Match Summary · Netherlands · World Cup · Football · International · World Cup · Portugal · Croatia
The event record makes the result clear. The game score is listed as 0:0 followed by 2:1, while the match status is Ended. Those figures make the score the central highlight and provide the essential stats for the fixture: two Portugal goals, one Croatia goal and a one-goal winning margin.
The Portugal team is on the winning side of the match page, while Croatia is recorded on the other side of this result. The final number leaves no ambiguity in the summary: Portugal won 2-1 in the World Cup, and Croatia lost by a single goal.
For a concise post-match account, the numbers do the work. Portugal's two-goal total is the highest on the board, Croatia's one-goal total is lower, and the final score remains the headline statistic. The result can therefore be read in one line: Portugal won 2-1.