The match between Portugal and Croatia, played at the Toronto Stadium in the Round of 32 in the FIFA World Cup 2026, had a very exciting ending. The Portuguese team has managed to secure its place in the Round of 16 by winning this match 2-1. In this match, the magic of the legendary football player Ronaldo was also seen, who scored a goal at a crucial time after receiving a penalty. Whereas the Spain team registered a one-sided 3-0 victory in the match against Austria in the Round of 32, in which now the match between Portugal and Spain in the Round of 16 will be played on 7th July.
Portugal confirmed its victory in the match at the last moment
The Round of 32 match against Croatia was not at all easy for the Portuguese team, in which both the teams could not manage to score a single goal in the first half. After this, with the start of the second half, Croatia’s Perisic scored a goal in the 53rd minute of the game to put his team ahead 1-0 in the match. After this goal, Portugal also made a strong comeback and Ronaldo scored a penalty in the 64th minute to level Portugal at 1-1. After this, Ronaldo was substituted in the 81st minute of the game and Ruben Neves came on the field in his place. After the completion of 90 minutes of play, the real thrill was seen in the 10 minutes of injury time which lasted for 18 minutes. In the 90+4th minute of injury time, Ramos scored a header from Rafael Liao’s cross to put Portugal ahead 2-1.
Croatia also scored a goal but was declared offside
After Portugal went 2-1 ahead, there was a lot of aggressive play from Croatia’s side in which they started celebrating by scoring a goal in the 90+15th minute, but the real drama started from here. Portugal appealed for offside, which was investigated by the referee and VAR found that when the Croatia player gave the pass, their second player was offside and hence their goal was cancelled. The game continued for three minutes and then as soon as the referee’s whistle blew, Portugal managed to win 2-1.
Spain recorded an easy 3-0 win
In the Round of 32, the Spanish team faced Austria, which they won by a margin of 3-0 and secured a ticket to the next round. Oyarzabal performed wonders for Spain in this match in which he scored goals in the 36th and 89th minutes of the game. Apart from this, Pedro Porro managed to score one goal in the 66th minute of the game. Now in the Round of 16, Spain will face Portugal on 7th July at 12:30 Indian time.
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