Portugal defeats Croatia and takes a decisive step towards Euro’2025 – Sub21

The result, in itself, says a lot about what the game was like. The Seleção thrashed (5-1) against Croatia and took a decisive step towards the under-21 Euro’2025, in probably the best-achieved game for Rui Jorge’s team in this qualifying phase. Unlike what happened against the Faroe Islands, in which they only managed to seal the victory (4-0) in the final stretch of the match, Rui Jorge’s men started with a more authoritarian stance against the Croatians and managed to dispel any doubts in the first 45 minutes. minutes.

To give you an idea, the Seleção reached the break leading 4-1. Goals from Fábio Silva, Paulo Bernardo and Pedro Santos (2) colored an almost perfect performance, despite Ljubicic reducing the penalty from the penalty spot. Furthermore, the Croatians never had the art or ingenuity to relaunch the encounter. In the second half, it must be said, Rui Jorge’s men limited themselves to managing, but they still scored again: Fábio Silva was fouled in the opponent’s area and converted the penalty, thus completing the rout. Portugal now has 18 points, four more than Greece, who have one more game. The Croatian team completes the Group G podium with 13 points, although they have one less game than the group on the corners.