National Teams

Croatia in the running for the third spot

Argentina reaches
the final of "Vlatko
Marković" Tournament
with a victory over
Croatia

13.04.2019.
Argentina reaches the final of "Vlatko Marković" Tournament with a victory over Croatia
photo by: Drago Sopta/HNS
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The group stage of the "Vlatko Marković" U-15 International Tournament ended on Friday, with Argentina and Mexico set to play in the final.

U-15: CROATIA - ARGENTINA 0:6 (0:5)
"Vlatko Marković" U-15 International Tournament, Medulin.

Goalscorers: 0:1 - Gimenez (16'), 0:2 - Sosa (19'), 0:3 - Frutos (22'), 0:4 - Frutos (32'), 0:5 - Guallama (34'), 0:6 -  Fernandez (58'-11m)

Croatia: Silić, Gubijan, Buić, Vidović, Dizdarević (61' Garić), Čuljak (23' Batur), Rukavina (54' Petrović), Capan (36' Lukanić), Radujković (36' Klančir), Ivić (54' Bodetić), Brkljača. Head coach: T. Gričar.

The Croatian and Argentinian U-15 national teams both had two victories behind them when they met in this match for the first place in Group A of the "Vlatko Marković" U-15 International Tournament. By the end of the first half-time, however, Argentina had already secured the top spot in the group with five goals. Their victory was confirmed by an additional goal in the second half-time. 

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

In the third round of the tournament, Slovakia beat China (1:0; Gajdoš 39'-11m), while Mexico won against Serbia (2:1; Corpus 27', 47' / Lazetić 67'), and Greece won against Korea (2:1; Smyrlis 59', Kantelis 65' / Lee 70').

The final of the Tournament will be played in Medulin on Sunday, at 15:00 h, with Argentina and Mexico in the running for the title. Croatia will meet Mexico in the third place play-off match (Medulin, 12:30 h). The play-off match for the fifth place will be played between Slovakia and Korea (Medulin, 11:00 h), while China and Serbia will meet in the seventh place play-off match (Medulin, 09:30 h). 

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

Group A:
1. Argentina 9
2. Croatia 6 
3. Slovakia 3
4. China 0

Group B:
1. Mexico 7
2. Greece 6
3. Korea 4
4. Serbia 0

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

foto: Dražen Patarčić/HNS

12.04.2019., , Medulin
Referees: Marin Vidulin, Mateo Čalić, Diego Biljuh
Croatia
0
Argentina
6
12Toni Silić1Santiago Torres
60'
17Ivan Ivić
54'
2Tomas Kummer
60'
2Lovro Gubijan3Valentin Barco
53'
8Alen Dizdarević
61'
4Leandro Gimenez
16'
53'
10Gabriel Rukavina
54'
5Fernando Alvarez
53'
4Lukas Buić6Federico Sosa
18'
19'
6Franko Vidović7Sergio Frutos
22'
32'
53'
11Marko Capan
36'
9Diego Guallama
34'
48'
20Marko Brkljača11Tomas Porra
48'
9Fran Čuljak
23'
17Axel Encinas
60'
15Niko Radujković
36'
19Tobias Medina
48'
Bench
1Muhamed Tanjić12Luciano Acosta
60'
18Niko Garić
61'
8Benjamin Tissiera
3Patrik Klančir
36'
10Julian Fernandez
58'
48'
5Bruno Žagmešter13Lucas Mendoza
60'
7Mislav Petrović
54'
14Gonzalo Aguirre
53'
13Noel Bodetić
54'
15Leonardo Quiroz
60'
14Šimun Mikolčić16Mateo Seoane
53'
19Marko Batur
23'
18Agustin Giay
53'
16Dominik Prpić20Juan Gauto
53'
21Luka Lukanić
36'
21Santiago Castro
48'
22Niko Đolonga22Nahuel Luna
48'
Coaches
Tomislav GričarAlejandro Saggese