Klasnić completes Croatian clean sweep
June 16, 2008 at 9:44 pm | In Croatia | 1 CommentTags: Artur Boruc, Croatia, Danijel Pranjic, Dario Simic, Dariusz Dudka, Euzebiusz Smolarek, Ivan Klasnic, Ivan Rakitic, Jacek Bak, Klagenfurt, Leo Beenhakker, Mladen Petric, Roger Guerreiro, Tomasz Zahorski, Vedran Runje, Wojciech Lobodzinski, Worthersee Stadion
Croatia rested a host of players yet still proved too strong for Poland as they won 1-0 in Klagenfurt to finish on maximum points in Group B and confirm their opponents’ early exit.
Klasnić winner
Ivan Klasnić scored the winner early in the second half at the Wörthersee Stadion to end another defiant show from goalkeeper Artur Boruc and further boost Croatia’s confidence before they tackle Turkey in the quarter-finals on Friday. Poland’s slim qualifying hopes rested on at least a two-goal victory here and a win for Austria over Germany, and neither came off as Michael Ballack struck the only goal in Vienna.
Roger not so jolly as Poland draw
June 13, 2008 at 7:02 am | In Poland | Leave a CommentTags: Poland, Roger Guerreiro
Poland goalscorer Roger Guerreiro took the Carlsberg Man of the Match award in the face of “very strong competition” from goalkeeper Artur Boruc after tonight’s 1-1 draw with co-hosts Austria in Vienna. In the final reckoning, the fact the midfielder was heavily involved in the action for 85 minutes, while Boruc’s contribution was largely confined to a magnificent 20-minute spell, swung the vote Roger’s way.
‘Next game a final’
It seemed for a long time that Roger would win the day for Poland, having scored, against the run of play, at the far post on the half-hour. Then Austria’s equaliser from a penalty in the third minute of added time left Leo Beenhakker’s team dispirited. Roger said: “We are all surprised by this final result. We thought we were going to end the game with a victory. Austria played better than us in the first half, whereas the second half was ours. But this match is now in the past and now we can only think about the next game [against Croatia]. Needless to say that it will be like a final for us.”
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