After 117 minutes without a shot on target from either team, Quaresma’s header sees Portugal sneak into Euro 2016 last eight at Croatia’s expense
Ronaldo’s deflected strike nodded in as penalties loomed in one of football’s all-time most boring games
Ricardo Quaresma headed Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal into the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 three minutes before the end of extra-time to break Croatian hearts with the only goal in Lens.
Ronaldo was denied matching Michel Platini’s record of nine goals in European championship finals by a fine save from Danijel Subasic, but the ball fell kindly to Quaresma to head into an empty net.
He sprinted to the corner flag where he was mobbed by his teammates.
Portugal will face Poland in the quarter-finals in Marseille on Thursday after the Poles beat Switzerland 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw earlier on Saturday.
Ronaldo had been kept extremely quiet for the vast majority of the game as the dull encounter became the first match in European championship history where neither team managed a shot on target during the regulation 90 minutes.