Inter’s Ivan Perisic Breaks Croatia’s Portuguese Curse

During last night’s friendly match against Portugal, Inter’s Croatian international winger Ivan Perisic scored the first goal of the night in a match that ended 1-1 after Pepe scored the equalizer for the home side.

Perisic goal was important for Croatia as it was the first time in five matches that the Croatians were able to score a goal against the reigning European Champions. Perisic was brought off in the 63rd minute and was replaced by Davor Cop.

There’s a first time for everything!

Ivan Perišić scores first #Croatia goal against @selecaoportugal in five matches.

EURO 1996 0:3
2005 friendly 0:2
2013 friendly 0:1
EURO 2016 0:1 AET#BeProud #Croatia #Family #PORCRO #Vatreni pic.twitter.com/6C6mwboFrk

— HNS | CFF (@HNS_CFF) 6 september 2018