National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Tonko Grković made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 4th minute, Kevin De Bruyne hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the match, U21 Ireland's goal looked a bit too open when Šandor Dajčić came free, but Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Braydon McWilliam shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vlaho Modrah saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcel Gradiček took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 26 minutes into the match, U21 Ireland's goal looked a bit too open when Tonko Grković came free, but Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanko Jertec, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tonko Grković in the 29th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Stanko Jertec shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vlaho Modrah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darrin McLiam, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The U21 Ireland fans' excitement grew in the 36th match minute when U21 Ireland's Isaac McPaul looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. U21 Croatia's Vlaho Modrah played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darrin McLiam in the 42nd minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

U21 Croatia made a substitution. Relja Jurišić replaced Stanko Jertec. U21 Croatia's Vlaho Modrah played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darrin McLiam in the 53rd minute of play. U21 Ireland's Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Relja Jurišić in the 54th minute of play. U21 Ireland's Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Ireland from getting a goal against them. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tonko Grković, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Braydon McWilliam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vlaho Modrah having to interfere. U21 Croatia's Eduard Turčin was substituted for Marcel Gradiček. Eduard Turčin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 70 minutes into the match, U21 Ireland's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Turčin came free, but Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Damir Vučić could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz made a huge save. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Relja Jurišić sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Relja Jurišić in the 87th minute of play forced U21 Ireland's goalkeeper Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Babayaro Brzęczyszczykiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damir Vučić in the 88th minute of play. U21 Ireland's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Eduard Turčin 90 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-2. In the 93rd minute, Mladen Gambiroža hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Darrin McLiam hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match.