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Friday, June 13, 2008

Germany 1-2 Croatia


Croatia booked their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 after stunning pre-tournament favourites Germany with a 2-1 victory in Group B.

Having already defeated Austria, goals from Darijo Srna and Ivica Olic at Worthersee stadium handed Croatia another three points, while Germany could only pull back a late consolation through Lukas Podolski.

And as co-hosts Austria grabbed a late point against Poland in Thursday's late kick-off, Croatia were guaranteed a place in this year's final eight.

Croatia took the lead in the 24th minute as Danijel Pranjic crossed well from the left and Germany full-back Marcell Jansen was caught on his heels to allow Srna to prod past helpless shot-stopper Jens Lehmann.

Germany struggled for rhythm in the first half and only looked like drawing level when Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack curled a 30-yard free-kick towards goal, but Croatia goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa was equal to the effort.

Manager Joachim Low opted to shuffle his German pack at the interval as David Odonkor replaced the ineffective Jansen, but the change made little difference as Croatia doubled their advantage on 62 minutes.

Ivan Rakitic saw his right-wing cross deflect of the arm of Podolski to wrong-foot Lehmann and hit the post, and Olic responded the quickest to tap in.

Germany were to grab a lifeline on 79 minutes as Podolski fired his third of the tournament after Croatia failed to clear a Philipp Lahm cross, but Bastian Schweinsteiger's red card following retaliation to a Jerko Leko challenge ruled out an equaliser.

Both sides came into the game having won their opening matches, although Germany had looked far more impressive in seeing off Poland than Croatia had in defeating Austria.

from: http://euro2008.sportinglife.com/football/


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Full Table and Stats

Final


Germany-Spain: 0-1

Semi Final


Germany-Turkey: 3-2
Spain-Russia: 3-0

Quarter Final


Germany-Portugal: 3-2
Croatia-Turkey: 1-1(1-3 pen)
Netherland-Russia: 1-3
Spain-Italy: 0-0(4-2 pen)

Group A

           
	     P   W   D   L   Mk   Km  Pt
Portugal     3   2   0   1   5    2   6  **
Turki        3   2   0   1   5    5   6  **
Cheska       3   1   0   2   4    6   3
Swiss        3   1   0   2   3    3   3

Group B

           
	     P   W   D   L   Mk   Km  Pt
Kroasia      3   3   0   0   4    1   9  **
Jerman       3   2   0   1   4    2   6  **
Austria      3   0   1   2   1    3   1
Polandia     3   0   1   2   1    4   1

Group C

           
	     P   W   D   L   Mk   Km  Pt
Belanda      3   3   0   0   9    1   9  **
Italia       3   1   1   1   3    4   4  **
Romania      3   0   2   1   1    3   2
Prancis      3   0   1   2   1    6   1

Group D

           
	     P   W   D   L   Mk   Km  Pt
Spanyol      3   3   0   0   8    3   9  **
Rusia        3   2   0   1   4    4   6  **
Swedia       3   1   0   2   3    5   3
Yunani       3   0   0   3   1    5   0
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Daftar Pencetak Gol

4, David Villa(Spanyol)

3, Lukas Podolski(Jerman), Zlatan Ibrahimovic(Swedia), Hakan Yakin(Switzerland), Roman Pavlyuchenko(Russia), Semih Senturk(Turkey)

2, Wesley Sneijder, Ardjen Robben, Ruud van Nistelrooy(Belanda), Arda Turanm, Nihat Kahveci(Turkey),Andrei Arshavin, Torbinsky(Russia), Michael Ballack, Klose, Schweinsteiger(Germany), Ivan Klasnic(Croatia), Daniel Guiza, Fernando Torres(Spanyol)

1, Vaclac Svercov, Libor Sionko, Jan Koller, Jaroslav Plasil(Cheska), Pepe, Raul Meireles(Portugal),

Luka Modric, Darijo Srna, Ivica Olic(Kroasia), Dirk Kuyt, Van Persie, Klaas Jan Huntelaar,

Giovanni van Bronckhorst(Belanda), Cesc Fabregas, Ruben de la red, Xavi Hernandez, David Silva(Spanyol),

Petter Hansson(Swedia),Konstantin Zyryanov(Russia),

Christiano Ronaldo, Deco, Ricardo Quaresma, Nuno Gomes, Postiga(Portugal),

Vastic(Austria), Roger(Poland), Adrian Mutu(Romania), Christian Panucci, Andrea Pirlo, De Rossi(Italy), Thiery Henry(France), Philiph Lahm(Germany), Angelo Charisteas(Greece), Boral(Turkey)