UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, March 28, 2015
Norway LWWLW 1
–
Croatia WWWLD 5
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NOR011
CRO145
Stadion Maksimir · 22,000 att.

Match Report

Croatia put five past Norway

Croatia claimed a comfortable 5-1 victory over Norway in an entertaining Euro 2016 qualifier at the Stadion Maksimir on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
8
50
Possession
50
9
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
8
0.7
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
1
5
Crosses
2
0.2
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
3

Head to Head

CRO leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

CRO

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 11Darijo SrnaD
  3. 5Vedran CorlukaD
  4. 21Domagoj VidaD
  5. 3Danijel PranjicD
  6. 4Ivan PerisicM
  7. 14Marcelo BrozovicM
  8. 10Luka ModricM
  9. 7Ivan RakitićM
  10. 18Ivica OlicF
  11. 17Mario MandzukicF

NOR

  1. 12Ørjan NylandG
  2. 2Tom HogliD
  3. 21Vegard ForrenD
  4. 6Håvard NordtveitD
  5. 17Martin LinnesD
  6. 15Per Ciljan SkjelbredM
  7. 8Stefan JohansenM
  8. 5Alexander TetteyM
  9. 20Mats DaehliM
  10. 10Omar ElabdellaouiM
  11. 11Martin ØdegaardF
  12. 10Tarik ElyounossiF

Timeline

  1. 19' Norway makes a sub: Jone Samuelsen enters for Per Ciljan Skjelbred. Reason: Injury
  2. 30' Goal!! Marcelo Brozovic hits an impressive right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 1 - 0
  3. 32' Martin Linnes is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  4. 36' Havard Nordtveit is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 36' Omar Elabdellaoui is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  6. 54' Goal!! Ivan Perisic hits a very good left footed shot to the lower left corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 2 - 0
  7. 61' Norway makes a sub: Havard Nielsen enters for Mats Daehli. Reason: Tactical
  8. 66' Goal!! Ivica Olic hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 3 - 0
  9. 69' Vedran Corluka is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 70' Tarik Elyounossi places the penalty kick with his right foot and hits the right post. What a missed chance!
  11. 70' Croatia makes a sub: Andrej Kramaric enters for Ivica Olic. Reason: Tactical
  12. 74' Vedran Corluka has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  13. 75' Croatia makes a sub: Gordon Schildenfeld enters for Ivan Rakitic. Reason: Tactical
  14. 80' Norway makes a sub: Mohammed Abdellaoue enters for Tarik Elyounossi. Reason: Tactical
  15. 81' Goal!! Alexander Tettey hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right channel (aprox. 25 yards) and scores!! Norway now trails 1 - 3
  16. 82' Jone Samuelsen is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  17. 87' Goal!! Gordon Schildenfeld hits an impressive header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 4 - 1
  18. 88' Croatia makes a sub: Milan Badelj enters for Mario Mandzukic. Reason: Tactical
  19. 90' End of the game
  20. 90'+4' Goal!! Danijel Pranjic hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 5 - 1

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