Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal advance to the round of 16 with a lot of controversy
El Comandante scored his first goal in direct elimination in the World Cup and paved the way for Portugal to come back from a 1-0 deficit against Croatia
A titan had to fall this Thursday in what will probably be his last World Cup, and it was not Cristiano Ronaldo, but Luka Modric.
Portugal and CR7 achieved a dramatic comeback that ended with a lot of controversy, because the last play of the match could have been Croatia's tie, but the whistler determined a practically imperceptible offside in the television shot, since the supposed head touch by Igor Matanovic that enabled Mario Pasalic in the play that ended in the goal that did not count is not clearly visible.
In this way, the 2-1 with which Portugal advanced prevailed, which overturned the 0-1 that Ivan Perisic put from the 53rd minute, but in the 68th minute Cristiano appeared from the 11th step, who scored the tie minutes after having a goal disallowed for offside.
But it was not until 90 4' when Goncalo Ramos made it 1-2 with a header that sealed the victory for the Portuguese, although not without experiencing 9 more minutes of suffering, since at 90 12' the goal was controversially disallowed.