National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pasachai Jitjai took the kick off in the first half of the match. U21 Thailand's Sorapong Raisungnurn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hrvoje Sansević in the 3rd minute of play. After having played for 6 minutes, Hrvoje Sansević managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Croatia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hrvoje Sansević was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Šandor Dajčić struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Sorapong Raisungnurn didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Croatia. Komsorn Boonkasemsin hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Thailand was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pasachai Jitjai didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomislav Kardum showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piyorot Boonlikit, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 24thth minute of the game Hrvoje Sansević who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Thailand's Sorapong Raisungnurn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sorapong Raisungnurn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hrvoje Sansević, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Hrvoje Sansević's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sorapong Raisungnurn was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Sorapong Raisungnurn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Šandor Dajčić, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Thailand's Sirinate Sareeprom got a free kick in the 29th minute. U21 Thailand's Sorapong Raisungnurn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcel Gradiček in the 31st minute of play. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Thailand was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pasachai Jitjai didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomislav Kardum was a little too slow when Pasachai Jitjai got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 35th minute. The score was now 1-0. Sorapong Raisungnurn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Gradiček in the 39th minute of play. Sirinate Sareeproms short, quick shot in the 43rdth minute got Tomislav Kardum to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hrvoje Sansević made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Marcel Gradiček fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Sorapong Raisungnurn, passed just outside the right post. Hrvoje Sansevićs short, quick shot in the 53rdth minute got Sorapong Raisungnurn to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a little luck, U21 Thailand's Sorapong Raisungnurn got control of the ball when Hrvoje Sansević tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sorapong Raisungnurn made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hrvoje Sansević in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcel Gradiček in the 57th minute of play forced U21 Thailand's goalkeeper Sorapong Raisungnurn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Thailand was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sitthachat Yangyuen didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Pasachai Jitjai fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Thailand's protests and gave Pasachai Jitjai a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to U21 Thailand getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Pasachai Jitjai hit a great ball. U21 Croatia made a substitution. Radoslav Jamičić replaced Maksim Delić. After 66 minutes of play U21 Thailand's Pasachai Jitjai was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 66th minute, Pasachai Jitjai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, U21 Thailand's Sommit Laemthaisong got a free kick in the 70th minute. Sorapong Raisungnurn made an important save on a dangerous shot by Šandor Dajčić in the 72nd minute. Sirinate Sareeprom scored 2-0 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tomislav Kardum, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcel Gradiček struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Sorapong Raisungnurn didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Croatia. After 91 minutes, Hrvoje Sansević made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Thailand's Sorapong Raisungnurn tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 94th minute, Marcel Gradiček got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.