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CROATIA vs. AUSTRALIA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
CROATIA
2 – 2
AUSTRALIA
✦ REFEREE: Graham Poll
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 3' ⚽ Darijo Srna
  • 39' • Craig Moore
  • 56' ⚽ Nico Kovac
  • 63' •
  • 65' •
  • 71' •
  • 73' •
  • 75' •
  • 79' ⚽ Harry Kewell
  • 84' •
▶ MATCH STATS
CRO 46% POSSESSION 54% AUS
CRO 12 SHOTS 15 AUS
CRO 6 SHOTS ON TARGET 7 AUS
CRO 17 FOULS 21 AUS
CRO 7 SAVES 5 AUS
CRO 2 RED CARDS 1 AUS
▶ LINE-UPS
CROATIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKStipe Pletikosa
  2. DFDario Simic
  3. DFIgor Tudor
  4. DFStjepan Tomas
  5. DFJosip Simunic
  6. MFDarijo Srna⚽
  7. MFNico Kovac⚽
  8. MFMarko Babic
  9. MFNiko Kranjcar
  10. FWDado Prso
  11. FWIvica Olic
SUBSTITUTES
  • Jerko Leko▲ 65'
  • Luka Modric▲ 73'
  • Ivan Klasnic▲ 84'
AUSTRALIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKZeljko Kalac
  2. DFLucas Neill
  3. DFCraig Moore
  4. DFScott Chipperfield
  5. MFBrett Emerton
  6. MFVince Grella
  7. MFJason Culina
  8. MFTim Cahill
  9. MFMile Sterjovski
  10. FWHarry Kewell⚽
  11. FWMark Viduka
SUBSTITUTES
  • Marco Bresciano▲ 71'
  • John Aloisi▲ 63'
  • Joshua Kennedy▲ 75'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

CROATIA
The Blazers (Vatreni)
EST. 1912
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
AUSTRALIA
The Socceroos
EST. 1922
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ CROATIA
▶ AUSTRALIA
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