, Portugal 0. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
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