Qualifying round (Group F) - 11/10/2011 - 19:00CET (19:00 local time) - Kantrida - Rijeka Group F 2-9-2010 Israel 3 - 1 Malta 3-9-2010 Latvia 0 - 3 Croatia 3-9-2010 Greece 1 - 1 Georgia 7-9-2010 Georgia 0 - 0 Israel 7-9-2010 Malta 0 - 2 Latvia 7-9-2010 Croatia 0 - 0 Greece 8-10-2010 Georgia 1 - 0 Malta 8-10-2010 Greece 1 - 0 Latvia 9-10-2010 Israel 1 - 2 Croatia 12-10-2010 Latvia 1 - 1 Georgia 12-10-2010 Greece 2 - 1 Israel 17-11-2010 Croatia 3 - 0 Malta 26-3-2011 Malta 0 - 1 Greece 26-3-2011 Israel 2 - 1 Latvia 26-3-2011 Georgia 1 - 0 Croatia 29-3-2011 Israel 1 - 0 Georgia 4-6-2011 Croatia 2 - 1 Georgia 4-6-2011 Greece 3 - 1 Malta 4-6-2011 Latvia 1 - 2 Israel 2-9-2011 Israel 0 - 1 Greece 2-9-2011 Georgia 0 - 1 Latvia 2-9-2011 Malta 1 - 3 Croatia 6-9-2011 Croatia 3 - 1 Israel 6-9-2011 Latvia 1 - 1 Greece 6-9-2011 Malta 1 - 1 Georgia 7-10-2011 Greece 2 - 0 Croatia 7-10-2011 Latvia 2 - 0 Malta 11-10-2011 Malta - Israel 11-10-2011 Croatia - Latvia 11-10-2011 Georgia - Greece Standings P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Greece 9 6 3 0 12 4 8 21 2 Croatia 9 6 1 2 16 7 9 19 3 Israel 9 4 1 4 11 11 0 13 4 Latvia 9 3 2 4 9 10 -1 11 5 Georgia 9 2 4 3 6 7 -1 10 6 Malta 9 0 1 8 4 19 -15 1 Latvia national football team: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia_national_football_team http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=lva/index.html Croatia national football team: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=cro/index.html Can Croatia win this match? Any hope for direct entrance on EURO 2012? Georgia must win against Greece, the question is do they want to win? Croatia look to defend perfect record against Latvia: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/ma...ackground/index.html#croatia+with+latvia+test Croatia will look to end their Group F campaign on a high note and maintain their 100% record against a Latvia side who have won two of their four away games in the section. Croatia will look to end their UEFA EURO 2012 Group F campaign on a high note against a Latvia side who have won two of their four away games in the section. • Croatia beat Latvia 3-0 in Riga in the sides' opening Group F game on 3 September. Mladen Petrić set the visitors on their way two minutes before the break, a lead which was doubled in the early stages of the second half by the head of Ivica Olić. Captain Darijo Srna confirmed Latvia's first defeat in five competitive home games with a third late on. • Croatia's record in three matches against Latvia reads W3 D0 L0 (W1 D0 L0 at home). • Latvia coach Aleksandrs Starkovs was second in command to Englishman Gary Johnson when the sides first met in Osijek for a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 24 March 2001. A first-half Boško Balaban hat-trick set Croatia on their way to a 4-1 win. • Balaban scored again in the return encounter in Riga on 6 June the same year as Mirko Jozić's men won 1-0, with Starkovs in sole command for only the second contest of his first spell as Latvia boss.
Re: Croatia - Latvia Let's say we win and end up 2nd in the group.To qualify directly, Netherlands have to beat Sweden and there must be a winner in Portugal vs Denmark?
Re: Croatia - Latvia Our chances of direct qualifying for second are slim but there is s chance..The Dutch must best Sweden somebody has to win between portugal vs denmark and i think we have to beat latvia by 3 goals..I think we have a better shot of greece losing to georgia as they have 4 players suspended after the Croatia game..I still think we will qualify but the way this team is playing they wont get out of the first round..
Re: Croatia - Latvia For now we are on third place, when you watch only second place teams. They said that we must win 4-0 against Latvia, so that we can hope to something. I don't understand these calculations. I don't see any hope that we achieve first or best second place. Greece can achieve only one point.
Re: Croatia - Latvia Dutch team could play fair and win against Sweden. Denmark and Portugal - Denmark will win. Georgia will let this one point I think. Greek players are all the same, they all play defensive.
Thanks Jaime, Croatia needs good luck so that we have at least some kind of hope for direct entrance on Euro.
Yes, but Greece won after 1-2. Weird match. Croatia-Latvia 2-0, but we are goinf in extra qualifications probably. We played great now, 21 shots on the goal, like normal teams, motivation was excellent, but Latvia had a fortune to receive only two goals. To bad that we didn't played like this before.
Posible rivals in play-off? Sweden Ireland Turkey Bosnia-Herzegovina or France Portugal or Norway Serbia or Estonia Czech Republic Montenegro
Here is also a system of carriers. Croatia is a carrier. Portugal will enter as best second team. even though they are losing against Denmark in Copenhagen. Sweden is winning for now against Holland: 3-2. Holland is letting them this victory. Same root both nations, German tribe. http://soccerstats.com/livescores.asp#1869 France could be our opponent, because they are losing against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Paris. It would be easier with Bosnia. Croatia has never won against France, several ties and 2,3 defeats. France could be a carrier also. Draws are on Thursday and matches are cca 15. November. Croatia wants Estonia.
Photos, videos and Google Translator of this short text: http://sportski.net.hr/nogomet/reprezentacija/page/2011/10/11/1183006.html God, save Croatia won, but now follows the right to torture! Who else but Eduardo? EURO Qualifiers Group F in the final. Croatia national football team is on a crowded Kantridi beat Latvia 2-0, but not very good news. Greece has lost 80 minutes in Georgia, and then won with 2:1. The Greeks are now the first in the group and go to the European Championship, and we will just have to earn it ... Croatia - Latvia 2:0 Rijeka city, Stadium: Kantrida. Viewers: 9.000. Referee: Antony Gautier (FRA). The stadium was to small, we expected done business after Greece, so because of this we played in Rijeka. Goal Scorers: Eduardo (65'), Mandžukić (71') Hrvatska (4-4-2): Pletikosa, Ćorluka (Vida 31'), Lovren, Šimunić, Strinić, Srna, Modrić, Rakitić, Kranjčar (Perišić 57'), Eduardo, Mandžukić Latvia (4-5-1): Vanins, Klava, Mihadjuks, Ivanovs, Laizans, Cauna, Višnakovs, Rugins, Gorkšs, Pereplotkins, Rudnevs Latvia is one of the most attacking teams in our group. Another bunker. All the most important in the first half happened in Georgia, where he hosted the 19th ppm led against Greece. He scored Targamadze and Croatia opened the door throughout the European Championship, without further qualification. But to return to first place in Group F, Croatia had to beat Latvia on Kantridi crowded, the atmosphere is kind of Slaven Bilic could only dream of. Despite SiteAdmin in Greece, the stadium came in only one small banner reading "Bilic goes', a menu is logically setup supporters retaliated, with all the players in their right positions, and with Rakitic and Srnom in the first team. It started a fire. Already in the 2nd minute, dangerously threatened Eduardo spinning kicks in the penalty area but goalkeeper yet Vanins's great defense announced their big night. From that moment, a series of the opportunities and poluprilike ours, but the ball just did not want the goal. Modric, Srna, Mandzukic, Kranjcar ... tried on all sides and positions, sent into the penalty area at least thirty throws, but most of them ended up in the minds of senior defender yet. Common, but futile offensive collapsed after the first half hour, and then the Latvians in the last minute of the first part created the best opportunity to date. They took a quick counter attack, the ball is on the 20-meters and reached Rundevs who shoots first, but very bad, the goal Pletikosa. Attacks in the series continued to be even more fiercely in the second half. Already in the 46 minute Strinić a sudden blow to his left side almost matirao Vanins. Modric then beat in the distance, and Defoe is a little later with a few meters failed to score for the lead with a few meters after a cross Simunic. In 59th minute was saved by Keller Fire. Sijevnula the cons, I like the spirit behind our defense stayed Rudnevs, but his header skimmed off his shiny Pletikosa. On the other side responded Eduardo, and the 63rd minute is a great chance with 15 meters missed Perisic who earlier replaced the injured Kranjcar. Gol guests seemed to be vicious, and then exploded Kantrida. Strinić was in the 65th minute, put the sharp edge of Penalties, Eduardo was in an ideal position and the head was scored for 1:0. On the bench's Vatreni they all jumped, forums have exploded, and the news from Georgia spoke most importantly - Croatia was at that moment was the EURO-u! When the 72nd Mandzukic scored per minute, it was clear that almost all of Rijeka. Srna scored from short-corner to the right, the highest in the high jump was Defoe who was knocked head the ball into the net. At that moment, all eyes turned to Georgia, where Greece is still lost with 1:0, but only a few minutes later, everything turned around. Greece equalized in the 80th hit Fotakis minute, a couple of minutes later to ensure victory and first place, Charisteas scored. Croatia is at this moment push towards further qualifications, but little chance for direct marketing to the Euro is still there if the plates rest of the results. Draw additional training on Thursday in Krakow.
EURO 2012 QUALIFIERS finished: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_qualifying Possible opponents of Croatia ARE: teams from Pot 2. Pot 1 Portugal 7 Croatia 8 Republic of Ireland 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 Pot 2 Czech Republic 18 Turkey 19 Montenegro 33 Estonia 38 I would like to have Estonia, Czech Republic, Montenegro and Turkey as our last desire. Turkey is the hardest team I think, or Montenegro. Send positive vibrations so that we get Eesti. This is not so bad. I don't afraid these opponents. We can now start underrating them. But Turkey is big danger, we lost against them very sad in Euro 2008, since this match Croatia has problems. We have good score against Czech Republic. Against Montenegro we never played, so it would be good to avoid them, because of this and our great rivalry. These ratings sound realistic, Portugal and Croatia have similar strength. It would be interesting to see Bosnia and Herzegovina - Turkey. Bosnia and Herzegovina is considered Turkey 2 by Muslim people, even though Bosnia and Herzegovina has two OTHER large nations. But democracy is luxury in Bosnia. Who would you like to be Croatian new opponent. Do you agree with Estonia? They won against Serbia in Belgrade 1-3. Estonia could be bad surprise for every team. Interesting is that teams from pot 2 really had difficult groups: Estonia had: Italy and Serbia. Turkey had: Germany and Belgium Montenegro had: England and Switzerland Czech Republic had: Spain and Scotland. Pot 1 had easier opponents. Portugal had: Denmark and Norway Croatia had: Greece and Israel R. of Ireland had: Russia and Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina had: France (difficult) and Romania (easy). We need to wait until Thursday.
Greece was a man up for the last 20 minutes because the stupid Georgia coach used all of his subs and one of the Greek players hurt a Georgia player..Before this stupid move by the Georgia Greece did not have any chances to score..Greece once again got some luck again because of Georgia coach..
I heard about this day after. Crazy tactics. Another Greek fortune, first goal touched Georgian defensive player. If we don't come on this Euro, it would be great disaster, these four opponents sound weaker than us, maybe not. Sweden won against Netherlands, pure setup, Swedes scored two goals in two minutes.
Play-off: Croatia vs Turkey Irish are very happy and lucky, they will face Estonia. Bosnia&Herzegovina vs Portugal (again) Montenegro vs Czech Rep.
Weird destiny, Turkey won against us in the most sad way. Quarterfinals of EURO 2008, after 90 minutes, 0-0. 119 minute - Croatia scored for 1-0. 122 minute - Turkey scored for 1-1 Extra time stayed 1-1. Croatia lost completely their head, missed every 11 meter and after this match we can't combine like before, 3 years of poor matches, not qualifying for World Cup and now we meet again. I am not happy with this draw, we couldn't get heavier team than them. If we lose again, Croatia will have serious problems in the future. This was not ordinary defeat in Vienna, many things happened in players heads on mental level. Hoping to see the best edition of Croatian team.