Tunisia vs Croatia, 2024 International Friendly

· Croatia win 5-4 on penalties

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Croatia win 5-4 on penalties

Croatia beat Tunisia on penalties after 0-0 friendly draw

World Cup semifinalists Croatia needed a penalty shootout to beat Tunisia following a 0-0 draw in a friendly on Saturday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Mohamed Ben Romdhane.
5': Foul by Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Tunisia).
5': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
6': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nader Ghandri.
11': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
13': Attempt saved. Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
18': Foul by Wajdi Kechrida (Tunisia).
18': Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Wajdi Kechrida (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
21': Borna Sosa (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
21': Foul by Wajdi Kechrida (Tunisia).
23': Elias Achouri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Martin Erlic (Croatia).
26': Attempt missed. Ali Abdi (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wajdi Kechrida with a cross.
28': Attempt missed. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
30': Attempt blocked. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Ben Romdhane.
30': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
31': Offside, Tunisia. Hamza Jelassi is caught offside.
31': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Hamza Jelassi (Tunisia) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
33': VAR Decision: No Goal Tunisia 0-0 Croatia.
37': Foul by Borna Sosa (Croatia).
37': Hamza Rafia (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Tunisia).
40': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
41': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Luka Ivanusec (Croatia).
44': Attempt blocked. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
44': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nader Ghandri.
45': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
45'+2': First Half ends, Tunisia 0, Croatia 0.
45': Second Half begins Tunisia 0, Croatia 0.
45': Substitution, Croatia. Ivica Ivusic replaces Dominik Livakovic.
46': Hand ball by Luka Ivanusec (Croatia).
48': Ali Abdi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
50': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Juranovic with a cross.
51': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
52': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
52': Hamza Rafia (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt blocked. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
56': Attempt saved. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
56': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Béchir Ben Saïd.
57': Delay in match because of an injury Martin Erlic (Croatia).
58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
59': Substitution, Croatia. Marco Pasalic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
59': Substitution, Croatia. Duje Caleta-Car replaces Martin Erlic because of an injury.
59': Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Luka Modric.
60': Delay in match because of an injury Hamza Rafia (Tunisia).
60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
61': Attempt blocked. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali Abdi.
63': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Hamza Jelassi.
64': Attempt missed. Luka Ivanusec (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
64': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
65': Offside, Tunisia. Mohamed Ben Romdhane is caught offside.
67': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
68': Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
68': Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Luka Ivanusec.
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
68': Ali Abdi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Marco Pasalic (Croatia).
69': Attempt blocked. Lovro Majer (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
70': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Wajdi Kechrida.
70': Attempt missed. Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a cross following a corner.
70': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Lovro Majer (Croatia).
72': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Hamza Jelassi.
72': Attempt missed. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) header from very close range is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Lovro Majer with a cross following a corner.
72': Substitution, Tunisia. Sayfallah Ltaief replaces Hamza Rafia.
75': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
75': Marco Pasalic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
76': Attempt missed. Sayfallah Ltaief (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Elias Achouri with a cross.
78': Hand ball by Bruno Petkovic (Croatia).
79': Delay in match because of an injury Bruno Petkovic (Croatia).
80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
81': Offside, Tunisia. Elias Achouri is caught offside.
82': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Mohamed Ben Romdhane.
82': Foul by Bruno Petkovic (Croatia).
82': Hamza Jelassi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Mohamed Ben Romdhane.
86': Delay in match because of an injury Hamza Jelassi (Tunisia).
87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88': Substitution, Tunisia. Seifeddine Jaziri replaces Elias Achouri.
88': Attempt saved. Seifeddine Jaziri (Tunisia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ali Abdi.
89': Attempt missed. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) with an attempt from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Borna Sosa with a cross.
90': Delay in match because of an injury Nader Ghandri (Tunisia).
90': Lovro Majer (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
90'+2': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Wajdi Kechrida.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
90'+4': Substitution, Tunisia. Aymen Dahmen replaces Béchir Ben Saïd.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Tunisia 0, Croatia 0.
90': Penalty Shootout begins Tunisia 0, Croatia 0.
91': Penalty saved. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
91': Goal! Tunisia 0(1), Croatia 0. Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
92': Goal! Tunisia 0(1), Croatia 0(1). Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
93': Goal! Tunisia 0(2), Croatia 0(1). Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
94': Goal! Tunisia 0(2), Croatia 0(2). Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
94': Goal! Tunisia 0(3), Croatia 0(2). Ali Abdi (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
95': Goal! Tunisia 0(3), Croatia 0(3). Lovro Majer (Croatia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
96': Penalty saved. Hamza Jelassi (Tunisia) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
96': Goal! Tunisia 0(3), Croatia 0(4). Mario Pasalic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
97': Goal! Tunisia 0(4), Croatia 0(4). Sayfallah Ltaief (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
98': Penalty saved. Josip Juranovic (Croatia) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
99': Penalty saved. Seifeddine Jaziri (Tunisia) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
99': Goal! Tunisia 0(4), Croatia 0(5). Marco Pasalic (Croatia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
100': Penalty saved. Oussama Haddadi (Tunisia) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
100': Penalty Shootout ends, Tunisia 0(4), Croatia 0(5).
0': Match ends, Tunisia 0(4), Croatia 0(5).

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Cairo International Stadium
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Attendance: 4,300

Line-Ups

Tunisia (5-3-2)

No.	Name
22	Ben Said (GK)
13	Hamza Jlassi
15	Oussama Haddadi
6	Dylan Bronn
2	Ali Abdi
21	Wajdi Kechrida
4	Nader Ghandri
5	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
14	Aïssa Laïdouni
7	Elias Achouri
8	Hamza Rafia

Tunisia Substitutes:

Hamza Mathlouthi, Samy Chouchane, Aymen Dahmen, Mouez Hassen, Haythem Jouini, Elias Saad, Faissal Mannai, Seifeddine Jaziri, Sayfallah Ltaief, Alaa Ghram, Mootez Zaddem, Amine Cherni, Ghaith Zaalouni.

Croatia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Livakovic (GK)
4	Josko Gvardiol
5	Martin Erlic
19	Borna Sosa
22	Josip Juranovic
8	Mateo Kovacic
11	Marcelo Brozovic
10	Luka Modric
9	Andrej Kramaric
18	Luka Ivanusec
15	Mario Pasalic

Croatia Substitutes:

Ivica Ivusic, Lovro Majer, Nikola Vlasic, Nediljko Labrovic, Dominik Kotarski, Marko Pjaca, Duje Caleta-Car, Bruno Petkovic, Domagoj Vida, Marin Pongracic, Marco Pasalic, Josip Stanisic.

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