National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikola Vlašić started the match with the kick off. Emil Cvitanović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 김 영 in the 7th minute of play. South Korea's 박 서문 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save South Korea from getting a goal against them. Goodness I got a throw-in 19 minutes in the game and the ball was received by 조 내. In the 20th minute, 김 준 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emil Cvitanović was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 25 minutes into the game, 김 준 cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Emil Cvitanović was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Emil Cvitanović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 김 준 in the 33rd minute of the match. After having played for 37 minutes, 김 영 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. South Korea's supporters crossed their fingers, but 김 영 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, South Korea's 박 서문 got control of the ball when Luka Mata tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vedran Ćesić to maneuver through the defense. Croatia's attentive Vedran Ćesić managed to snatch the ball when Goodness I made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Harry Maguire kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

South Korea's 정 현 was substituted for 김 영. South Korea's 황보 추 was substituted for 김 용. South Korea's 김 평 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Harry Maguire, made in the 66th minute of the game. A hard shot 71 in the game by 황보 추 from a close distance when the talented Emil Cvitanović managed to make a qualified save. Croatia's players were relieved. In the 73rd minute, Toni Gojak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the game's 74th minute South Korea's 김 엽 took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Emil Cvitanović and thus the score was 0-3. 박 서문 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joško Poklepović in the 79th minute of the match. Emil Cvitanović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 김 준 in the 80th minute of the match. Luka Mata hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 정 현 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Emil Cvitanović made a huge save. 박 서문 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luka Mata, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 박 서문 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joško Poklepović in the 90th minute of play. The supporters of Croatia booed when South Korea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. 김 준 didn't get a good kick on the ball. 이 석 charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 이 석 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 이 석 hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. South Korea's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.