They dominated the first two games they played and played in one of the most exciting games in the other.They've not won in 90 minutes and are in the quarters.
They deserve to be out
I wanna buy Pjaca
Croatia absolutely bottled that. Why aren't teams going for the win? Too much 'trying not to lose' in the tournament.
First I've seen of him in that little cameo, and although you have to caveat it that he was up against a tired defence I was impressed with his ability to run with the ball at pace and his balance whilst doing so. You don't see players with that ability that much these days. I'll be interested to see how he does in the coming years.
First I've seen of him in that little cameo, and although you have to caveat it that he was up against a tired defence I was impressed with his ability to run with the ball at pace and his balance whilst doing so. You don't see players with that ability that much these days. I'll be interested to see how he does in the coming years.
Once again the officiating was a disgrace Portugal should have had 3 players sent off for stamping. Croatia got kicked out
Croatia must be kicking themselves. Easy side of the draw, no decent teams to face until Belgium in the semis and they go and get knocked out by an average Portugal team.
I think Wales will have something to say about that. Any team that contains Gareth Bale should be considered at the very least to be "decent".
For what it's worth I think Wales will beat Belgium if the Belgians can get past Hungary. Never underestimate a team that plays as a team.
Once again the officiating was a disgrace Portugal should have had 3 players sent off for stamping. Croatia got kicked out
Agree, said the same during the match, it started with Ronaldo getting off scot free for a studs up stamp on Syrna and just carried on letting persistent fouls and 3 or 4 other stamps slide.
It was a tough tight game but if the ref had got a grip and punished the persistent fouling at least Portugal wouldn't have been able to keep stopping the flow quite so easily and it may just made for a better game. An example of why refereeing leniency doesn't actually help a game to flow.