From 125th in 1994 to heading near the top, Croatia's climb in football shows their immense skill and strategic prowess. They now enter a post-Modric era.

An offside call in stoppage time — with the incriminating touch by Igor Matanović confirmed by the ball's sensor — led to a 2-1 win for Portugal.

Croatia thought they had equalised late on in their Round of 32 tie against Portugal to take the game to extra time. However, VAR controversially disallowed the goal to send the Croatians home. We review that match and all the others on last night in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Portugal completed the comeback and defeated Croatia to advance to the Round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup.

Ivan Perišić became only the second player in the history of the World Cup to assist goals in four editions (since records began in 1966). The PSV winger provided the assist for ex-Union Berlin stri...