International Friendly

FT Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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Match Report

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Araujo stretchered off as Croatia beat Mexico with Rakitic penalty

Croatia rode a lone second-half penalty to a 1-0 win against Mexico in the second of two friendlies for both teams during the international break.

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Head to Head

MEX leads series 2-1

Lineups

MEX · 3-4-3-d

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 4Hugo AyalaCD
  3. 15Héctor MorenoCD-L
  4. 2Néstor AraujoDM
  5. 24Jorge HernándezSW
  6. 25Rodolfo PizarroAM
  7. 18Andrés GuardadoLM
  8. 20Omar GoveaRM
  9. 14Javier HernándezF
  10. 8Hirving LozanoLF
  11. 11Carlos VelaRF

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Lovre KalinicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 5Vedran CorlukaCD-R
  4. 22Josip PivaricLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 8Mateo KovacicAM
  7. 19Milan BadeljLM
  8. 7Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 18Ante RebicAM-L
  11. 20Marko PjacaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Substitution, Mexico. Diego Reyes replaces Néstor Araújo because of an injury.
  2. 35' Substitution, Croatia. Tin Jedvaj replaces Sime Vrsaljko.
  3. 45'+2' Substitution, Croatia. Filip Bradaric replaces Milan Badelj because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Carlos Salcedo replaces Diego Reyes.
  5. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Miguel Layún replaces Rodolfo Pizarro.
  6. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Jesús Molina replaces Omar Govea.
  7. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Rog replaces Marko Pjaca.
  8. 61' Substitution, Mexico. Raúl Jiménez replaces Andrés Guardado.
  9. 62' Goal! Mexico 0, Croatia 1. Ivan Rakitic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  10. 68' Substitution, Mexico. Edson Álvarez replaces Carlos Salcedo.
  11. 71' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Ante Rebic.
  12. 74' Substitution, Croatia. Zoran Nizic replaces Vedran Corluka.
  13. 76' Substitution, Croatia. Duje Cop replaces Ivan Rakitic.

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