Croatia 2 vs. Italy 1 in the 2002 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group G game played in the 2002 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Italy and Croatia with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 2002 World Cup, 1st Round Group G

Date: Saturday, June 08, 2002

Game Data:

Italy

1 - 2

Croatia

Goals:

55'

Christian Vieri

73'

Ivica Olic

76'

Milan Rapaic

Players

Italy
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Gianluigi Buffon
DF	2.	Christian Panucci
DF	3.	Paolo Maldini (C)
DF	5.	Fabio Cannavaro
DF	13.	Alessandro Nesta 24'
MF	6.	Cristiano Zanetti
MF	11.	Cristiano Doni 79'
MF	17.	Damiano Tommasi
MF	19.	Gianluca Zambrotta
FW	10.	Francesco Totti
FW	21.	Christian Vieri
		Entered
DF	23.	Marco Materazzi 24'
FW	9.	Filippo Inzaghi 79'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Christian Abbiati
GK	22.	Francesco Toldo
DF	4.	Francesco Coco
DF	15.	Mark Iuliano
MF	8.	Gennaro Gattuso
MF	14.	Luigi Di Biagio
MF	16.	Angelo Di Livio
FW	7.	Alessandro Del Piero
FW	18.	Marco Delvecchio
FW	20.	Vincenzo Montella

	Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

Croatia
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Stipe Pletikosa
DF	3.	Josip Simunic
DF	4.	Stjepan Tomas
DF	15.	Daniel Saric
DF	17.	Robert Jarni (C)
DF	21.	Robert Kovac
MF	5.	Milan Rapaic 79'
MF	7.	Davor Vugrinec 57'
MF	10.	Niko Kovac
MF	14.	Zvonimir Soldo 62'
FW	11.	Alen Boksic
		Entered
DF	20.	Dario Simic 79'
MF	16.	Jurica Vranjes 62'
FW	18.	Ivica Olic 57'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Tomislav Butina
GK	23.	Vladimir Vasilj
DF	2.	Anthony Seric
DF	6.	Boris Zivkovic
MF	8.	Robert Prosinecki
MF	13.	Mario Stanic
FW	9.	Davor Suker
FW	19.	Goran Vlaovic
FW	22.	Bosko Balaban

	Coach: Mirko Jozic

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

National Team	Player	Card and Minutes
Croatia	Robert Kovac	39' yellow card
Italy	Christian Vieri	51' yellow card

Substitutions

Italy
Minute 24	Marco Materazzi	replaced	Alessandro Nesta
Minute 79	Filippo Inzaghi	replaced	Cristiano Doni
Croatia
Minute 57	Ivica Olic	replaced	Davor Vugrinec
Minute 62	Jurica Vranjes	replaced	Zvonimir Soldo
Minute 79	Dario Simic	replaced	Milan Rapaic