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00:00And that's the ode to PSG's Mendes, a hum of anticipation, and the great Ronaldo gets
00:21on the ball.
00:22Rafael crosses it into the penalty area, and Portugal win it on the edge of the box, and
00:28it's a terrific effort, and it's superbly saved by Ljivakovic.
00:45Bruno Fernandes again finds himself a little pocket of space, and it goes forward, and
00:49a chance, and a goal.
00:52Diogo Dalot, what a start from Portugal to this Nations League campaign.
01:02Fluid attacking play that had Croatia bamboozled, and it's the nominal right-back Dalot popping
01:09up in the centre-forward position, and finishing like a deadly striker.
01:20Now into the penalty area, Ronaldo takes it on, and it's denied by Ljivakovic, and
01:26the stadium held its breath there.
01:34The outswing is straight into the penalty area, and it comes out to Kramaric, and it
01:40forces a good save from Costa.
01:55Here's Nuno Mendes, and he whips that one in, looking for Ronaldo!
02:01Goal number 900, for club and country, comes on Portuguese soil, and the tears flow.
02:16Well the Lisbon crowd have been desperate for that moment, everything that he's done
02:21they've cheered.
02:30Modric fires it forward, looking for Kramaric, Baturina's there, Kramaric goes it alone,
02:38and it's turned into his own net, and they're back in this game.
02:43It's Dalot, who scored at one end, has put that into his own net as well.
02:48Diogo Dalot at both ends, and before half-time we've had three goals, Croatia are back in
02:55it.
02:56They were caught napping there, Croatia, and Pedro Neto drives on, can he go it alone?
03:08How far can Pedro Neto go, so unlucky!
03:13Well he won the ball, nothing else was there for him really, he was too fast for everybody
03:18else.
03:21Dalot, Samedo, and Ronaldo, he's got a little bit of room here, he ran away from him, trying
03:32to set up the shot for Bruno, and there's no foul here, Cristiano Ronaldo has it, and
03:39then the shot by Lionel Mendes is saved two-handed by Ljivakovic.
04:00It is all over, Portugal begin their Nations League campaign with a victory, and with a
04:07historic goal by Cristiano Ronaldo that settled it, Diogo Dalot scored the opener, Ronaldo
04:15got career goal number 900, remarkable, remarkable achievement, it's 131st for his country.