EUROS: Portugal score in extra time as Poland win on penalties, Wales beat N. Ireland to advance to Quarter finals

Portugal scored deep into extra time to advance to a quarterfinal against Poland, while Wales also moved on with a win at Euro 2016 on Saturday.Ricardo Quaresma scored in the 117th minute asPortugal defeatedCroatia1-0.The game was a cagey affair in which neither team put a shot on target in regulation time, and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo did not line up a single attempt until setting up the game-winning goal.Moments after Croatia hit the post atthe other end of the pitch, Portugal struck on the counter-attack, and keeper Danijel Subasic could only parry Ronaldo's shot into Quaresma's path.The ball bounced up nicely for Quaresma, who could not miss with a header on the goal line, and Portugal took the lead against the run of play.
Xherdan Shaqiri's wonder goal for switzerland was not enough to defeat Poland, who won 5-4 on penalties via a Grzegorz Krychowiak winner.
Gareth Bale's Wales made the last eight of as an own goal fromNorthern Ireland's Gareth McAuley settled a tense1-0 gamein Paris.

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