Football
Croatia vs Mexico. FIFA World Cup Group G.
4:30pm, Monday 3rd June 2002.
NIIGATAAttendance: Attendance32,239.
Match ends, Croatia 0, Mexico 1.
Second Half ends, Croatia 0, Mexico 1.
Gabriel Caballero (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Milan Rapaic (Croatia).
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Óscar Pérez.
Attempt saved. Mario Stanic (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Niko Kovac with a headed pass.
Foul by Luis Hernández (Mexico).
Danijel Saric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Juan Francisco Palencia (Mexico).
Robert Kovac (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Croatia. Mario Stanic is caught offside.
Offside, Croatia. Milan Rapaic is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Niko Kovac (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Gerardo Torrado.
Attempt saved. Ramón Morales (Mexico) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Braulio Luna.
Substitution, Mexico. Juan Francisco Palencia replaces Cuauhtémoc Blanco.
Attempt missed. Ramón Morales (Mexico) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left.
Foul by Gerardo Torrado (Mexico).
Ramón Morales (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mario Stanic (Croatia).
Niko Kovac (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Robert Jarni (Croatia).
Substitution, Mexico. Luis Hernández replaces Jared Borgetti.
Substitution, Croatia. Mario Stanic replaces Alen Boksic.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Rafael Márquez (Mexico).
Attempt saved. Zvonimir Soldo (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stjepan Tomas.
Substitution, Croatia. Danijel Saric replaces Davor Suker.
Foul by Braulio Luna (Mexico).
Foul by Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico).
Robert Kovac (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Milan Rapaic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Alen Boksic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Croatia 0, Mexico 1. Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Boris Zivkovic (Croatia) is shown the red card for a bad foul.
Penalty Mexico. Cuauhtémoc Blanco draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Boris Zivkovic (Croatia) after a foul in the penalty area.
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Zvonimir Soldo (Croatia).
José Salvador Carmona (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Dangerous play by Niko Kovac (Croatia).
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stjepan Tomas (Croatia).
Niko Kovac (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josip Simunic (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Milan Rapaic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Foul by Ramón Morales (Mexico).
Niko Kovac (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Gerardo Torrado (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ramón Morales.
Gabriel Caballero (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Niko Kovac (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Zvonimir Soldo (Croatia) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Robert Jarni with a cross.
Foul by Sigifredo Mercado (Mexico).
Milan Rapaic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Second Half begins Croatia 0, Mexico 0.
Substitution, Croatia. Milan Rapaic replaces Robert Prosinecki.
First Half ends, Croatia 0, Mexico 0.
Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Niko Kovac.
Foul by Rafael Márquez (Mexico).
Offside, Croatia. Alen Boksic is caught offside.
Foul by Niko Kovac (Croatia).
Attempt saved. Gerardo Torrado (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jared Borgetti.
Offside, Mexico. Jared Borgetti is caught offside.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Ramón Morales.
Attempt missed. Jared Borgetti (Mexico) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Braulio Luna.
Attempt missed. Braulio Luna (Mexico) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
José Salvador Carmona (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ramón Morales with a cross.
Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Boris Zivkovic.
Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Josip Simunic.
Offside, Croatia. Davor Suker is caught offside.
Robert Jarni (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Rafael Márquez.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Sigifredo Mercado.
Ramón Morales (Mexico) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Gerardo Torrado (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Zvonimir Soldo (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Niko Kovac with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Manuel Vidrio.
Foul by José Salvador Carmona (Mexico).
Attempt missed. Davor Suker (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Niko Kovac.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Gabriel Caballero.
Attempt saved. Niko Kovac (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Robert Jarni with a cross.
Foul by Gabriel Caballero (Mexico).
Attempt missed. Robert Prosinecki (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Manuel Vidrio (Mexico).
Davor Suker (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
