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FT Saturday, June 8, 2024
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Portugal WWWLW 1
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Estádio do Jamor · 37,500 att.

Match Report

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Modric helps Croatia beat Ronaldo-less Portugal in friendly

Goals in each half by Luka Modric and Ante Budimir got Croatia a historic first win over Portugal in eight matches when they beat the hosts 2-1 in an international friendly on Saturday, as Cristiano Ronaldo remained on the bench.

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Head to Head

POR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 22Diogo CostaG
  2. 14Gonçalo InácioCD-L
  3. 4Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 19Nuno MendesLB
  5. 5Diogo DalotRB
  6. 6João PalhinhaCM
  7. 23VitinhaLM
  8. 8Bruno FernandesRM
  9. 9Gonçalo RamosF
  10. 11João FélixLF
  11. 10Bernardo SilvaRF

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 3Marin PongracicCD-L
  3. 6Josip SutaloCD-R
  4. 4Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 2Josip StanisicRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 16Ante BudimirF
  10. 9Andrej KramaricLF
  11. 7Lovro MajerRF

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Portugal 0, Croatia 1. Luka Modric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 39' Ante Budimir (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Portugal. João Cancelo replaces Nuno Mendes.
  4. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Diogo Jota replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  5. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Rafael Leão replaces João Félix.
  6. 45' Substitution, Portugal. Nélson Semedo replaces Diogo Dalot.
  7. 48' Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 1. Diogo Jota (Portugal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
  8. 54' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  9. 54' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Lovro Majer.
  10. 54' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Luka Modric.
  11. 56' Goal! Portugal 1, Croatia 2. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  12. 59' Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 67' Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Ante Budimir.
  14. 70' Substitution, Portugal. Pedro Neto replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  15. 75' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  16. 75' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  17. 77' João Cancelo (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 84' Substitution, Portugal. Matheus Nunes replaces Vitinha.
  19. 90'+1' Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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