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Comments and predictions for Portugal vs Croatia: Ronaldo crushes the visitors

Hung Cuong DNUM_AFZAJZCACE 06:03

The match between Portugal and Croatia in the Nations League takes place at 1:45 a.m. on September 6. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.

Latest Portugal vs Croatia squad information

Roberto Martinez has refreshed his Portugal squad with first call-ups of youngsters Geovany Quenda, Renato Veiga and Tiago Santos, while leaving out Joao Cancelo, Danilo Pereira and Francisco Conceicao.

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Quenda, 17, has made just four appearances for the club, while Chelsea newcomer Veiga and Lille full-back Santos are also included. Pedro Goncalves, Francisco Trincao and goalkeeper Rui Silva are all recalled. Cristiano Ronaldo will continue to start.

Croatia, meanwhile, are without Pepe and a number of key players, including Domagoj Vida and Marcelo Brozovic, who retired from international duty after 99 caps. Ivan Perisic remains clubless after leaving Hajduk Split. Lovro Majer, Josip Stanisic and Martin Erlic are all ruled out through injury, and Duje Caleta-Car is also a doubt. Zlatko Dalic could adapt his defence with Marin Pongracic, Kristijan Jakic or Marko Pjaca at right-back.

Latest expected lineup Portugal vs Croatia

Portugal:

Costa; Dalot, Dias, A. Silva, Mendes; Palhinha, Vitinha; B. Silva, Fernandes, Leao; Ronaldo

Croatia:

Livakovic; Pongracic, Sutalo, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, L. Sucic, Kovacic; Pasalic, Kramaric, Ivanusec

Latest football commentary Portugal vs Croatia

After failing to qualify for Euro 2024 and being eliminated in the quarter-finals, Portugal continued to face disappointment after also stopping in the last eight at Qatar 2022. This summer's defeat to France in a penalty shootout ended the Selecao's journey, a summer also associated with Pepe's farewell and Cristiano Ronaldo's tears.

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Pepe has decided to retire, while Ronaldo remains keen to continue playing for his country and has been called up by coach Roberto Martinez for this month's Nations League games. Portugal are aiming to win the tournament they won in 2019, having missed out on reaching the final last year.

Martinez faces huge pressure to compete for the title with the talent he has at his disposal. He needs to maximise the points from his two home games, starting with Scotland on Sunday. While finishing second in Group 1 would be enough to qualify for the quarter-finals, that would be enough for Croatia to progress if they finish in the top two.

Croatia, after recent Euro and World Cup failures, continue to fight for qualification for the 2026 World Cup and the Nations League title. With their squad marred by departures and injuries, Croatia could struggle at the Estadio da Luz. Portugal have home advantage and will need to make the most of their attacking options to overcome the challenge.

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Portugal vs Croatia score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Portugal vs Croatiaas follows:

  • Sportsmole:Portugal 2-1 Croatia
  • WhoScore:Portugal 1-0 Croatia
  • Our newspaper predicts:Portugal 2-1 Croatia

When and where to watch Portugal vs Croatia live?

To watch live the Portugal vs Croatia match in the Nations League taking place at 1:45 a.m. on September 6, viewers can watch on TV360here, Mytv systemhereor on online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.

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