UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, October 10, 2015
Bulgaria DLWLL 0
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Croatia WWDDL 3
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CRO213
Stadion Maksimir · ESPN3

Match Report

Croatia keep pace to qualify for Euro 2016 with win over Bulgaria

Ivan Perisic, Ivan Rakitic and Nikola Kalinic provided the goals as Croatia beat Bulgaria 3-0 to remain in the hunt for automatic qualification.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
2
37
Possession
63
5
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
3
3
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.6
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
4
Clearances
0

Head to Head

CRO leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRO

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 22Josip PivaricD
  3. 21Domagoj VidaD
  4. 5Vedran CorlukaD
  5. 11Darijo SrnaD
  6. 8Marko PajacM
  7. 20Mateo KovacicM
  8. 10Luka ModricM
  9. 4Ivan PerisicM
  10. 7Ivan RakitićM
  11. 16Nikola KalinicF

Substitutes

  1. 1Ivan VargicG
  2. 12Lovre KalinicG
  3. 2Sime VrsaljkoD
  4. 3Danijel PranjicD
  5. 6Duje Caleta-CarD
  6. 13Marko LeskovicD
  7. 14Marcelo BrozovicM
  8. 19Milan BadeljM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 15Duje CopF
  11. 17Mario MandzukicF

BUL

  1. 1B MitrevG
  2. 20Zhivko MilanovD
  3. 3Aleksandar AleksandrovD
  4. 4Georgi TerzievD
  5. 2Strahil PopovD
  6. 22Todor NedelevM
  7. 16Simeon SlavchevM
  8. 23Hristo ZlatinskiM
  9. 19Aleksandar TonevM
  10. 10Ivelin PopovF
  11. 8Dimitar RangelovF

Substitutes

  1. 12Plamen IlievG
  2. 13Blagoy MakendzhievG
  3. 5Ivo IvanovD
  4. 6Asen GeorgievD
  5. 15Ivan IvanovD
  6. 21Anton NedyalkovD
  7. 7Mihail IvanovM
  8. 9Anton KarachanakovM
  9. 14Georgi KostadinovM
  10. 17Georgi MilanovM
  11. 11Ventsislav HristovF

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal!! Ivan Perisic hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 1 - 0
  2. 42' Goal!! Ivan Rakitic hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 2 - 0
  3. 46' Bulgaria makes a sub: Ivo Ivanov enters for Georgi Terziev. Reason: Tactical
  4. 46' Croatia makes a sub: Milan Badelj enters for Luka Modric. Reason: Tactical
  5. 46' Bulgaria makes a sub: Georgi Milanov enters for Todor Nedelev. Reason: Tactical
  6. 59' Croatia makes a sub: Duje Cop enters for Marko Pjaca. Reason: Tactical
  7. 71' Bulgaria makes a sub: Mihail Aleksandrov Ivanov enters for Ivelin Popov. Reason: Tactical
  8. 81' Goal!! Nikola Kalinic hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Croatia now leads 3 - 0
  9. 85' Croatia makes a sub: Andrej Kramaric enters for Nikola Kalinic. Reason: Tactical
  10. 87' Ivan Perisic is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  11. 89' Duje Cop has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: serious foul play

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