UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Croatia vs Armenia, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

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  • 43': Ante Budimir
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Croatia seal qualification for Euro 2024 with Armenia win

Ante Budimir's second international goal was enough for Croatia to book their place at the Euro 2024 finals in Germany following a 1-0 victory over Armenia in Zagreb on Tuesday, enough for a top two finish in qualification Group D.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': André Calisir (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
  • 5': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 8': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Georgi Harutyunyan.
  • 12': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nair Tiknizyan.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Lovro Majer (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  • 12': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 13': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 14': Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia).
  • 18': Attempt saved. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric with a cross.
  • 18': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 19': Offside, Croatia. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Josip Sutalo is caught offside.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Borna Sosa with a cross.
  • 23': Borna Sosa (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia).
  • 26': Offside, Croatia. Borna Sosa tries a through ball, but Ante Budimir is caught offside.
  • 28': Foul by Lucas Zelarayán (Armenia).
  • 28': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Grant-Leon Ranos (Armenia).
  • 28': Josip Sutalo (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Hovhannes Harutyunyan.
  • 30': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
  • 31': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Eduard Spertsyan (Armenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hovhannes Harutyunyan.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
  • 36': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by André Calisir.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a cross.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Lucas Zelarayán (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Grant-Leon Ranos.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
  • 40': Hand ball by Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia).
  • 41': Attempt missed. Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Josip Stanisic with a cross.
  • 43': Goal! Croatia 1, Armenia 0. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Borna Sosa with a cross.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Croatia 1, Armenia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Croatia 1, Armenia 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Armenia. Vahan Bichakhchyan replaces Lucas Zelarayán.
  • 45': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Luka Ivanusec.
  • 46': André Calisir (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
  • 46': Attempt blocked. Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 46': Corner, Armenia. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
  • 47': Foul by André Calisir (Armenia).
  • 47': Lovro Majer (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Foul by Lovro Majer (Croatia).
  • 50': Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Substitution, Croatia. Josip Juranovic replaces Josip Stanisic.
  • 50': Foul by Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia).
  • 50': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
  • 52': Ognjen Cancarevic (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 58': Edgar Sevikyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Spertsyan.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Ante Budimir (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Lovro Majer (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
  • 68': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Edgar Sevikyan.
  • 69': Substitution, Croatia. Marco Pasalic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  • 70': Substitution, Armenia. Artak Dashyan replaces Hovhannes Harutyunyan.
  • 70': Substitution, Armenia. Artur Serobyan replaces Edgar Sevikyan.
  • 73': Substitution, Armenia. Artur Miranyan replaces Grant-Leon Ranos.
  • 74': Foul by Nair Tiknizyan (Armenia).
  • 74': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Ognjen Cancarevic.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 76': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Ognjen Cancarevic.
  • 78': Artur Serobyan (Armenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
  • 79': Offside, Croatia. Josip Juranovic tries a through ball, but Marco Pasalic is caught offside.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Artak Dashyan (Armenia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Artur Serobyan.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
  • 84': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Lovro Majer.
  • 84': Substitution, Croatia. Martin Baturina replaces Ante Budimir.
  • 85': Hand ball by Styopa Mkrtchyan (Armenia).
  • 86': Substitution, Armenia. Erik Piloyan replaces Kamo Hovhannisyan.
  • 87': Foul by Erik Piloyan (Armenia).
  • 87': Josip Sutalo (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87': Erik Piloyan (Armenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Artak Dashyan.
  • 89': Attempt missed. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Martin Baturina.
  • 89': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Georgi Harutyunyan.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Luka Sucic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Pasalic.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Croatia 1, Armenia 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Croatia 1, Armenia 0.

Statistics

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10 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 11
11 Saves 2
32.8 Possession 67.2
6 SHOTS 21
2 ON GOAL 11
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
271 Accurate Passes 639
358 Passes 714
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 7
4 Crosses 38
0.0 Cross % 0.2
51 Long Balls 41
18 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
4 Blocked Shots 3
6 Effective Tackles 14
7 Tackles 20
0.9 Tackle % 0.7
11 Interceptions 14
37 Effective Clearances 5
37 Clearances 5

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Maksimir
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 20,398

EURO Qualifying Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Turkey 8 +7 17
2 Croatia 8 +9 16
3 Wales 8 0 12
4 Armenia 8 -2 8
Full Table

Line-Ups

CRO Croatia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
4 Josko Gvardiol
6 Josip Sutalo
19 Borna Sosa
2 Josip Stanisic
9 Andrej Kramaric
11 Marcelo Brozovic
10 Luka Modric
17 Ante Budimir
18 Luka Ivanusec
7 Lovro Majer

ARM Armenia (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Ognjen Cancarevic (GK)
22 Georgii Harutyunyan
5 Styopa Mkrtchyan
2 André Calisir
21 Nayair Tiknizyan
13 Kamo Hovhannisyan
8 Eduard Spertsyan
18 Hovhannes Harutyunyan
10 Lucas Zelarayán
7 Edgar Sevikyan
17 Grant-Leon Ranos

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