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National Stadium
Spectators: 10366 (Terracing: 7775, Seating: 2384, VIP seats: 207) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tito Klanac kicked off to start the match. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Argentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobias Ted didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tito Klanac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Angel Errando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Želimir Vučković in the 9th minute of the match. Angel Errando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakša Ćirić in the 11th minute of the match. Želimir Vučković received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Angel Errando tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 Argentina were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after U21 Croatia's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gary Medel took the corner. The audience thought a goal was coming when Çağan Do got free with Krešo Selec in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Krešo Selec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleuterio Hitzeder in the 23rd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Tobias Ted took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Krešo Selec to make any attempt to save it. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Victorino Astrada managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Argentina's supporters rose to their feet, but Victorino Astrada was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Krešo Selec breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 29th match minute, U21 Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gvozden Šimić to maneuver through the defense. Eleuterio Hitzeder succeeded in the game's 32nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Angel Errando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Želimir Vučković in the 34th minute of play. Angel Errando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Želimir Vučković, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Krešo Selec made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tobias Ted in the 45th minute. Krešo Selec didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eleuterio Hitzeder went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eleuterio Hitzeder stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eleuterio Hitzeder in the 51st minute of play forced U21 Croatia's goalkeeper Krešo Selec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, U21 Croatia's goal looked a bit too open when Eleuterio Hitzeder came free, but Krešo Selec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th match minute, U21 Argentina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Çağan Do to maneuver through the defense. 59 minutes into the game, Victorino Astrada was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Argentina's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Croatia the free kick. U21 Croatia made a substitution. Stanko Prelec replaced Zrinko Herceg. Victorino Astrada hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. U21 Argentina's Angel Errando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save U21 Argentina from getting a goal against them. Krešo Selec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorino Astrada in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eleuterio Hitzeder in the 65th minute of play forced U21 Croatia's goalkeeper Krešo Selec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Tito Klanac 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. U21 Argentina's Mauro Txema was substituted for Eleuterio Hitzeder. In the 71st minute, Želimir Vučković 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. The supporters of U21 Croatia booed when U21 Argentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobias Ted didn't get a good kick on the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Želimir Vučković notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of U21 Argentina's Angel Errando. Angel Errando was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Krešo Selec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Çağan Do, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 82nd match minute, U21 Argentina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Ted to maneuver through the defense. Krešo Selec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Diaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Krešo Selec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ikor Ekov in the 91st minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Pedro Diaz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Krešo Selec. U21 Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedro Diaz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1.