
Croatia sealed their place in the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2008™ as goals from Darijo Srna and Ivica Olić earned a famous win against Germany that took Slaven Bilić's side three points clear at the top of Group B.
Famous win
With both teams having won their first game on Sunday each knew victory in Klagenfurt would all but secure a ticket to the last eight, and it was Croatia who struck first midway through the first half thanks to the determination of Srna. The points looked safe when Olić tapped in just past the hour, yet Lukas Podolski set up a tense finale with his third goal of the tournament eleven minutes from time. Croatia, whose only previous success against the Mannschaft had come in the quarter-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup – a match in which Bilić played – held on with Germany losing Bastian Schweinsteiger to a late red card. Joachim Löw's men were left needing a point from Monday's meeting with Austria to continue in the tournament.
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Croatia | |
| 1 | Stipe Pletikosa |
| 3 | Josip Šimunić |
| 4 | Robert Kovač |
| 5 | Vedran Ćorluka |
| 7 | Ivan Rakitić |
| 10 | Niko Kovač |
| 11 | Darijo Srna |
| 14 | Luka Modrić |
| 18 | Ivica Olić |
| 19 | Niko Kranjčar |
| 22 | Danijel Pranjić |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 | Mario Galinović |
| 23 | Vedran Runje |
| 2 | Dario Šimić |
| 6 | Hrvoje Vejić |
| 8 | Ognjen Vukojević |
| 9 | Nikola Kalinić |
| 13 | Nikola Pokrivač |
| 15 | Dario Knežević |
| 16 | Jerko Leko |
| 17 | Ivan Klasnić |
| 20 | Igor Budan |
| 21 | Mladen Petrić |
| Coach: Slaven Bilić | |
Germany | |
| 1 | Jens Lehmann |
| 2 | Marcell Jansen |
| 4 | Clemens Fritz |
| 8 | Torsten Frings |
| 9 | Mario Gómez |
| 11 | Miroslav Klose |
| 13 | Michael Ballack |
| 16 | Philipp Lahm |
| 17 | Per Mertesacker |
| 20 | Lukas Podolski |
| 21 | Christoph Metzelder |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 | Robert Enke |
| 23 | René Adler |
| 3 | Arne Friedrich |
| 5 | Heiko Westermann |
| 6 | Simon Rolfes |
| 7 | Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| 10 | Oliver Neuville |
| 14 | Piotr Trochowski |
| 15 | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| 18 | Tim Borowski |
| 19 | David Odonkor |
| 22 | Kevin Kuranyi |
| Coach: Joachim Löw | |
| Croatia | Germany | |
| 2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 4 | Yellow card | 2 |
| 0 | Red card | 1 |
| 8 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 3 | Shots wide | 3 |
| 16 | Fouls committed | 16 |
| 7 | Corners | 7 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 25' 28'' | Ball. Poss. (time) | 32' 48'' |
| 43% | Ball. Poss. (%) | 57% |
| 08/06/2008 | - | Austria | 1 - 0 |
| 16/06/2008 | - | Poland | 1 - 0 |
| 20/06/2008 | - | Turkey | 1 - 1* |
| 08/06/2008 | - | Poland | 2 - 0 |
| 16/06/2008 | - | Austria | 1 - 0 |
| 19/06/2008 | - | Portugal | 3 - 2 |
| 25/06/2008 | - | Turkey | 3 - 2 |
| 29/06/2008 | - | Spain | 0 - 1 |
| Austria | - | Poland | 1 - 1 |