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Euro 2016 last 16: Portugal beat Croatia 1-0 after extra time

Portugal's forward Nani (L) vies with Croatia's defender Darijo Srna during the Euro 2016 round of sixteen football match Croatia vs Portugal, on June 25, 2016 at the Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens. / AFP PHOTO

Ricardo Quaresma's headed extra-time goal earned Portugal a 1-0 win over Croatia and a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 on Saturday.

In a match which only caught fire in the closing minutes, Croatia's Ivan Perisic hit a post with a header. Seconds later Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was saved but pushed into Quaresma's path by Croatian keeper Danijel Subasic in the 117th minute.

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