Cyprus vs Croatia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

Croatia stay on course with 3-0 win at Cyprus

Croatia stayed on course to qualify automatically for the 2022 World Cup after beating Cyprus in World Cup qualifying.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 1': Attempt blocked. Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 1': Offside, Croatia. Borna Sosa tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
• 4': Attempt blocked. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
• 10': Offside, Croatia. Josip Stanisic tries a through ball, but Andrej Kramaric is caught offside.
• 11': Attempt blocked. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 13': Attempt missed. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
• 13': Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 13': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
• 14': Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Borna Sosa.
• 14': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Stelios Andreou.
• 14': Attempt saved. Borna Sosa (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
• 15': Attempt missed. Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
• 16': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
• 16': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 17': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Paris Psaltis.
• 18': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Neofytos Michael.
• 20': Attempt missed. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
• 21': Attempt saved. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Borna Sosa.
• 21': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Neofytos Michael.
• 21': Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Modric following a corner.
• 22': Offside, Cyprus. Neofytos Michael tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
• 23': Offside, Croatia. Borna Sosa tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
• 25': VAR Decision: No Goal Cyprus 0-0 Croatia.
• 28': Offside, Cyprus. Pieros Sotiriou tries a through ball, but Fotios Papoulis is caught offside.
• 29': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic with a cross.
• 31': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
• 33': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
• 33': Paris Psaltis (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 33': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 33': Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 34': Attempt missed. Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
• 35': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
• 35': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia).
• 35': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 36': Foul by Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia).
• 36': Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 37': Foul by Stelios Andreou (Cyprus).
• 37': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 38': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Borna Sosa.
• 40': Offside, Cyprus. Grigoris Kastanos tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
• 41': Attempt missed. Borna Sosa (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Josip Stanisic with a cross.
• 43': Foul by Pieros Sotiriou (Cyprus).
• 43': Josip Stanisic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 43': Foul by Andreas Avraam (Cyprus).
• 43': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 44': Foul by Andreas Avraam (Cyprus).
• 44': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 44': Andreas Avraam (Cyprus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 45'+1': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Borna Sosa.
• 45'+2': Goal! Cyprus 0, Croatia 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
• 45'+3': First Half ends, Cyprus 0, Croatia 1.
• 45': Second Half begins Cyprus 0, Croatia 1.
• 45': Substitution, Cyprus. Marinos Tzionis replaces Ioannis Pittas.
• 48': Foul by Borna Sosa (Croatia).
• 48': Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 49': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Konstantinos Sotiriou.
• 51': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
• 51': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 52': Penalty Croatia. Andrej Kramaric draws a foul in the penalty area.
• 52': Penalty conceded by Konstantinos Sotiriou (Cyprus) after a foul in the penalty area.
• 54': Penalty saved! Luka Modric (Croatia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
• 54': Foul by Kostakis Artymatas (Cyprus).
• 54': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 58': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Modric.
• 59': Attempt missed. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
• 60': Offside, Cyprus. Andreas Avraam tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
• 60': Substitution, Cyprus. Marios Antoniadis replaces Andreas Avraam.
• 61': Fotios Papoulis (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 61': Foul by Josip Stanisic (Croatia).
• 61': Josip Stanisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 63': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
• 68': Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Andrej Kramaric.
• 68': Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Nikola Vlasic.
• 69': Substitution, Cyprus. Loizos Loizou replaces Fotios Papoulis.
• 69': Substitution, Cyprus. Charalambos Kyriakou replaces Kostakis Artymatas.
• 71': Offside, Croatia. Borna Sosa tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
• 73': Offside, Cyprus. Grigoris Kastanos tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
• 74': Attempt blocked. Marko Livaja (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
• 74': Attempt blocked. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
• 74': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 74': Attempt saved. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
• 74': Attempt saved. Borna Sosa (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
• 75': Offside, Cyprus. Neofytos Michael tries a through ball, but Pieros Sotiriou is caught offside.
• 76': Attempt blocked. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Borna Sosa with a cross.
• 76': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nicholas Ioannou.
• 76': Attempt saved. Josip Brekalo (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
• 77': Foul by Nicholas Ioannou (Cyprus).
• 77': Marko Livaja (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 77': Attempt missed. Luka Modric (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
• 79': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Konstantinos Sotiriou.
• 80': Goal! Cyprus 0, Croatia 2. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
• 81': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
• 81': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 82': Corner, Cyprus. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
• 83': Charalambos Kyriakou (Cyprus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 83': Foul by Marko Livaja (Croatia).
• 84': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Luka Modric.
• 84': Substitution, Croatia. Kristijan Jakic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
• 84': Attempt blocked. Marinos Tzionis (Cyprus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 84': Attempt saved. Stelios Andreou (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Loizos Loizou.
• 85': Foul by Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus).
• 85': Josip Brekalo (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 86': Substitution, Cyprus. Andronikos Kakoullis replaces Pieros Sotiriou.
• 87': Attempt missed. Andronikos Kakoullis (Cyprus) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marios Antoniadis.
• 90'+2': Goal! Cyprus 0, Croatia 3. Marko Livaja (Croatia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josip Brekalo.
• 90'+3': Attempt missed. Grigoris Kastanos (Cyprus) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right.
• 90'+4': Second Half ends, Cyprus 0, Croatia 3.
• 0': Match ends, Cyprus 0, Croatia 3.