 |
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 |
| |
