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Quick Report: Croatia 3-0 Kazakhstan
Croatia's Luca modric
ZAGREB (SW) - Croatia started their World Cup Qualifying campaign on a positive note with a 3-0 win over Zagreb.
Croatia, who meet again with England in this qualification group, showed to be in decent shape with a professional win over their guests on Saturday.
Niko Kovac put his side in the lead after 13 minutes and Luca Modric made it 2-0 in the 36th minute.
The third and final goal came from Petric with eleven minutes to go.
Croatia take the lead in Group 6, with England following in second place.
Info
- Competition
- WC Qualifying Europe
- Date
- 6 September 2008
- Kick-off
- 20:15
- Half-time
- 2 - 0
- Full-time
- 3 - 0
Lineups
| Player | Bookings |
|---|---|
| S. Pletikosa | |
| J. Simunic | |
| R. Kovac |
 77'
|
| V. Corluka | |
L. Modric
|
|
| D. Srna | |
| D. Pranjic | |
| I. Rakitic | |
| N. Kovac | |
|
I. Klasnic
|
|
| I. Olic |
Substitutions
| Player | Bookings |
|---|---|
|
for I. Klasnic 68' |
|
|
for L. Modric 83' |
| Player | Bookings |
|---|---|
| D. Loria | |
| S. Smakov | |
| F. Irismetov |
25'
|
| M. Zhalmagambetov | |
| A. Kuchma | |
|
S. Skorykh
|
|
| N. Zhumaskaliev | |
| D. Byakov | |
|
M. Baizhanov
|
|
| R. Baltiyev | |
|
S. Ostapenko
|
Substitutions
| Player | Bookings |
|---|---|
|
for M. Baizhanov 56' |
90'
|
|
for S. Skorykh 80' |
|
|
for S. Ostapenko 83' |
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