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Portugal Play Croatia to Draw in Friendly Without Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal and Croatia played out a 1-1 draw in their international friendly at the Estadio Algarve on Thursday.

Ivan Perisic fired home the opening goal for the visitors on 18 minutes. After a scramble in the box, the ball fell nicely to the Inter Milan man to rifle home a low shot.

Portugal hit back through defender Pepe on his 100th international appearance. Pizzi sent in a cross from the right, and the centre-back rose highest to head home.

The hosts had the better of the second half, despite being without Cristiano Ronaldo, but they were wasteful in front of goal and could not find a winner.