Portugal 2-1 Croatia player ratings: Diogo Costa and Goncalo Ramos shine as Martinez's gamble pays off

Portugal are done to the past 16 of the World Cup. In a sensational comeback, the Portuguese bushed Croatia 2-1 connected Thursday evening astatine the BMO Field successful Toronto, Canada.

Portugal volition look Spain connected Monday astatine 21:00 UK clip astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, successful the past 16 of the tournament. Luis de la Fuente's broadside eliminated Austria with a 3-0 victory earlier successful the day.

Here are the subordinate ratings from the Portugal vs. Croatia World Cup last-32 clash.

Portugal subordinate ratings

GOALKEEPER

Diogo Costa – 8/10

As Croatia grew into the lucifer aft the break, helium could bash small to forestall Ivan Perisic's goal, but helium was outstanding successful denying Kovacic's long-range effort, palming the shot onto the station and past tipping the rebound down for a corner. He besides made himself large successful the six-yard container to contradict Matanovic.

DEFENDERS

Joao Cancelo – 5.5/10

Ruben Dias – 6.5/10

Renato Veiga – 6.5/10

Heavily progressive successful set-piece situations, helium recovered himself unmarked to caput the shot connected much than 1 occasion. From a corner, helium won the punishment that sparked Portugal's comeback.

Nuno Mendes – 7/10

A important information of Portugal's play ran done the left-back. He drove done the middle, overlapped to the byline to present crosses, contributed defensively and fought for each ball.

MIDFIELDERS

Joao Neves – 5/10

Vitinha – 5/10

A agelong mode from his champion signifier astatine Paris Saint-Germain, helium struggled to thread the vertical passes that typically unlock the crippled for Portugal. He helped successful the attacking modulation but acold much is expected from a cardinal fig successful 2 consecutive Champions League triumphs. He was replaced connected the hr mark.

Bruno Fernandes – 4.5/10

Largely anonymous. As has been the lawsuit passim the World Cup, helium failed to beryllium the originative hub that established his estimation astatine Manchester United. He was withdrawn without leaving immoderate lasting impression.

FORWARDS

Pedro Neto – 6.5/10

One of Portugal's astir industrious performers earlier being replaced successful the 2nd half. Beyond the information helium posed cutting successful from the close to present crosses, helium showed tremendous stamina and antiaircraft committedness to way backmost during Croatia's uncommon bursts of pace.

Rafael Leao – 7.5/10

Apart from a long-range effort that struck the crossbar, helium did comparatively small individually from the near wing. He moved good but failed to make abstraction and had constricted occurrence successful one-on-one situations. However, heavy into stoppage time, helium delivered the transverse that recovered Goncalo Ramos's caput and sealed Portugal's transition to the past 16.

Cristiano Ronaldo – 6.5/10

The shot was dilatory to scope him, though successful fairness helium worked hard to suffer his markers and connection a passing option. He did find the nett erstwhile done connected extremity against Livakovic, but the emblem was raised for offside astatine the commencement of the move. When the decisive punishment came, helium stepped up and struck it down the mediate to support Portugal live and people his first-ever knockout-stage extremity astatine a World Cup.

SUBSTITUTES

Bernardo Silva – 4.5/10

Barely touched the shot aft coming disconnected the bench. Completely invisible during the 30 minutes helium spent connected the pitch.

Nelson Semedo – 5.5/10

Francisco Conceicao – 5/10

Goncalo Ramos – 7.5/10

Made the quality with his lone wide opportunity. He battled the centre-backs for abstraction successful the aerial and headed the transverse with precision to find the nett and nonstop Portugal through.

Ruben Neves – N/A

Croatia subordinate ratings

GOALKEEPER

Dominik Livakovic – 6/10

DEFENDERS

Josip Stanisic – 7.5/10

Down the close flank, helium managed to disrupt the advances of Leao and Nuno Mendes connected the Portuguese left, establishing himself arsenic a antiaircraft pillar. In a uncommon foray into the last third, helium delivered an close transverse to acceptable up Perisic, who was unmarked successful the box.

Josip Sutalo – 6/10

Marin Pongracic – 6/10

Ivan Perisic – 7.5/10

Despite being deployed successful an unfamiliar relation astatine left-back and not ever managing to incorporate Neto, helium was important erstwhile helium appeared successful the last third. When the shot recovered him wrong the box, helium made nary mistake and scored Croatia's goal.

MIDFIELDERS

Luka Modric – 6.5/10

If determination was 1 prime helium showed successful abundance, it was effort. He ran tirelessly, contributed defensively and relieved the unit successful midfield with his exceptional vision, though helium besides misplaced immoderate passes and was dispossessed much often than usual, a effect of his advancing years.

Mateo Kovacic – 7.5/10

The motor of the Croatian side. He shielded the antiaircraft enactment and was the team's outlet successful attack, investigating the goalkeeper with efforts of his ain and playing teammates into unsafe positions. He delivered a superb assistance for Sucic's goal, which was ruled retired for a choky offside.

Petar Sucic – 7/10

Created clear-cut goalscoring opportunities for Croatia and adjacent recovered the nett himself, lone for the extremity to beryllium chalked disconnected for offside.

FORWARDS

Nikola Vlasic – 3/10

Offered thing from the close broadside of attack. He contributed successful antiaircraft transitions retired of possession but conceded a needless punishment by grabbing Renato Veiga disconnected the shot during a corner, a determination that altered the people of the match.

Martin Baturina – 4.5/10

Operating connected the left, helium failed to find a teammate with immoderate of his crosses, gave the shot distant excessively often and did not supply the antiaircraft solidity expected of him successful out-of-possession phases.

Ante Budimir – 4.5/10

Isolated passim the archetypal half. On the uncommon occasions the shot reached him, helium was incapable to clasp possession agelong capable for his teammates to propulsion forward. He was replaced astatine the interval.

SUBSTITUTES

Igor Matanovic – 6.5/10

Far much progressive arsenic the cardinal striker, helium produced respective efforts that were denied by Diogo Costa. With a hardly perceptible interaction of the head, helium was the subordinate whose question triggered the offside that ruled retired Gvardiol's extremity heavy successful added time.

Mario Pasalic – 5/10

Josko Gvardiol – 5/10

With constricted minutes connected the pitch, helium appeared to person scored the extremity that would person sent the lucifer to other time, but the offside successful the build-up rendered it void.

Andrej Kramaric – N/A