International Friendly

FT Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Croatia DWWLL 2
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Switzerland WWWLD 1
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SUI101
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Match Report

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Croatia fight back to beat Switzerland 2-1

Goals from midfielders Josip Brekalo and Mario Pasalic gave Croatia a 2-1 win at Switzerland.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
1
53.9
Possession
46.1
8
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
546
Accurate Passes
463
621
Passes
542
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
7
0.1
Cross %
0.6
67
Long Balls
66
39
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
9
6
Effective Clearances
17
6
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SUI leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

SUI · 3-5-2

  1. 21Jonas OmlinG
  2. 22Fabian SchärCD
  3. 5Becir OmeragicCD-L
  4. 6Eray CömertCD-R
  5. 20Edimilson FernandesCM-L
  6. 10Granit XhakaCM-R
  7. 15Djibril SowAM
  8. 13Ricardo RodríguezLM
  9. 17Jordan LotombaRM
  10. 18Admir MehmediCF-L
  11. 19Mario GavranovicCF-R

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 21Domagoj VidaCD-R
  4. 22Dario MelnjakLB
  5. 2Filip UremovicRB
  6. 15Mario PasalicAM
  7. 19Milan BadeljLM
  8. 8Mateo KovacicRM
  9. 20Bruno PetkovicF
  10. 3Domagoj BradaricAM-L
  11. 7Josip BrekaloAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Switzerland 1, Croatia 0. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross.
  3. 39' Jordan Lotomba (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Switzerland 1, Croatia 1. Josip Brekalo (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Domagoj Bradaric.
  5. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Remo Freuler replaces Granit Xhaka.
  6. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Steven Zuber replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
  7. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Ruben Vargas replaces Admir Mehmedi.
  8. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Milan Badelj.
  9. 57' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Rog replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  10. 57' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Bruno Petkovic.
  11. 62' Substitution, Switzerland. Cedric Itten replaces Edimilson Fernandes.
  12. 62' Substitution, Croatia. Tin Jedvaj replaces Filip Uremovic.
  13. 64' Substitution, Switzerland. Simon Sohm replaces Djibril Sow.
  14. 67' Goal! Switzerland 1, Croatia 2. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ante Budimir with a cross.
  15. 75' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Mario Pasalic.
  16. 75' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Josip Brekalo.
  17. 76' Substitution, Switzerland. Loris Benito replaces Fabian Schär.
  18. 90'+1' Tin Jedvaj (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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