Croatia vs Portugal live: Euro 2016 latest as super-sub Ricardo Queresma ends deadlock with extra-time goal

Follow the latest from the Stade Bollaert-Delelis as Croatia take on Portugal

Saturday 25 June 2016 18:48 BST

Cristiano Ronaldo has yet to add his tally against Croatia (Getty) (Getty)

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Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the European Championship second round tie between Croatia and Portugal at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.

Cristiano Ronaldo just about managed to inspire his side against Hungary but a 3-3 draw left them in third place. Croatia, meanwhile, won Group D ahead Spain after beating Vicente del Bosque’s men courtesy of Ivan Perisic’s late winner.

Poland and Wales have already booked their places in the last eight today.

Portugal beat Croatia 1-0 after extra-time goal from Ricardo Quaresma
Croatia crash out despite being dark horses to win
Switzerland 1 Poland 1 - after extra time
Poland win 5-4 on penalties, despite Shaqiri screamer
Wales 1 Northern Ireland 0
McAuley's own goal gifts Wales quarter-final spot

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Gareth Bale is 27 years old and must be near the peak of his considerable football powers. He won his second Champions League less than one month ago. Today he will play the biggest match of his life, a European Championship last-16 against Northern Ireland. Win that, and they are in the quarter-finals, matching Wales’ best ever performance in a football tournament.

It would be utterly normal for Bale to approach this game locked in the moment, thinking only of how he and his team-mates are planning to unpick the packed ranks of Northern Irishmen at the Parc des Princes. But to speak to Bale at Wales’ Breton base on Thursday afternoon was to hear a footballer who is very conscious of perspective, and of the context and meaning of this match.

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