Football
Japan vs Croatia. FIFA World Cup Group F.
2:00pm, Sunday 18th June 2006.
Attendance: Attendance41,000.
Match ends, Japan 0, Croatia 0.
Second Half ends, Japan 0, Croatia 0.
Attempt missed. Yuji Nakazawa (Japan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shunsuke Nakamura with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Josip Simunic.
Junichi Inamoto (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivica Olic (Croatia).
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Akira Kaji.
Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Bosnjak replaces Darijo Srna.
Substitution, Japan. Masashi Oguro replaces Naohiro Takahara.
Naohiro Takahara (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robert Kovac (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Ivica Olic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darijo Srna with a cross.
Attempt missed. Ivica Olic (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Modric.
Offside, Croatia. Dado Prso is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivica Olic.
Yuji Nakazawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan).
Niko Kovac (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Niko Kranjcar.
Attempt blocked. Marko Babic (Croatia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Darijo Srna with a cross.
Foul by Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan).
Ivan Klasnic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Junichi Inamoto (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Naohiro Takahara.
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darijo Srna (Croatia).
Alex (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alex (Japan).
Ivica Olic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Niko Kovac.
Offside, Croatia. Ivan Klasnic is caught offside.
Ivan Klasnic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Croatia. Ivica Olic replaces Igor Tudor.
Darijo Srna (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Croatia. Darijo Srna is caught offside.
Alex (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dado Prso (Croatia).
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Dario Simic.
Attempt missed. Marko Babic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dado Prso following a fast break.
Keiji Tamada (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marko Babic (Croatia).
Foul by Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan).
Igor Tudor (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Keiji Tamada (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Niko Kranjcar (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Josip Simunic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darijo Srna following a set piece situation.
Foul by Mitsuo Ogasawara (Japan).
Darijo Srna (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Japan. Keiji Tamada replaces Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Attempt missed. Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Junichi Inamoto (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Niko Kovac (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Niko Kovac (Croatia) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Darijo Srna with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Yuji Nakazawa.
Akira Kaji (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ivan Klasnic (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Niko Kranjcar (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Klasnic with a through ball following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Alex (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hidetoshi Nakata.
Attempt saved. Ivan Klasnic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Akira Kaji (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Naohiro Takahara.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Junichi Inamoto.
Dado Prso (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Darijo Srna (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Junichi Inamoto (Japan).
Marko Babic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Japan. Junichi Inamoto replaces Takashi Fukunishi.
Second Half begins Japan 0, Croatia 0.
First Half ends, Japan 0, Croatia 0.
Attempt missed. Ivan Klasnic (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Darijo Srna.
Marko Babic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Naohiro Takahara (Japan).
Josip Simunic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Akira Kaji (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Dado Prso (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Darijo Srna with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Japan) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Igor Tudor (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi.
Attempt saved. Ivan Klasnic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dado Prso.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Alex.
Attempt missed. Alex (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Akira Kaji.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Stipe Pletikosa.
Attempt saved. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Robert Kovac (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ivan Klasnic (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Niko Kranjcar with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Mitsuo Ogasawara (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shunsuke Nakamura.
Attempt saved. Naohiro Takahara (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Akira Kaji.
Niko Kranjcar (Croatia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Igor Tudor.
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josip Simunic (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Alex (Japan) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Yuji Nakazawa.
Naohiro Takahara (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dario Simic (Croatia).
Darijo Srna (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Niko Kranjcar (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Darijo Srna with a cross following a corner.
Penalty saved. Darijo Srna (Croatia) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Japan) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Croatia. Dado Prso draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan).
Naohiro Takahara (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Mitsuo Ogasawara.
Foul by Akira Kaji (Japan).
Marko Babic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) right footed shot from long range on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Niko Kranjcar (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Japan. Atsushi Yanagisawa is caught offside.
Dado Prso (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Niko Kranjcar (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Niko Kovac.
Corner, Japan. Conceded by Darijo Srna.
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Takashi Fukunishi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
