National Teams

Final matchday of the tournament

Argentina wins first
"Vlatko Marković"
Tournament, Croatia
places fourth

15.04.2019.
Argentina wins first "Vlatko Marković" Tournament, Croatia places fourth
photo by: Dražen Patarčić/HNS
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The Croatian U-15 national team placed fourth at the "Vlatko Marković" U-15 International Tournament.

U-15: GREECE - CROATIA 1:0 (0:0)
"Vlatko Marković" U-15 International Tournament, Medulin.

Goalscorers: 1:0 - Tsikos (58')

Croatia: Tanjić, Klančir, Buić, Rukavina, Prpić, Ivić, Garić (47' Gubijan), Batur (47' Dizdarević), Brkljača, Lukanić (47' Capan), Đolonga (57' Petrović). Head coach: T. Gričar.

Under the guidance of head coach Tomislav Gričar, Croatia U-15 won their first two matches at the "Vlatko Marković" Tournament against Slovakia and China, but were then defeated by Argentina in their last group stage match and lost against Greece in the third place play-off match. The deciding goal was scored by Tsikos in the 58th minute.

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

The final match featured the two Latin American participants at the tournament: Argentina and Mexico. The second half-time ended with a 1:1 draw (Porra 32' / Pelayo 3'), with the Argentinians winning the match through penalty kicks (4:2).

The fifth place went to Korea, who defeated Slovakia in the play-off (1:0; Kim 45'), while Serbia placed seventh with a win against China (4:1; Vlahović 8', Lazetić 39', 52', Spasojević 60' / He 28').

The tournament received funding from FIFA through the FIFA Forward Programme.

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

"Vlatko Marković" U-15 International Tournament, final classification:
1. Argentina
2. Mexico
3. Greece
4. Croatia
5. Korea
6. Slovakia
7. Serbia
8. China

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

foto: Drago Sopta/HNS

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foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

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14.04.2019., , Medulin
Referees: Igor Rajko, Diego Biljuh, Ivan Jakičić
Greece
1
Croatia
0
12Vasileios Drandakis1Muhamed Tanjić
2Eleftherios Tasiouras18Niko Garić
47'
4Michail Gialedakis17Ivan Ivić
5Nikolaos Christou
62'
3Patrik Klančir
6Zisis Tsikos
58'
62'
10Gabriel Rukavina
9Georgios Koutsias
47'
4Lukas Buić
11Lampros Smyrlis
58'
20Marko Brkljača
29'
14Spyridon Katiforis19Marko Batur
47'
15Alexios Kalogeropoulos16Dominik Prpić
20Michail Patiras
36'
21Luka Lukanić
47'
21Charalampos Panos
47'
22Niko Đolonga
57'
Bench
1Nikolaos Botis13Noel Bodetić
3Christos Kallergis2Lovro Gubijan
47'
7Konstantinos Volakis
36'
62'
8Alen Dizdarević
47'
8Athanasios Prodromitis7Mislav Petrović
57'
10Theodoros Kantelis
47'
12Toni Silić
16Alexandros Koutsos6Franko Vidović
17Elefetherios Anastasiadis
62'
11Marko Capan
47'
18Ioannis Tsiavos
62'
14Šimun Mikolčić
19Panagiotis Lantikas
58'
15Niko Radujković
22Christos Chatziioannou
62'
23Evangelos Dimos
47'
Coaches
Theodoros EleftheriadisTomislav Gričar