Croatia 2 – 1 Germany Highlights
National Anthems
Croatia offer the first surprise of the EURO 2008 as they manage an unexpected 2-1 win against the group leaders Germany. The Croatians started the match better and where the attacking side.
Darijo Srna opened the score for his side in the 24th minute after a great cross. Ivica Olic doubled Croatia’s lead in the 62nd minute. Germany tried to balance the game and started attacking. Podolski pulled one back for Joachim Low’s side.
Croatia stalled and there where not many important attacks in the last 15 minutes. The highlights are available in the next videos.
Croatia 2 – 1 (1-0)Germany
24′ D. Srna [1 - 0]
62′ I. Olic [2 - 0]
79′ [2 - 1] L. Podolski
Match Statistics :
shots on target : 6 – 3
shots off target : 5 – 4
possession (%) : 44 – 56
corner kicks : 7 – 7
offsides : 1 – 3
fouls : 13 – 13
yellow cards : 4 – 2
red cards : 0 – 1
24′ 1-0 Darijo Srna opens the score for Croatia.
33′ Michael Ballack‘s free kick is bounced by the keeper.
40′ Metzelder misses the target with a header.
2-0 Ivica Olic doubles Croatia’s lead.
2-1 Lukas Podolsky pulls one back for Germany.
90′ Bastian Schweinsteiger is sent off.
