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Up-to-the-Second Score: Italy 1, Croatia 2 -- FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT |
90'+5 - Final whistle blows as Croatia takes upset 2-1 win, and angry Italians briefly confront referee near midfield. |
90'+3 - Italy corner kick is headed away. |
90'+2 - Italy goal disallowed after Inzaghi is whistled for , as long pass rolls into net untouched. |
90' - Four minutes of stoppage time added. |
90' - Zambrotta beats N. Kovacs to win corner kick; Panucci dives to head over the bar from 6 yards. |
89' - Pletikosa dives right to knock away an 18-yard blast by Zambrotta. |
87' - Totti freekick from 30 yards strikes left post and rolls across goalmouth, behind the motionless Pletikosa. |
85' - Totti tumbles into Saric, who is slow to recover. |
83' - Olic treated for injury after tackle by Maldini. |
79' - Croatia sub: Simic on for goalscorer Rapaic, who is embraced by his teammates on the bench. |
79' - Italy sub: Inzaghi comes on for Doni, with Italy in need of an equalizer. |
76' - GOAL CROATIA. Rapaic bloops a deflected volley into upper left corner, after N. Kovacs heads the ball back in following a clearance of Rapaic's original cross. |
75' - Another Croatia cross gets behind Italy defense but lunging Rapaic can't put it away. |
73' - GOAL CROATIA. Olic knocks in at far post after Jarni's cross from left side gets behind the back line. |
72' - Vieri latches on to long, deflected pass and shoots high and wide left from 18 yards under challenge from last defender. |
69' - Simunic smoothly dispossesses Vieri in left corner. |
66' - Italy whistled for offside. |
65' - Teams take turns with bad giveaways on Croatia's end of the field. |
64' - No one can catch up to Doni's cross from left side. |
62' - Croatia sub: Vranjes on for Soldo, who limps off. |
62' - Buffon dives into Rapaic to punch ball out of bounds for throw-in on right, after throw-in from left is flicked on across penalty area. |
57' - Croatia sub: Olic on for Vugrinec. |
56' - GOAL ITALY. Vieri takes Doni cross from right wing at far post and heads back over Pletikosa. |
54' - R. Kovacs and Totti exchange words after foul is called; Totti freekick from left side is cleared. |
53' - Rapaic corner kick cleared away, but Croatia regains possession and Rapaic forces comfortable Buffon save with shot to near post from left side. |
51' - Vieri cautioned for dissent after protesting offside call. |
50' - Italy goal disallowed for offside, after cross from left is flicked on to Vieri at far post. Questionable call. |
50' - Boksic shaken up. |
46' - Second half kicks off with no substitutions. |
Second Half |
45'+2 - Referee blows halftime whistle before Croatia can take freekick near midfield. Score tied 0-0. |
45'+1 - Vieri beaten to cross from right side at far post. |
45' - Croatia clears high ball to give up corner kick; Totti corner is cleared. |
44' - Buffon dives left to save disappointing 16-yard shot from Rapaic on left side. |
43' - Doni slow to get up after taking elbow to back of head on high ball. |
41' - Referee ignores Zambrotta appeals for foul call 22 yards from goal. |
39' - Robert Kovacs cautioned for hard foul on Totti. |
37' - Totti corner kick headed away. |
36' - Soldo fouls Totti 45 yards from goal. |
35' - Italy whistled for foul in Croatia penalty area as Panucci crosses from right side. |
32' - Vieri can't catch up to through pass toward endline on left side. |
31' - Totti freekick from top left corner of penalty area is knocked away. |
29' - Buffon easily saves Rapaic effort from 25 yards. |
26' - Give-and-go leaves Vugrinec open for shot inside area on right, but Buffon gets his right hand to it and Materazzi clears off the line. |
25' - Cross chested down and laid back to Soldo at top of penalty arc; he beats one player and shoots wide left. |
24' - Italy sub: Materazzi comes on as Nesta limps off and receives treatment to right foot. |
22' - Buffon makes easy save on 30-yard half-volley by Vugrinec. |
18' - Zambrotta goes down in penalty area on long pass but play continues. |
16' - Niko Kovac treated for bloody nose after taking elbow from Tommasi. |
15' - Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni takes advantage of a slip by Robert Kovacs, fights way clear through penalty area to shoot from 8 yards, but Pletikosa saves. |
12' - Croatia corner kick cleared. |
12' - Maldini called for cutting down Vugrinec near sideline. |
9' - Nesta whistled for foul at edge of center circle. |
6' - Buffon comes off line to pick up long pass at 17 yards. |
4' - Italy earns corner kick; Zambrotta shot from outside penalty area saved easily. |
3' - Foul on Totti brings freekick at top of penalty arc; freekick cleared after it hits wall. |
1' - Match under way. |
Kickoff at 5 a.m. EDT; 9 a.m. GMT |
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