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

Croatia beat Slovakia with late Marcelo Brozovic strike

Croatia stayed on course to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after an 86th-minute goal from Marcelo Brozovic gave them a vital 1-0 win at Slovakia.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 4': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Antonio-Mirko Colak.
• 5': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
• 5': Róbert Mak (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 5': Attempt blocked. Mislav Orsic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
• 6': Foul by Antonio-Mirko Colak (Croatia).
• 6': Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 11': Mislav Orsic (Croatia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Antonio-Mirko Colak.
• 11': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mislav Orsic.
• 14': Foul by Peter Pekarík (Slovakia).
• 14': Mislav Orsic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 15': Attempt saved. Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
• 18': Hand ball by Borna Sosa (Croatia).
• 19': Attempt blocked. Antonio-Mirko Colak (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mislav Orsic.
• 19': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Milan Skriniar.
• 21': Foul by Dávid Hancko (Slovakia).
• 21': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 22': Attempt missed. Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
• 24': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
• 24': Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 26': Attempt saved. Róbert Mak (Slovakia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
• 27': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Ivica Ivusic.
• 27': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
• 27': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 28': Foul by Antonio-Mirko Colak (Croatia).
• 28': Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 30': Attempt blocked. Lubomír Satka (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juraj Kucka with a headed pass.
• 30': Attempt blocked. Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lubomír Satka.
• 30': Attempt blocked. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
• 30': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.
• 30': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Róbert Mak with a cross following a corner.
• 33': Attempt blocked. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Ivanusec.
• 33': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Milan Skriniar.
• 34': Attempt saved. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
• 35': Dejan Lovren (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 35': Foul by Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
• 38': Foul by Peter Pekarík (Slovakia).
• 38': Mislav Orsic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 38': Peter Pekarík (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 41': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
• 41': Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 41': Attempt missed. Marek Hamsik (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Schranz with a headed pass.
• 42': Attempt blocked. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Róbert Mak.
• 42': Attempt blocked. Dávid Hancko (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 43': Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
• 45': First Half ends, Slovakia 0, Croatia 0.
• 45': Second Half begins Slovakia 0, Croatia 0.
• 46': Domagoj Vida (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 46': Foul by Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
• 50': Foul by Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia).
• 50': Josip Juranovic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 51': Attempt missed. Domagoj Vida (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mislav Orsic with a cross.
• 52': Domagoj Vida (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 52': Foul by Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
• 55': Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Antonio-Mirko Colak.
• 55': Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Luka Ivanusec.
• 55': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
• 55': Foul by Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
• 55': Josip Juranovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 58': Domagoj Vida (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 58': Foul by Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
• 59': Attempt blocked. Róbert Mak (Slovakia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Pekarík.
• 61': Attempt blocked. Marko Livaja (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
• 61': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Milan Skriniar.
• 62': Attempt missed. Dejan Lovren (Croatia) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Mislav Orsic with a cross following a corner.
• 62': Substitution, Slovakia. Róbert Bozeník replaces Ivan Schranz.
• 62': Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Mislav Orsic.
• 63': Substitution, Slovakia. Ondrej Duda replaces Marek Hamsik.
• 63': Foul by Domagoj Vida (Croatia).
• 63': Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 64': Domagoj Vida (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 64': Foul by Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia).
• 65': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Croatia).
• 65': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 69': Foul by Marko Livaja (Croatia).
• 69': Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 72': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
• 72': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 73': Attempt missed. Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Róbert Mak.
• 73': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Josip Juranovic.
• 76': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ondrej Duda.
• 78': Domagoj Vida (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 78': Foul by Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia).
• 79': Substitution, Slovakia. Erik Jirka replaces Róbert Mak.
• 80': Substitution, Slovakia. Martin Koscelnik replaces Vladimír Weiss.
• 81': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Croatia).
• 81': Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 83': Attempt saved. Erik Jirka (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juraj Kucka.
• 84': Foul by Marko Livaja (Croatia).
• 84': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 84': Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
• 85': Offside, Slovakia. Marek Rodák tries a through ball, but Róbert Bozeník is caught offside.
• 85': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
• 85': Marko Livaja (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 86': Goal! Slovakia 0, Croatia 1. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
• 88': Attempt saved. Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ondrej Duda.
• 88': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Ivica Ivusic.
• 89': Substitution, Slovakia. David Strelec replaces Peter Pekarík.
• 89': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
• 89': Attempt saved. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Koscelnik.
• 89': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Ivica Ivusic.
• 90'+3': Offside, Slovakia. Róbert Bozeník tries a through ball, but Milan Skriniar is caught offside.
• 90'+3': Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card.
• 90'+3': Ivica Ivusic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
• 90'+4': Foul by Lovro Majer (Croatia).
• 90'+4': Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 90'+5': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Juraj Kucka with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
• 90'+5': Second Half ends, Slovakia 0, Croatia 1.
• 0': Match ends, Slovakia 0, Croatia 1.