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Austria 0 Croatia 1 Highlights

June 8, 2008 | Filed Under: Highlights 

Croatia ground out a 1-0 win against resilient co-hosts Austria on Sunday evening.

Croatia were expected to sweep aside an Austrian side which had few expectations in this tournament. Slaven Bilic’s side got the breakthrough via the penalty spot after just four minutes but had to fend off a late onslaught from the home nation in the second half.

0 - 1 Luca Modric (penalty, four minutes)

Middlesbrough defender Emmanuel Pogatez felled striker Ivica Olic in the box and new Tottenham Hotspur signing Modric converted the resulting penalty.

A Dario Srna free kick causes panic in the Austrian defence 10 minutes after Modric opened the scoring.

Werder Bremen defender Sebastian Prodl goes close with a header for Austria after 27 minutes.

Andreas Ivanschitz sees a long range effort go wide in the second half.

Austria’s last chance of real note was Ivica Vastic’s long range header 12 minutes from the end.

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