LENS, France -- Three thoughts on Portugal's 1-0 win against Croatia on the Euro 2016 Round of 16.
1. Portugal win it late
After one of the worst games in modern tournament history, one of the hitherto best teams at Euro 2016 -- Croatia -- go out and one of the best players -- Cristiano Ronaldo -- stays in.
After being so subdued for so much of the match, the Portuguese star was finally released on 117 minutes and it was his shot -- the first on target of the entire game by either side -- that was parried by goalkeeper Danijel Subasic to Ricardo Quaresma, who headed in the decisive goal for Portugal.