Croatia-Turkey minute by minute
Croatia - Turkey 1:3 (0:0)
Stadium: Ernst Happel, Vienna
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Goalscorers: Ivan Klasnić (120′); Semih Åžentürk(122′)
Croatia: Pletikosa - Ćorluka, R. KovaÄ, Å imunić, Pranjić - N. KovaÄ, Modrić, Srna, Rakitić - KranjÄar (63′ Petrić) - Olić (97′ Klasnić)
Turkey: Rüştü - Sabri, AÅŸik, Gökhan Zan, Balta - Topal (76′ Semih Åžentürk), Altintop, Arda, Tuncay - Kazim Kazim (61′ Ãœgur Boral), Nihat (117. Gökdeniz Karadeniz)
3′ - Modrić steals the ball on the center, his shot from the edge of the penalty area is blocked
5′ - Altintop shots cannon ball from 25 meters, but wide
6′ - Rakitić goes through on the left side, throws in on five metres but the ball doesn’t come to Srna. The first corner kick for Croatia
13′ - Foul on 18 meters in front of Pletikosa. Altintop shots hard, but Niko KovaÄ blocks it
19′ - The biggest chance for Croatia at Euro. After the great combination of midfielders Modrić enters the penalty box, passes to Olić who hits the woodwork
21′ - Croatia finally comes out from the starting Turkish pressure and emphasized is combinatorics of KranjÄar, Rakitić and Modrić
27′ - The first yellow card, for Tuncay
36′ - Turkey again takes control over the game although without danger for Croatian goal
38′ - Mehmet Topal shots wide
47′ - Weak shot of Ćorluka from the right side
48′ - The second yellow card for Turkey - Arda Turan
50′ - Olić steals the ball from goalkeeper Rüstü, but nobody follows him
53′ - Corner kick for Croatia, but at the end the ball goes to goal-out
57′ - Combination of KranjÄar and Modrić. Niko manages to shot, but it’s easy for goalkeeper to save it
61′ - Kazim Kazim is subbed for Ãœgur Boral
62′ - Modrić passes to Olić but he is in offside
64′ - KranjÄar out, Petrić in
69′ - Pranjić breaks on the left side, passes to Rakitić, who makes a double pass with Olić, shots hard but not and precise
72′ - Rakitić throws in for Olić whose head shot goes over the goal
74′ - Ivan Rakitić, one of the best individuals, earns a corner kick from the left side. Srna throws in, but Turkish defense clears it
76′ - Mehmet Topal out, Semih Åžentürk in
83′ - Petrić carves out a free kick on 25 meters after a great solo drive. Srna shots great, but Rüstü saves it
88′ - Yellow card for Ugur Biral after fouling Srna without ball
90′ - Modrić goes on the right side, passes to Olić, who shots straight to Turkish goalkeeper
90 + 3′ - Olić misses the last chance in injury time
95′ - Tuncay comes into penalty box and tries to cross, but Pletikosa kicks it into corner
97′ - Marathon runner Ivica Olić goes out, Klasnić replaces him
100′ - Semih Åžentürk shots from the edge of the box, continues the pressure of the Turks
107′ - Another yellow card for Turks - Emre AÅŸik
117′ - The last substitute in Turkish team. Captain Nihat leaves the field, Gökdeniz Karadeniz replaces him
119′ - GOOOAL! Modrić for Klasnić who scores with head for 1:0
122′ - Semih Åžentürk equalizes in non existing injury time after Bilić wanted to make a substitution but the fourth referee affects deaf. Bilić is protesting, but it won’t help. Penalty shootout is next
Modrić - miss                                     Arda - 0:1
Srna - 1:1 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Semih - 1:2
Rakitić - miss                    Altintop - 1:3
Petrić - Reçber saves
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very sorry your country was eliminated mate
loved their style of football and im sure we’ll b seein thm in coming competitions.
thanks for the compassion.I still can’t believe we’re out,but it’ll be better in South Africa,I hope
i’m sure of that! and your country will be more respected in football terms, because after all you defeated the germans which were tipped favourites at the start of euro 2008. u gt a young team and the only way to look is forward
brilliant regular posts btw.