Croatia’s Domagoj Vida and Marcelo Brozovic went close with headers, and Ivan Perisic’s effort hit the bar.
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Portugal’s experienced winger Nani says team unity is a key asset for the national team ahead of Thursday’s Euro 2016 quarter-final against Poland.
“Croatia is the team that played the best football in the group stages”, Portugal coach Fernando Santos said”.
“We dominated, had the ball, created chances and they scored and won from some lucky counter-attack”.
“For us, or any team that was going to be playing in the round of 16 here, to be allocated less than 5,000 tickets is, I think, pretty unfair, honestly”.
“We know that Poland is a strong side, with experienced players, and we will have to be at our best to go through”.
“There were games we played well and we did not win, there was a couple of games that we didn’t play so well and we managed to win”.
Ivan Rakitic and Luka Modric were furious and emotional after their Croatia side was eliminated from Euro 2016 by Portugal on Saturday. Portugal tried to take over but Croatia didn’t let us. Despite this, I commend them for their win. During the regular time, both sides made 15 attempts altogether, which all missed target.
And clamber back they did, because ever since then, Fonte has been at the heart of the Saints’ remarkable rise, with the south coast club overcoming the repeated loss of high-profile players and managers to record progressively higher finishes in the English football ladder, reaching sixth place in 2015/16.
“The most important thing like I said before is to advance in the competition and we are happy with that”.
Croatia were on top for most of the first half but Portugal had the first chance when Pepe headed Raphael Guerreiro’s free kick over the bar after Ronaldo was tripped by Perisic.
GOAL! Ricardo Quaresma scores for Portugal in the 117th minute.
-This game saw the longest wait for a shot in a game at Euro 2016 (24 minutes 40 seconds), beating the previous longest time of 12:13 in Belgium’s game with Ireland. That was tonight, because it is impossible that the better team has to go home. The game is scheduled for a 3:00 p.m. EST start time and will be played at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, France.
“I would like to have Cristiano Ronaldo in the Poland team, even if not in his best form, but Portugal is not just Ronaldo”.
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After Crowe added his congratulations, European Union president Donald Tusk, who is Polish, shared his nation’s joy, tweeting: “I have waited for this for so many years!” We had a great chance for the tournament.
