Portugal and Croatia delivered an all-time World Cup finish Thursday in their last-32 encounter in Toronto, with the Selecao surviving for a 2-1 victory that involved a stoppage-time winner and a VAR check to rule out a would-be Croatian equalizer in the 103rd minute of action.
The breathless match, billed as a “Last Dance” for one of Cristiano Ronaldo or Luka Modric, lived up to the hype, with Ronaldo scoring his first career World Cup knockout goal to help fuel a second-half Portugal comeback.