Portugal vs Croatia 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

Portugal

7': Diogo Dalot
34': Cristiano Ronaldo

FT
2 - 1

Croatia

41': Diogo Dalot (OG)

Ronaldo's historic goal helps Portugal beat Croatia

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Cristiano Ronaldo's 900th career goal helped Portugal to a 2-1 win over Croatia in their first Nations League game on Thursday as Diogo Dalot opened the scoring for the hosts and netted an own goal.

Match Commentary

7': Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 0. Diogo Dalot (Portugal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a through ball.
34': Goal! Portugal 2, Croatia 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Nuno Mendes with a cross.
41': Own Goal by Diogo Dalot, Portugal. Portugal 2, Croatia 1.
45'+2': First Half ends, Portugal 2, Croatia 1.
45': Substitution, Croatia. Duje Caleta-Car replaces Marin Pongracic.
45': Substitution, Portugal. João Neves replaces Rafael Leão.
45': Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces Pedro Neto.
45': Second Half begins Portugal 2, Croatia 1.
61': Substitution, Croatia. Igor Matanovic replaces Martin Baturina.
67': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Mario Pasalic.
72': Luka Modric (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
76': Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Kristijan Jakic.
77': Substitution, Croatia. Petar Sucic replaces Luka Modric.
77': Substitution, Portugal. António Silva replaces Gonçalo Inácio.
88': Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces Cristiano Ronaldo.
90': Substitution, Portugal. Pote replaces Vitinha because of an injury.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Portugal 2, Croatia 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 57,675

UEFA Nations League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+8	Portugal	6	14	0
0	Croatia	6	8	2
-1	Scotland	6	7	3
-7	Poland	6	4	4

Full Table

Statistics

CRO		POR
6	Fouls	5
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
7	Corner Kicks	6
4	Saves	4
50.1	Possession	49.9
13	SHOTS	15
4	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
538	Accurate Passes	540
576	Passes	580
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
8	Accurate Crosses	2
20	Crosses	13
0.4	Cross %	0.2
35	Long Balls	46
26	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.7	Long Balls %	0.7
2	Blocked Shots	6
11	Effective Tackles	6
15	Tackles	12
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
5	Interceptions	5
14	Effective Clearances	13
14	Clearances	13

Line-Ups

Portugal (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Diogo Costa (GK)
14	Gonçalo Inacio
3	Rúben Dias
19	Nuno Mendes
5	Diogo Dalot
23	Vitinha
8	Bruno Fernandes
10	Bernardo Silva
7	Cristiano Ronaldo
17	Rafael Leão
20	Pedro Neto

Substitutes:

João Neves, Pedro Gonçalves, Rui Silva, António Silva, João Félix, João Palhinha, Rúben Neves, José Sá, Renato Veiga, Francisco Trincão, Nélson Semedo, Diogo Jota.

Croatia (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Livakovic (GK)
3	Marin Pongracic
4	Josko Gvardiol
6	Josip Sutalo
16	Martin Baturina
10	Luka Modric
8	Mateo Kovacic
19	Borna Sosa
2	Kristijan Jakic
9	Andrej Kramaric
15	Mario Pasalic

Substitutes:

Bruno Petkovic, Luka Ivanusec, Duje Caleta-Car, Petar Sucic, Nikola Moro, Nediljko Labrovic, Igor Matanovic, Ante Budimir, Dominik Kotarski, Marko Pjaca, Ivan Perisic, Luka Sucic.

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