LENS, France (AFP) — Ricardo Quaresma headed Portugal into the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 three minutes before the end of extra time to break Croatian hearts with the only goal in Lens.

Cristiano Ronaldo was denied matching Michel Platini’s record of nine goals in European championship finals by a fine save from Danijel Subasic, but the ball fell kindly to Quaresma to head into an empty net.

He sprinted to the corner flag where he was mobbed by his teammates.

Portugal will face Poland in the quarter-finals in Marseille on Thursday after the Poles beat Switzerland 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw earlier on yesterday.

Ronaldo had been kept extremely quiet for the vast majority of the game, as the dull encounter became the first match in European championship history where neither team managed a shot on target during the regulation 90 minutes.

Portugal were the only side to progress to the last 16 despite not winning any of their three group games and Coach Fernando Santos took an extremely cautious approach.

Ronaldo did not even touch the ball in the Croatia box during the first-half, but Portugal were doing enough to limit a Croatia side that had thrilled in beating defending champions Spain 2-1 in midweek to precious few chances.

Star midfielder Luka Modric returned from injury for a match-up with his Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo, but both he and Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic struggled to sparkle as they had earlier in the tournament.