BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo IN As Portugal Vs Croatia Confirmed Full Line Ups Revealed
Portugal and Croatia have confirmed their starting teams for their last-32 tie at the World Cup 2026 in Toronto on Friday.
The Selecao finished second in Group K, drawing 1-1 with DR Congo and 0-0 with Colombia either side of a 5-0 win over Uzbekistan featuring two Cristiano Ronaldo goals.
Finalists eight years ago, Croatia lost 4-2 to England before beating Panama 1-0 and Ghana 2-1 to advance as runners-up in Group L.
Zlatko Dalic’s side had lost all five competitive meetings between the nations before Josko Gvardiol’s goal earned Vatreni a 1-1 draw in Split in the Nations League in November 2024.
World Cup 2026: Portugal confirmed team vs Croatia
Portugal starting XI: Costa, Dias, Veiga, Cancelo, Mendes, Fernandes, Neves, Vitinha, Ronaldo, Leao, Neto
Portugal substitutes: Sa, Silva, Semedo. Araujo, Dalot, Inacio, Costa, Nunes, Silva, Neves, Ramos, Felix, Trincao, Guedes, Conceicao
World Cup 2026: Croatia full line up vs Portugal
Croatia starting XI: Livakovic, Stanisic, Pongracic, Sutalo, Kovacic, Modric, Vlasic, Baturina, Sucic, Budimir, Perisic
Croatia substitutes: Pandur, Kotarski, Gvardiol, Caleta-Car, Jakic, Vuskovic, Erlic. Moro, Pasalic, Fruk, Sucic, Kramaric, Matanovic, Pasalic, Musa
