International Friendly

FT Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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Croatia WDWWD 2
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Match Report

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Kramaric inspires Croatia to comeback win over Bulgaria

Croatia fought back from a goal down to beat Bulgaria 2-1 in a friendly at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
8
Saves
2
36.9
Possession
63.1
12
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
234
Accurate Passes
457
306
Passes
527
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
56
23
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
8
19
Effective Clearances
14
19
Clearances
14

Head to Head

CRO leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CRO · 3-1-4-2

  1. 23Ivica IvusicG
  2. 2Mile SkoricCD
  3. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  4. 21Domagoj VidaCD-R
  5. 7Nikola MoroSW
  6. 15Mario PasalicCM-L
  7. 11Lovro MajerCM-R
  8. 3Borna BarisicLM
  9. 18Mislav OrsicRM
  10. 13Nikola VlasicCF-L
  11. 14Marko LivajaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Andrej Kramaric
  2. 10Luka Modric
  3. 22Josip Juranovic
  4. 17Ante Budimir
  5. 8Mateo Kovacic
  6. 4Ivan Perisic
  7. 20Josko Gvardiol
  8. 1Dominik Livakovic
  9. 12Ivo Grbic
  10. 6Marin Pongracic
  11. 19Borna Sosa
  12. 16Kristijan Jakic

BUL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Svetoslav VutsovG
  2. 3Andrea HristovCD-L
  3. 6Petko HristovCD-R
  4. 12Edisson JordanovLB
  5. 2Ivan TuritsovRB
  6. 18Ivaylo ChochevCM
  7. 8Todor NedelevLM
  8. 16Kristiyan MalinovRM
  9. 20Martin MinchevF
  10. 21Radoslav KirilovLF
  11. 11Kiril DespodovRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Nikolay MihaylovSUB
  2. 9Spas DelevSUB
  3. 17Georgi YomovSUB
  4. 7Georgi KostadinovSUB
  5. 15Vasil BozhikovSUB
  6. 10Borislav TsonevSUB
  7. 22Ilian IlievSUB
  8. 4Miki OrachevSUB
  9. 19Atanas IlievSUB
  10. 5Kristian DimitrovSUB
  11. 23Ivan DyulgerovSUB
  12. 14Dominik IankovSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Substitution, Croatia. Marin Pongracic replaces Mile Skoric because of an injury.
  2. 33' Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Atanas Iliev replaces Martin Minchev.
  4. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Mateo Kovacic replaces Nikola Moro.
  5. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Domagoj Vida.
  6. 60' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Kostadinov replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  7. 60' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Yomov replaces Radoslav Kirilov.
  8. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  9. 60' Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Marko Livaja.
  10. 63' Second yellow card to Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) for a bad foul.
  11. 64' Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 68' Substitution, Bulgaria. Miki Orachev replaces Ivan Turitsov because of an injury.
  13. 69' Goal! Croatia 0, Bulgaria 1. Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Atanas Iliev with a through ball following a fast break.
  14. 70' Second yellow card to Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) for excessive celebration.
  15. 72' Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Lovro Majer.
  16. 76' Goal! Croatia 1, Bulgaria 1. Luka Modric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  17. 77' Borna Barisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 80' Goal! Croatia 2, Bulgaria 1. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mislav Orsic.
  19. 84' Substitution, Bulgaria. Dominik Yankov replaces Kristiyan Malinov.
  20. 84' Substitution, Bulgaria. Borislav Tsonev replaces Todor Nedelev.
  21. 85' Andrea Hristov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 88' Marin Pongracic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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