Gonçalo Ramos' 94th-minute goal gives Portugal a 2-1 win over Croatia after Croatia's late tying goal is ruled out

With Cristiano Ronaldo off the field, Gonçalo Ramos sent Portugal to the World Cup Round of 16.

Ramos’ 94th-minute header off a cross from Rafael Leáo gave Portugal a 2-1 win over Croatia on Thursday night. Portugal will play Spain for a spot in the quarterfinals on Monday after Spain beat Austria.

Croatia found the back of the net with the tying goal from Josko Gvardiol in the 103rd minute. However, Mario Pasalic was offside when the ball barely grazed off the head of Igor Matanovic. Pasalic then played the ball to Gvardiol after it hardly touched Matanovic before going off the head of Portugal’s Renato Veiga.

The final seconds of the game were then briefly unable to be played after objects were thrown onto the field from fans in the stands.

Ramos entered the game as one of four subs introduced by coach Roberto Martinez an hour into the game. After sitting in a low block for much of the first half, Croatia took the game to Portugal to start the second half, and that resulted in a goal by Ivan Perisic to take the lead.

Ronaldo tied the game in the 68th minute after Renato Veiga won a penalty when he was tackled by Marin Pongračić in the penalty box off a corner. The foul wasn’t called on the field, but after a video review determined it was a penalty, there was no doubt as to who would take the penalty kick.

The goal was Ronaldo’s first in the knockout rounds in his sixth World Cup appearance.

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