Bottles and cans thrown by furious Croatia fans as the equaliser was negated due to off side.
Croatia played its best; took the first lead and then conceded two goals. One - penalty by the legendary Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo speaks, showing off Jota’s number 21. (And they won 2-1.) "I was amazed because the situation of the day, it means a lot to us, not only because we won the game but because of the way we did it."
On Modric:
He said:
"I played with Luka so many years. He’s still a legend of football. I just said to him so many times, congratulations for everything, I wish you all the best for the next few years of your career."
Portugal wins 2-1 and will now meet Spain on Monday at the Round of 16.
Portugal eliminate Croatia at World Cup after dramatic late VAR call
Ronaldo initially tied things up in the 68th minute on a penalty kick to equalize and give the megastar his first knockout stage goal at the World Cup, but it was Ramos who gave Portugal the victory.
The game ended in controversy as Croatia thought it had tied things up 2-2 in the very last moments, but Mario Pasalic was called offside as VAR ruled no goal.
Croatia fans threw bottles on the field and whistled in protest.
Croatia opened the scoring in the 53rd minute when Ivan Perisic scored in the 53rd minute off a cross from Josip Sanisic.
Modrić led Croatia to second- and third-place finishes in 2018 and 2022 but could not come back.
CRISTIANO RONALDO’S high-risk substitution was slammed by super-fan Piers Morgan before it even happened.
The 41-year-old Portugal legend was average for most of the match, where his side let underdogs Croatia take the lead.
Random comments in media and social media ::
First of all: what a game!
Feel privileged to have seen it live!
Hard to escape the feeling that Croatia were really hard done by, especially at the end.
If I were the referee (and I have no refereeing experience whatsoever), I think the ethical decision would have been to let the goal stand and let the teams play extra time.
That is a hugely consequential decision especially so late in the game and with such small margins, I think it is only fair to let the teams decide it the honourable way, by playing to get a proper goal.
I think technicalities can get in the way of fairness.
Anyway, Spain may crush Portugal anyway so maybe Croatia will get some poetic justice. But Ronaldo deserves a World Cup win too.
No comments:
Post a Comment