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07/02 20:14 CDT Ramos, Ronaldo score as Portugal comes back to beat Croatia 2-1
Ramos, Ronaldo score as Portugal comes back to beat Croatia 2-1
LEXIE LINDERMAN
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- 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
Modric's fifth bid for a World Cup.
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.
Portugal moves on to face Spain on Monday in the round of 16.
Modric led Croatia to second- and third-place finishes in 2018 and 2022 but
could not come back.
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Lexie Linderman is a student in John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at
Penn State.
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