Portugal, Spain set for Round of 16 clash after contrasting victories
In another nerve-shredding World Cup classic, Goncalo Ramos headed Portugal into the guide in the fourth minute of stoppage time before Croatia saw a
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Portugal, Spain set for Round of 16 clash after contrasting victories
In another nerve-shredding World Cup classic, Goncalo Ramos headed Portugal into the guide in the fourth minute of stoppage time before Croatia saw a last-gasp equaliser agonisingly ruled out for offside in Toronto.
Portugal's 41-year-former superstar captain Cristiano Ronaldo had helped haul his squad back into the contest, burying a 68th-minute penalty to abort out Croatia's 53rd-minute opener from Ivan Perisic. Ronaldo became the oldest scorer in a World Cup knockout fit.
Ronaldo later joined frenzied celebrations after Ramos glanced home a sensational header deep into wound time to provide Portugal the guide.
Still Ronaldo and his Portugal squad-mates were left stunned when Josko Gvardiol prodded home an apparent equaliser in stoppage time.
After the ultimate whistle, an emotional Ronaldo held up and pulled on a Portugal shirt bearing the number 21, a tribute to late squad-mate Diogo Jota, the Liverpool star who tragically died in a car crash almost a year to the day from Thursday's prevail, on July 3 last year.
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