{"id":215715,"date":"2026-07-02T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/will-cristiano-ronaldo-play-today-portugal-stars-status-vs-croatia-fox-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:42:53","slug":"will-cristiano-ronaldo-play-today-portugal-stars-status-vs-croatia-fox-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/will-cristiano-ronaldo-play-today-portugal-stars-status-vs-croatia-fox-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Cristiano Ronaldo Play Today? Portugal Star\u2019s Status vs. Croatia &#8211; FOX Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>             POPULAR SEARCHES           <br \/>             BROWSE BY           <br \/>Cristiano Ronaldo has his sights set on his first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Cup<\/a> trophy. After a second-place finish in Group K, Portugal advanced to the round of 32.\u00a0<br \/>Portugal will face Croatia on Thursday at Toronto Stadium, competing for a round of 16 spot. But will Ronaldo play against Croatia?\u00a0<br \/>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Ronaldo\u2019s status ahead of their knockout game:<br \/>As Portugal\u2019s captain and veteran striker, Portugal fans can expect Ronaldo to start and play the majority of Thursday\u2019s game.\u00a0<br \/>Ronaldo started all three group stage matches and is an anchor in the Portuguese attack. Through three games, Ronaldo has scored two goals and played all 270 minutes.\u00a0<br \/>Ronaldo is competing in his sixth World Cup, which ties Argentina\u2019s Lionel Messi for most World Cups played in. Additionally, he&#8217;s the only player to score in all six tournaments he\u2019s competed in. In Ronaldo&#8217;s 25 World Cup matches, he&#8217;s scored 10 goals and two assists.\u00a0<br \/>Yes, Ronaldo has scored two goals, which both came against Uzbekistan in their 5-0 win. The 41-year-old currently has +6000 odds to win the tournament&#8217;s Golden Boot award.\u00a0<br \/><strong>How To Watch Portugal vs. Croatia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPWXVGMUI5VkJkNzdKRjZjYTkwME9IcFBmU3ZDUDhkTG8yeHotb0xyRHdsQlppRHYtdFJYTDNpYzdhV0k2amlNMGY1WmVHaHBOTkVYSERYOEZHd0R3TEdVcS14cXVIUmZZcTRCYnNWN1ByVXZhYVFINGNlNGZWNEstTW9lMVB6SWR5elcyWVloVWNVTjhBNnh4SjI4NXUyNE9jcThxQ3hXQVJBT1XSAasBQVVfeXFMTWdaLWxoVlBoR3JEZ2pDSXZvSXpWeHNqN1o2S0Z5QVFmZ2c1UG1ZLWh1ZGZSa1hpTWt0N08ycTI3Y1RzamVYR3JmeUxqekZPZnktUm0tamJUR1F4LXlTOFo5WWZkd1hkSnBvMlA1UDNaamc5QXdpS3RScVFPWkJwdEhWOHNiX2FQcFBOeDRWSDNqbktlOHVjSWx6N3lYZERTeG5UcVE3UWdtbFBF?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Cristiano Ronaldo has his sights set on his first-ever World Cup trophy. After a second-place finish in Group K, Portugal advanced to the round of 32.\u00a0Portugal will face Croatia on Thursday at Toronto Stadium, competing for a round of 16 spot. But will Ronaldo play against Croatia?\u00a0Here\u2019s everything you need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}