Croatia vs Scotland, 2020 European Championship, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship
Croatia
  • 17': Nikola Vlasic
  • 62': Luka Modric
  • 77': Ivan Perisic
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3 - 1
Scotland
  • 42': Callum McGregor

Croatia beat Scotland to reach knockout rounds in second place from Group D

Luka Modric smashed in the go-ahead goal for Croatia as they beat Scotland in in Glasgow on Tuesday to secure second place in Group D.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
  • 1': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
  • 3': Foul by Andrew Robertson (Scotland).
  • 3': Josip Juranovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Offside, Croatia. Josip Juranovic tries a through ball, but Bruno Petkovic is caught offside.
  • 6': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Che Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lyndon Dykes with a headed pass.
  • 15': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
  • 15': Grant Hanley (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Dejan Lovren (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Scotland).
  • 17': Goal! Croatia 1, Scotland 0. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a headed pass.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 23': Offside, Scotland. David Marshall tries a through ball, but Che Adams is caught offside.
  • 24': Attempt saved. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lyndon Dykes.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 26': Che Adams (Scotland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 26': Foul by Dejan Lovren (Croatia).
  • 26': Dejan Lovren (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Offside, Croatia. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Bruno Petkovic is caught offside.
  • 33': Substitution, Scotland. Scott McKenna replaces Grant Hanley because of an injury.
  • 34': Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Foul by Scott McKenna (Scotland).
  • 34': Scott McKenna (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 36': Hand ball by Stuart Armstrong (Scotland).
  • 38': Attempt missed. Josip Juranovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 42': Goal! Croatia 1, Scotland 1. Callum McGregor (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45': Hand ball by Dejan Lovren (Croatia).
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Croatia 1, Scotland 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Croatia 1, Scotland 1.
  • 48': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
  • 48': John McGinn (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic with a through ball.
  • 53': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Stephen O'Donnell.
  • 55': Attempt saved. Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 56': Offside, Croatia. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
  • 57': Foul by Bruno Petkovic (Croatia).
  • 57': Kieran Tierney (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Bruno Petkovic (Croatia).
  • 58': Scott McKenna (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Attempt missed. John McGinn (Scotland) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong with a cross.
  • 60': Foul by Stephen O'Donnell (Scotland).
  • 60': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Goal! Croatia 2, Scotland 1. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 66': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Josip Juranovic.
  • 67': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
  • 67': Stephen O'Donnell (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Callum McGregor (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 68': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 69': Foul by Andrew Robertson (Scotland).
  • 69': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Substitution, Scotland. Ryan Fraser replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  • 70': Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Bruno Petkovic.
  • 71': Substitution, Croatia. Borna Barisic replaces Josko Gvardiol because of an injury.
  • 72': Offside, Croatia. Borna Barisic tries a through ball, but Andrej Kramaric is caught offside.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Ryan Fraser (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  • 75': Attempt saved. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  • 76': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Kieran Tierney.
  • 76': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Ivanusec replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  • 77': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Scott McKenna.
  • 77': Goal! Croatia 3, Scotland 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross following a corner.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Ryan Fraser (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lyndon Dykes with a headed pass.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Scotland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 80': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
  • 81': Substitution, Croatia. Ante Rebic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Scotland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
  • 82': Foul by Ante Rebic (Croatia).
  • 82': Stephen O'Donnell (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 84': Substitution, Scotland. Kevin Nisbet replaces Che Adams.
  • 84': Substitution, Scotland. Nathan Patterson replaces Stephen O'Donnell.
  • 84': Foul by Ante Rebic (Croatia).
  • 84': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
  • 85': Scott McTominay (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Borna Barisic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by John McGinn (Scotland).
  • 86': Foul by Lyndon Dykes (Scotland).
  • 86': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nathan Patterson.
  • 90': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Scott McKenna.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by John McGinn.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Scott McKenna (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Fraser with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Croatia 3, Scotland 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Croatia 3, Scotland 1.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 4
7 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 4
36 Possession 64
12 SHOTS 11
4 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
240 Accurate Passes 567
308 Passes 643
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 2
22 Crosses 9
0.2 Cross % 0.2
57 Long Balls 56
28 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 3
12 Tackles 6
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 10
12 Effective Clearances 21
12 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship

Venue: Hampden Park
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 9,896

EURO Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Austria 3 +2 6
2 France 3 +1 5
3 Netherlands 3 0 4
4 Poland 3 -3 1
Full Standings

Line-Ups

CRO Croatia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
21 Domagoj Vida
6 Dejan Lovren Yellow Card
25 Josko Gvardiol
22 Josip Juranovic
10 Luka Modric
11 Marcelo Brozovic
8 Mateo Kovacic
20 Bruno Petkovic
13 Nikola Vlasic
4 Ivan Perisic
Croatia Substitutes:
Sime Vrsaljko, Mario Pasalic, Borna Barisic, Josip Brekalo, Milan Badelj, Ante Rebic, Lovre Kalinic, Duje Caleta-Car, Simon Sluga, Andrej Kramaric, Luka Ivanusec, Ante Budimir.

SCO Scotland (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 David Marshall (GK)
5 Grant Hanley
6 Kieran Tierney
4 Scott McTominay
17 Stuart Armstrong
7 John McGinn
8 Callum McGregor
3 Andrew Robertson
2 Stephen O'Donnell
10 Ché Adams
9 Lyndon Dykes
Scotland Substitutes:
Kevin Nisbet, David Turnbull, James Forrest, Liam Cooper, Ryan Christie, Jon McLaughlin, John Fleck, Nathan Patterson, Craig Gordon, Scott McKenna, Declan Gallagher, Ryan Fraser.

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