National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's Dalibor Kaplanović started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Croatia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fazil Krdžalić was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's players had a chance to rest. Branislav Cokić's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Viktor Šćurić read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. Tifo Marinović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bo Cantona in the 11th minute of the match. Franjo Fabijanić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Tifo Marinović tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, U21 Croatia's goalkeeper Viktor Šćurić had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Branislav Cokić. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bo Cantona in the 18th minute of play forced U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's goalkeeper Tifo Marinović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's goal looked a bit too open when Franjo Fabijanić came free, but Tifo Marinović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Branislav Cokić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U21 Croatia's Viktor Šćurić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Croatia from getting a goal against them. Pravdan Knego hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Viktor Šćurić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Kulaš in the 33rd minute of the match. Dalibor Kaplanović received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Viktor Šćurić tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 37 minutes into the match, U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's goal looked a bit too open when Mislav Oršić came free, but Tifo Marinović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the game, Dženan Ortaš was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Croatia the free kick. After a rather tough play, U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's Dženan Ortaš got a free kick in the 39th minute. U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's Tifo Marinović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mislav Oršić in the 40th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's goal looked a bit too open when Franjo Fabijanić came free, but Tifo Marinović reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tifo Marinović didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Toni Mačković went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score.

U21 Croatia made a substitution. Bo Ibrahimović replaced Bo Cantona. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mislav Oršić was the one to do the kick off. Toni Mačković kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. If Staniša Selimović had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Viktor Šćurić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Kulaš in the 55th minute of the match. U21 Croatia's Viktor Šćurić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Kulaš in the 55th minute of play. After 58 minutes, Pravdan Knego mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Croatia and the U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in U21 Croatia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 58th minute. Penalty! When the match clock showed 65 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Erik Kulaš sped through U21 Croatia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Viktor Šćurić. When U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's Staniša Selimović in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Croatia's goalie prevented a goal. In the 73rd minute, Erik Kulaš left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mislav Oršić got free with Tifo Marinović in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erik Kulaš in the 85th minute of play forced U21 Croatia's goalkeeper Viktor Šćurić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mislav Oršić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina made a substitution. Jasin Jelić replaced Erik Kulaš. With a little luck, U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's Tifo Marinović got control of the ball when Mislav Oršić tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tifo Marinović made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Mislav Oršić sent off a good shot on target. Mislav Oršić could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Tifo Marinović made a huge save. Mislav Oršić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mislav Oršićs short, quick shot in the 99thth minute got Tifo Marinović to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. U21 Bosnia And Hercegovina's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.