"Vlatko Marković" International Tournament

Matchday 2: Another victory for Croatia

10.05.2021.

Photo by: Drago Sopta/HNS

Croatia’s U-15s beat North Macedonia with an impressive 7:1 goal difference and earned another three points during the second matchday of the “Vlatko Marković” international tournament.

Croatia started the match off strong with two goals by Maro Kosović (1’, 20’) and a goal by Matej Perić (38’) in the first half-time. The second half-time was dominated by Dominik Babić, who scored a hattrick (59’, 73’, 79’), while Duje Reić also scored a goal for Croatia (76’).

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Croatia will play its final group stage match against Belarus, who have also earned their second victory at the tournament (a 2:1 win against Bulgaria) during the second matchday. In Group B, Lithuania beat Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:0), and Russia won against Albania (1:0).

NORTH MACEDONIA - CROATIA 1:7
KARLOVAC - Branko Čavlović Čavlek Stadium. Referee: Patrik Pavlešić. Assistant referees: Bučar and Novosel. Goals: 0:1 Kosović (1’), 0:2 Kosović (20’), 0:3 Perić (38’), 1:3 Sekovski (53’), 1:4 Babić (59’), 1:5 Babić (73’), 1:6 Reić (76’), 1:7 Babić (79’).Yellow card: Levak (Hrvatska).
NORTH MACEDONIA: Ahtarov, Galevski, Malikji (69’ Halimi), Dimitrievski, Manojlov, Sekovski (69’ Ristovski), Memishi, Ljeza (53’ Jovanovikj), Aliu (45’ Veličkovski), Porchu (53’ Velkov), Shefiti (69’ Podgrada).
CROATIA: Letica, Krstanović (41’ Lukadinović), Vujanić, Kosović (41’ Dabić), Perić (41’ Kardum), Jureško, Dragaš, Levak, Šop (63’ Kujundžić), Reić, Lazar (54’ Babić).

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Skupina A, 2. kolo: Sj. Makedonija - Hrvatska 1:7, Bugarska - Bjelorusija 1:2. Poredak: Hrvatska 6, Bjelorusija 6, Bugarska 0, Sj. Makedonija 0. 3. kolo, petak: Hrvatska - Bjelorusija (12.15, GNK Dinamo br. 3), Bugarska - Sj. Makedonija (15.45, Sesvete).

Skupina B, 2. kolo: BiH - Litva 0:1, Albanija - Rusija 0:1. Poredak: Rusija 6, Litva 4, Albanija 1, BiH 0. 3. kolo, petak: BiH - Albanija (10.30, Gorica br. 2), Rusija - Litva (17.30, Lučko).

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