POR
CROKO
GoalPOR - João Cancelo41'
HT
- GoalPOR - Diogo Jota58'
Yellow cardCRO - Tin Jedvaj60'
Substitution
0 - Mario Pasalic
0 - Marcelo BrozovicSubstitution0 - Josip Brekalo0 - Ivan Perisic61'- GoalPOR - João Félix70'
- Yellow cardCRO - Borna Barisic71'
- Substitution0 - Andrej Kramaric0 - Bruno Petkovic74'
- Substitution0 - Bernardo Silva0 - Trincão78'
- Substitution0 - João Moutinho0 - Sérgio Oliveira82'
- Substitution0 - João Félix0 - André Silva88'
- GoalCRO - Bruno Petkovic91'
- GoalPOR - André Silva94'
FT
Portugal
Match stats
Croatia
57%
Possession
43%
27
Shots
5
11
Shots (On goal)
2
8
Corners
4
1
Saves
7
11
Fouls
8
Line-ups
0
Anthony Lopes
0
João Cancelo
0
Pepe
0
Rúben Dias
0
Raphael Guerreiro
0
João Moutinho
0
Danilo Pereira
0
Bruno Fernandes
0
Bernardo Silva
0
João Félix
0
Diogo Jota
4-3-3
0
Dominik Livakovic
0
Tin Jedvaj
0
Dejan Lovren
0
Domagoj Vida
0
Borna Barisic
0
Mario Pasalic
0
Mateo Kovacic
0
Josip Brekalo
0
Nikola Vlasic
0
Ante Rebic
0
Andrej Kramaric
4-2-3-1
Team stats
Portugal
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58' | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
João Félix 88'70' | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 78' | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 82' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41' | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trincão 78'(Bernardo Silva) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 82'(João Moutinho) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88'(João Félix) 94' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Domingos Duarte | 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 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Croatia
| Goalkeepers | G | GC | SAV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Forwards | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74' | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Nikola Vlasic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 61' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Substitutes | G | GA | S | FC | FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61'(Josip Brekalo) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61'(Mario Pasalic) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 74'(Andrej Kramaric) 91' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | |
Mile Skoric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Ivo Grbic | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Team Ranks
Portugal
Match stats
Croatia
57%
Possession
43%
27
Shots
5
11
Shots (On goal)
2
8
Corners
4
1
Saves
7
11
Fouls
8
Match stream
- 90'+4'Thank you for joining our coverage, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
- 90'+4'Portugal face Sweden next, while Croatia play France in a repeat of the 2018 World Cup Final.
- 90'+4'There goes the full-time whistle! Portugal produced a fine performance to cruise past Croatia despite the absence of Ronaldo. Cancelo's stunner opened the scoring near the end of the first half, before Jota and Felix put the hosts in cruise control of a game they had dominated. A lapse in concentration allowed Petkovic to pull one back late on, but Andre Silva ensured Portugal had the last say by bundling home from a corner just before the final whistle. It finishes 4-1 to Portugal!
- 90'+4'FULL-TIME: PORTUGAL 4-1 CROATIA
- 90'+4'SAVE! Jota forces Livakovic into a fine, diving save as he sprawls to his left to tip the forward's low drive behind for a corner!
- 90'+4'Pepe rose well to meet the corner and hung in the air before meeting the ball. It looked like he was going for goal, but Andre Silva got the final touch to claim it.
- 90'+4'GOAL!!! Andre Silva makes it 4-1!! Pepe rises highest to meet the resulting corner and nods powerfully down towards the bottom-left corner, where the striker slides in to bundle it home! That should be the last action of the game.
- 90'+2'Jota tries to hit back immediately, but his long-range effort is blocked away.
- 90'+1'Rebic took up a dangerous position on the edge of the box and timed and weighted his pass perfectly for Petkovic to tuck home.
- 90'+1'GOAL!! Croatia get themselves on the scoresheet! Cancelo miscontrols an aerial ball and Petkovic picks up the pieces before playing a one-two with Rebic and getting into the box to slot past Lopes! It's 3-1 now!
- 88'Felix is also replaced, with Andre Silva taking his place up front for the final few minutes.
- 86'WIDE! Brozovic is given space to shoot from the edge of the area and he curls towards the bottom-left corner, but he sets it too far wide and it fizzes past the post!
- 84'Both sides appear to have accepted the result now. There's not a great deal of attacking intent from either.
- 82'Moutinho goes off now for Oliveira as Santos freshens things up in the closing stages of the contest.
- 80'Trincao is played in towards the byline on the right side of the box and he cuts back inside his marker before trying to curl across goal, but nobody is there to tap it in.
- 78'Silva now goes off for exciting young talent Trincao on the right wing as the game draws to its inevitable conclusion.
- 76'Croatia finally get themselves in possession and force Portugal back. They seem to be lacking belief and urgency, however, and can't find a way past the hosts' rearguard.
- 74'Kramaric goes off for Petkovic up front as Dalic looks to change things. It's a long way back for Croatia, though.
- 72'WIDE! Moutinho tries his luck from the edge of the box, but his firm strike flashes wide of the post!
- 71'Barisic is booked retrospectively for a foul he committed in the build-up to Portugal's third, but the referee played advantage at the time - to the hosts' benefit.
- 70'Silva cut in from the right, assessed his options and chose to play the ball to Felix in a more central position rather than taking the shot on himself. It proved to be the right call as Felix buried a low strike!
- 70'GOAL!!! FELIX MAKES IT THREE!!! Portugal break with devastating force and after Croatia fail to clear their lines, Silva works it to Felix on the edge of the box and the forward hits a fierce, low drive that squirms under Livakovic and hits the back of the net! After all his heroics, the goalkeeper will feel he could have done better there. It's 3-0 to Portugal now!
- 67'Fernandes tries a dummy in the Croatia half but it's picked off and the visitors break. Kramaric is played through down the left, but the flag goes up for offside! That looked a very tight call.
- 65'Barisic appears to be able to continue after being taken to the sidelines and now rejoins the fray.
- 63'Barisic is down after conceding a foul on Cancelo and the medical team are out to attend to him. There's a brief delay as he's treated.
- 61'Brekalo also makes way out wide, with Perisic - fresh off a treble-winning campaign with Bayern Munich - taking his place.
- 61'Dalic makes a double-change now as he looks to change his team's fortunes. The ineffectual Pasalic is replaced by Brozovic in midfield in the first alteration.
- 60'Jedvaj earns himself the first yellow card of the night for scything Jota down from behind. That's a frustrated challenge.
- 58'Guerreiro played an excellent ball over the top that took the Croatian defence out of the game and allowed Jota to get into a great position.
- 58'GOAL!!! JOTA DOUBLES PORTUGAL'S LEAD!!! He races into the box and latches onto Guerreiro's pass over the top before taking the ball down and tucking it into the far corner past Livakovic with aplomb! Portugal lead 2-0 now!
- 56'SAVE! Silva drives forward into the box before checking back inside his marker and laying it off to Fernandes on the edge of the area, but the midfielder's swept, side-footed effort is held well by Livakovic.
- 54'OVER! Fernandes decides to take the shot on from the free-kick despite the acute angle, but blasts his effort narrowly over the bar!
- 53'Lovren dives in and clumsily trips Jota right on the edge of the box. Guerreiro and Fernandes stand menacingly over the ball as they decide whether to cross or shoot.
- 51'BLOCK! Silva gets to the edge of the box and plays a clever reverse ball in behind for Felix. The forward flicks it up and volleys at goal, but Lovren is in the way and the shot ricochets away!
- 48'Portugal have the opportunity to break into acres of space, but the ball forward for Silva down the right is overhit and Livakovic gets there first to sweep up.
- 45'A small consolation for Dalic's side is that - despite being comprehensively outplayed for much of the half - Livakovic's heroics mean they only trail by one. A second-half turnaround is certainly not out of the question, but they'll have to play a lot better than they did in the first half. As for Portugal, the hosts will feel they should win the game comfortably if they continue to create chances at the rate they did in the first 45, and will be disappointed not to be out of sight already.
- 46'We're back underway for the second half!
- 45'There goes the half-time whistle! After an even opening 15 minutes, Portugal completely dominated and peppered the Croatia goal continuously. They struck the post three times and were denied on a multitude of other occasions by the superb Livakovic, but even he could do nothing about Cancelo's terrific opener. The right-back cut onto his left foot and struck a delightful effort into the top-left corner from the edge of the box that brushed the fingertips of the goalkeeper on the way in. It's 1-0 to Portugal at the break!
- 45'HALF-TIME: PORTUGAL 1-0 CROATIA
- 43'WIDE! Kramaric looks to restore parity as he surges into the left channel before checking back and curling towards the far corner, but he doesn't get enough bend on the strike and it flies past the post!
- 41'Fernandes claims an assist for the goal, but Cancelo had a great deal still to do when the midfielder found him.
- 41'GOAL!!! WHAT A GOAL!!! Portugal deservedly take the lead and it's Cancelo with a stunner! The right-back drifts inside to the edge of the box and hits a beautiful strike with his weaker left foot that flies into the top-left corner despite a slight touch from the desperately diving Livakovic! It's 1-0 to Portugal!
- 39'Portugal are very much the side in charge and continue pressing their advantage. They try to work their way into the box with short passes but it's a little too intricate and the final ball goes astray.
- 37'Kramaric ghosts past two or three players with some superb skill, but takes on one too many rather than cutting back and is eventually tackled by Pereira, having to settle for a corner.
- 35'Silva now cuts in and tries to lash one across goal, but he gets it all wrong and sends it well wide.
- 33'POST! Portugal are again inches away from taking the lead! Guerreiro sets himself and curls a sweetly-struck effort across goal that strikes the upright, ricochets onto the back of the diving Livakovic and then bounces just past the post!
- 31'Lopes claims a corner and punts it upfield for Silva to lead a break. He tries to volley a pass forward but rushes it and scuffs his contact with the ball, causing the attack to break down.
- 29'SIDE-NETTING! Jota scampers away down the right, bursting past Lovren and striking a low effort towards the near post, but it ruffles the side-netting!
- 25'SAVE! Tremendous double-save from Livakovic! Pepe heads goalward from a corner but sees the effort repelled. It bounces back out to him, though, and he tries to sweep it in from close range, but Livakovic saves with his feet again! Felix then tries to bundle home the loose ball, but it bounces wide! How are Portugal not ahead?!
- 23'POST! Felix hits a snap-shot on the edge of the box that takes a couple of deflections - leaving Livakovic flat-footed - and strikes the upright! It bounces back out to Guerreiro, who hits a sweet effort at goal, but Livakovic beats it away!
- 21'Fernandes gets into a shooting position on the edge of the area and goes for the spectacular, but he can't keep it down and he lashes the ball well over the top.
- 19'SAVE! Cancelo gets forward from right-back and breezes past his marker and into the box before shooting at goal from a sharp angle with the outside of his boot, but Livakovic dives to palm it away!
- 17'Silva dances into the box from the right but elects not to shoot, passing inside instead and Croatia smother the ball and get it away. What a waste of a promising position.
- 15'BLOCK! Fernandes is picked out with a wonderful ping forward from the back and he plucks it out of the air, swivels past his marker and lays it off to Felix, who thumps a low effort that Vida bravely blocks away!
- 13'Both sides look comfortable in possession, meaning neither team has been able to establish their authority over the game yet.
- 11'There's been a few efforts from the edge of the box, but neither side has managed to carve out a real opportunity just yet. The pace of the game is a little slow at the moment, and the game is yet to truly burst into life.
- 9'SAVE! Silva wriggles inside from the right and the ball finds its way to Fernandes outside the area. The midfielder elects to shoot first-time, but it's a little far out and neither the power nor the placement is enough to really trouble Livakovic.
- 7'Both sides are wrestling for control of this game at the moment. It's been a pretty even affair so far.
- 5'OVER! Felix receives the ball in the box and works it to Moutinho, who lays it back for the onrushing Pereira, but the defensive midfielder blasts the ball over the bar from the edge of the box!
- 3'WIDE! Vlasic turns and drives through the middle until he reaches the edge of the box before unleashing a low strike at goal. It's heading wide but Lopes dives to his right and palms it behind anyway, giving Croatia a corner.
- 1'We're underway in Porto!
- -Croatia's concerns, however, lie at the other end of the pitch. Despite reaching the World Cup final, they have kept just five clean sheets since the start of that tournament two years ago. They finished bottom of their Nations League group in the first edition of the competition and will hope to do better this time around.
- 1'Ronaldo scored 11 of his country’s 22 goals during Euro 2020 qualifying, netting in every match and helping himself to a hat trick both home and away against Lithuania. In his absence, Portugal must find an alternative source of goals.
- -Croatia head coach Zlakto Dalic makes the same number of changes as his opposite number from his side's 3-1 win over Solvakia last year, retaining only Livakovic, Jedvaj, Barisic, Rebic and Vlasic. Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic have been excused from international duty and are absent.
- -Fernando Santos makes six changes to the side that beat Luxembourg 2-0 in their last game in November last year. Only Dias, Guerreiro, Pereira, Fernandes and Silva keep their spots. Cristiano Ronaldo is among those who drop out and is absent due to an infected toe.
- -Croatia substitutes: Antonio-Mirko Colak, Ivo Grbic, Marcelo Brozovic, Milan Badelj, Duje Caleta-Car, Dario Melnjak, Ante Budimir, Mile Skoric, Ivan Perisic, Simon Sluga, Bruno Petkovic, Sime Vrsaljko.
- -Croatia XI (4-2-3-1): Dominik Livakovic; Tin Jedvaj, Dejan Lovren, Domagoj Vida, Borna Barisic; Mario Pasalic, Mateo Kovacic; Josip Brekalo, Nikola Vlasic, Ante Rebic; Andrej Kramaric.
- -Portugal substitutes: Sergio Oliveira, Mario Rui, Nelson Semedo, Trincao, Domingos Duarte, Jose Fonte, Rui Patricio, Andre Gomes, Andre Silva, Ruben Neves, Goncalo Guedes, Rui Silva.
- -Portugal XI (4-3-3): Anthony Lopes; Joao Cancelo, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Raphael Guerreiro; Joao Moutinho, Danilo Pereira, Bruno Fernandes; Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, Diogo Jota.
- -The inaugural Nations League holders take on the beaten finalists of the 2018 World Cup in what promises to be an exciting contest tonight.
- -Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Nations League clash between Portugal and Croatia at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto, Portugal.
- 90'+4'Goal0 - André SilvaGoal! Portugal 4, Croatia 1. André Silva (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pepe following a corner.
- 90'+1'
Goal0 - Bruno PetkovicGoal! Portugal 3, Croatia 1. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic with a through ball. - 88'Substitution - In0 - André SilvaSubstitution - Out0 - João FélixFelix is also replaced, with Andre Silva taking his place up front for the final few minutes.
- 82'Substitution - In0 - Sérgio OliveiraSubstitution - Out0 - João MoutinhoMoutinho goes off now for Oliveira as Santos freshens things up in the closing stages of the contest.
- 78'Substitution - In0 - TrincãoSubstitution - Out0 - Bernardo SilvaSilva now goes off for exciting young talent Trincao on the right wing as the game draws to its inevitable conclusion.
- 74'Substitution - In0 - Bruno PetkovicSubstitution - Out0 - Andrej KramaricKramaric goes off for Petkovic up front as Dalic looks to change things. It's a long way back for Croatia, though.
- 71'Yellow card0 - Borna BarisicBarisic is booked retrospectively for a foul he committed in the build-up to Portugal's third, but the referee played advantage at the time - to the hosts' benefit.
- 70'Goal0 - João FélixGoal! Portugal 3, Croatia 0. João Félix (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 61'Substitution - In0 - Ivan PerisicSubstitution - Out0 - Josip BrekaloBrekalo also makes way out wide, with Perisic - fresh off a treble-winning campaign with Bayern Munich - taking his place.
- 61'Substitution - In0 - Marcelo BrozovicSubstitution - Out0 - Mario PasalicDalic makes a double-change now as he looks to change his team's fortunes. The ineffectual Pasalic is replaced by Brozovic in midfield in the first alteration.
- 60'Yellow card0 - Tin JedvajJedvaj earns himself the first yellow card of the night for scything Jota down from behind. That's a frustrated challenge.
- 58'Goal0 - Diogo JotaGoal! Portugal 2, Croatia 0. Diogo Jota (Portugal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raphael Guerreiro.
- 41'Goal0 - João CanceloGoal! Portugal 1, Croatia 0. João Cancelo (Portugal) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
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