RemontadaIt's not over until the final whistle

Remontada Portugal vs Croatia in FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Fri 3/7·02:00
Portugal
2-1 FT
Croatia
  • Ronaldo68' (pen)
  • Ramos90+4'
  • Perisic53'
BMO Field (Toronto)43,036 spectatorsReferee: Espen Eskås
Remontada
Difficulty
59

Portugal trailed by one goal, then came back to win

  1. 53'Trailed by one goal
  2. 68'Equaliser
  3. 90+4'Winner

Why they came back

Took their chances

From minute 53: Portugal had 6 shots to 9 for Croatia, so the comeback came from finishing, not pressure.

Changes by coach Martínez

Ramos came on for Cancelo (63') and scored, Bernardo came on for Vitinha (62'), Semedo came on for Fernandes (63').

The last 15 minutes

One of Portugal's goals came after the 75th minute. It's not over until the final whistle.

Fan predictions

Before kick-off, 79% of fans backed Portugal to win, but they fell behind by one goal first.

The match in one curve

Ahead by one goalLevelBehind by one goal0153045607590HT53'68'90+4'Substitution 62'Substitution 63'Substitution 63'Substitution 63'Substitution 81'Lowest pointTurnaround
BehindLevelAheadPortugal goal Croatia goalSubstitution Red card

Who pressed more?

Each bar is 5 minutes. Above the line: Portugal chances, below: Croatia. Bar height shows how dangerous the shots were
PortugalCroatia04590

Match story

  1. 53'

    Perisic opened the scoring for Croatia, assisted by Stanišić, putting Croatia ahead 1-0.

  2. 68'

    Ronaldo equalised for Portugal from the penalty spot, to make it 1-1.

  3. 90+4'

    Ramos completed the turnaround for Portugal, assisted by Leao, putting Portugal ahead 2-1.

The match in numbers

PortugalCroatia
60%Possession40%
2.2Chance quality (xG)1.34
15Shots13
3On target6
3Big chances4
9Corners5
585Passes370

Top players

1
RamosPortugal · Centre Forward
7.7
2
MendesPortugal · Left Back
7.6
3
KovacicCroatia · Central Midfield
7.4
Rating out of 10 based on each player's performance

Fan predictions before kick-off

Portugal 79%Draw 7%Croatia 14%
from 312,843 votes

Line-ups

Croatia4-2-3-1
6.8 Costa 7.6 Mendes 7.1 Veiga 6.7 Dias 6.7 Cancelo 6.8 Vitinha 6.5 J. Neves 7.1 Leao 6.9 Fernandes 6.5 Neto 7.1 Ronaldo 6.3 Livakovic 7.2 Perisic 6.4 Pongracic 6.5 Šutalo 6.4 Stanišić 7.4 Kovacic 6.7 Modric 6.9 Baturina 6.9 Sučić 5.6 Vlašić 6.5 Budimir
Portugal4-2-3-1
Portugal coach: Martínez Croatia coach: Z. Dalic

Match events

PortugalCroatia
  1. DiasYellow card
    17'
  2. MatanovicSubstitution · for Budimir
    46'
  3. PerisicGoal · assist: Stanišić
    53'
  4. ModricYellow card
    59'
  5. BernardoSubstitution · for Vitinha
    62'
  6. RonaldoVAR
    62'
  7. SemedoSubstitution · for Fernandes
    63'
  8. RamosSubstitution · for Cancelo
    63'
  9. ConceiçãoSubstitution · for Neto
    63'
  10. PasalicSubstitution · for Baturina
    68'
  11. RonaldoPenalty goal
    68'
  12. R. NevesSubstitution · for Ronaldo
    81'
  13. GvardiolSubstitution · for Vlašić
    90+2'
  14. RamosGoal · assist: Leao
    90+4'
  15. KramaricSubstitution · for Kovacic
    90+6'
  16. PerisicYellow card
    90+8'
  17. GvardiolVAR
    90+13'