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00:00The last scene of the first act of the European finals. The city ground the last of the eight venues to be used.
00:10Croatia and Turkey the last of the finalists to make an appearance.
00:15Croatia genuinely believe they can win the tournament at the first time of asking.
00:19All of their outfield players playing mainstream European club football.
00:23Boban, Krosinitski and Voxic have all been in European Cup winning teams.
00:28And number nine Davor Schuker was the leading scorer in the qualifying stages for Euro 96 with 12 in 10 matches.
00:37The Turkish number nine Hakan Schuker scored seven times in seven games during the qualifiers.
00:42He's the only member of the squad who's ventured outside Turkish club football.
00:46But half a dozen of those players contributed to surprise victories over Manchester United and Aston Villa
00:51in recent European club games.
00:54Well, if you look at both teams, there's no shortage of good skill and technique.
00:57As far as individuals are concerned, it just remains to be seen at this level
01:01because neither side have really played in a major tournament such as this,
01:04whether they can combine as a unit.
01:06But I think Croatia have to be the favourites.
01:09But with Harkaian up front, certainly is a great star back home.
01:14And with the home support as well, I mean, certainly the Turks outnumber the Croatians,
01:18so it will be almost like a home match for them.
01:23The referee is Serge Moumentalo from Switzerland.
01:26It's Turkey in the all red strip, playing from right to left.
01:32And these championships are full of teams more famous and more fancied,
01:36but few more committed or more confident than Croatia and Turkey.
01:40Neither is here just to make up the numbers, that's for sure.
01:45The Croatian coach, Blasjevic, is the oldest in the tournament at 61.
01:51The Turkish coach, Fatih, is the youngest in the tournament at 42.
01:56Tolanay penalised.
01:58Voxic, his victim.
02:10The big Turkish big field player is getting a big talking turn.
02:16Isn't he the one they affectionately call the tank, I think, isn't it?
02:19A couple of those challenges suggested a reason why.
02:22The only unable to make progress.
02:43Okul.
02:44.
02:49And Irkun is making an attempt at Sergen.
02:55who spent the last year in Turkish football with Galatasaray believe,
03:01that Sergen is, to quote him, the Class Act in this national side.
03:09Cossie Lecce, Yarny.
03:27Vokšić turning, but he was double teamed, he was also half-ended.
03:39Igor Stimac has gone forward, so too now is Slavin Bilic, to join Vokšić and Šukia and company, and in fact the sweeper Nikolaj Jekan is on the way.
03:59Jekan is five, Bilic is six, Stimac four.
04:09Vokšić, Starnic for right back, arrived last of all.
04:19It was a smart save by Rush2, nothing more, but the right back lost his markers.
04:24I think he was caught in two minds here, should have headed it back across in the end, it was a comfortable save, wasn't it, by Rush2, wasted.
04:31Vokšić, Tolunaj, Abdula, no foul.
04:41Vokšić, Šukia.
04:46Hedded by Vokšić.
04:50Vokšić.
04:52Rufa Donet.
04:54I have to say that I think Croatia were a little lucky at the beginning of that move, to escape what the Turks believe should have been a free kick, but it was pretty fluid from then.
05:06That was the tackle from behind, Abdula looking for the free kick, Starnic probably convinced it was going to be given, but then Asunovic released Å ukia down this right-hand side.
05:16He favours his left foot, so he turns in, and then a good cross, and just by heading it down, you'll see Vokšić just headed the defender's head also.
05:25Rush2 quite relieved to see it go over, but on following through with the header, that's where they've clashed heads.
05:31Vokšić is certainly going to be easily recognisable when he resumes.
05:41Vlávic is a candidate to replace him if he's unable to resume.
05:48Vlávic is a candidate to replace him if he's unable to resume.
05:53Vlávic is a candidate to replace him if he's unable to resume.
05:59Vlávic, it comes Vlávic.
06:05Vlávic, here comes Vlávic.
06:14Vlávic, I've seen tidier bandages, but I suppose it was a rather fast pit stop that they had to make.
06:21Not sure how that's going to stay in place, I must say.
06:28Just off the ball, the two people involved in that clash are just shaking hands.
06:32It was completely accidental.
06:37Offside flag there against Arif.
06:51Fendat still wearing the scar of his aerial collision with Bocic a little earlier.
07:02He's going to be invited to leave the field before the others.
07:07They have already played more than a minute of added time at the end of the first half.
07:11That's the moment earlier in the game.
07:24Which produced the cup.
07:30An almost uneventful first half, you have to say.
07:33Neither goalkeeper stretched.
07:36That 0-0 scoreline never threatened.
07:39The first half, the first half.
07:42The first half, the second half.
07:46Both teams feeling their way into the challenge of tournament football.
07:50Turkey worked brief participants in the 1954 World Cup Finals in Switzerland.
07:55A couple of the Croatians were in Italy with Yugoslavia six years ago.
07:59But this level of international competition is new to the rest.
08:02And they've been perhaps a little too respectful of the occasion so far.
08:0913-16.
08:10Not one...
08:11Who was caught by больic...
08:14...who is.
08:15Pointing and accusing fingers at Sergei.
08:16There was the contact.
08:17Come, not sure there was.
08:18No, nearly nothing.
08:20That's it, for a estudie time quite.
08:24We'll have another star premise.
08:25who is
08:28pointing and accusing finger at Sergei
08:32now as the contact
08:33not sure there was
08:37big village
08:40every right didn't he have a go at it
08:42he speaks a few languages as well him
08:44saw which led to
08:46conveyed his message
08:47yes he's a qualified lawyer
08:48four or five language
08:49typical premiership defender actually
08:51well every West End player
08:53has to have those credentials
08:54now
08:57has that contentious decision
09:00a lot of the game
09:01Sergei again with a free kick
09:04Haqqad is there
09:05now Reef back to his own goalkeeper
09:15just in case
09:17Abdullah
09:24on by Sergei
09:26Abdullah's cross
09:29caught and headed by Stimats
09:31maybe a chance for Arif
09:32maybe a chance for Sergei
09:34in the end
09:35Markan hesitated and Yarny did not
09:39good little spell for the Turkish team
09:41Tonay to Ogün
09:43charged down by the arm of Yarny unwittingly
09:47now Arif
09:52Jain it was a poor cross
09:59the final ball
09:59definitely is something that is lacking in the Turkish team
10:03but that's all it needs to spark the Turkish supporters
10:06they're just looking for some encouragement
10:08and as rank outsides in this tournament
10:12you feel as though
10:13in this last 25 minutes
10:15they might as well just have a go
10:17as long as somebody does
10:19I don't mind
10:20they have a free kick
10:28and certainly Croatia have lost their way
10:32in the opening moments
10:32of the opening stage of this second half
10:34as much as you can distinguish
10:41Turkey are the better team at present
10:42Alpine
10:45Haqqad was being held
10:47Tugai
10:49chanting his half
10:50just that excitable streak again
10:58once they get near goal
11:00Tugai just hurrying it
11:03set up quite nice
11:04good knockdown wasn't it
11:06and then on the half volley
11:07enough said
11:09you've seen a little naivety at times
11:14when opportunities have arisen
11:16a bit of a naive challenge as well
11:22climbing all over there Alpine
11:24Kossi Netsky
11:40Kossi Netsky
11:45Yadi
11:46good cross
11:49headed wide by Tawel Suker
11:51out. We won't get many better chances in that. Great cross by Jani, hanging at the
11:58far post. It took a quick free kick, just comes outside his man, releases a nicely
12:04weighted ball, hasn't got to do anything but whip it in towards the far post and look
12:08at that unchallenged. Badness.
12:14Lavic, the young Croatian forward, has been warming up for some time. Looks ready to take
12:19off his tracksuit top.
12:24Aris, Hakao, couldn't quite reach it, Cross has pulled behind him.
12:35Steve Madsen coming, we've just pulled out for a moment. Now Poxic, on the counter for Croatia.
12:41Cricket can escape at the other end, wasn't it? Misunderstanding. But again, that cross,
12:52there he is going to the byline, got the option at the near post. He decides to miss him out.
12:57A little bit fortunate because Bilic coming back was going to have to climb over his
13:02forward, if it was a deep cross.
13:08Kosoneczki takes.
13:11Header over his own crossbar by Alpine.
13:17Bocic's evening of
13:20endeavour and suffering is over.
13:22And his replacement is 23-year-old
13:28Vlavic, who plays for Padova in Italy.
13:31Second substitution for Croatia. Replace him.
13:35Kosoneczki takes the corner.
13:37Got this.
13:39That man Starnic again, who's a useful attacking force,
13:43was right back to go, certainly is.
13:45He puts over a good cross, Kosoneczki.
13:50Okay, there's so many bodies in there, can't get the clear header.
13:54That's been the story of the evening, isn't it?
14:01Oh, it's come through here for Vlavic.
14:04Good start.
14:06I think Vlavic was called a little unawares by the opportunity that came to him.
14:11And Rashtu, the keeper, was very positive.
14:16Vlavic never quite had the ball under control.
14:18Never quite knew what he was going to do.
14:22Shouldn't have had the extra touch there.
14:23Rashtu did extremely well.
14:25And here he's clear.
14:27Takes the one touch then.
14:29Now's the time to hit the ball.
14:31Why take the second?
14:38Vlavic nicely into the path of Asanovic.
14:42Shuker.
14:59Kolo Nye has been penalised.
15:03Kosoneczki has scored from this kind of position.
15:06Vlavic has plenty of tall men forward waiting for a cross.
15:15Kosoneczki.
15:17It's in!
15:19Shuker's had another fine chance there.
15:21And such is his reputation, I was certain that that was goal bound.
15:30They're so vulnerable on crosses, aren't they?
15:32The goalkeeper rushed to in no man's land really.
15:35But I mean, again, good pace, takes out the defenders and Shuker, whether he was conscious of the goalkeeper, but he's still a yard or two away from him.
15:43That should have definitely been a goal, but that's three in ten minutes.
15:47That was a sitter though, wasn't it?
15:49That was probably the worst of the luck.
15:50The goal.
15:53Held off Starnic.
15:55Not quite break the challenge of Vilic.
15:59The air cam couldn't get it clear.
16:00Is that a corner?
16:01Yes it is.
16:03The air cam was just trying to shepherd the goal out of play, but it wouldn't go.
16:07A little over five minutes remaining.
16:10The air cam was just trying to shepherd the goal out of play, but it wouldn't go.
16:17A little over five minutes remaining.
16:21The air cam was just trying to shepherd the goal out of play, but it wouldn't go.
16:23A little over five minutes remaining.
16:27Count Turkey rise to their support.
16:29Asanovic emerges with the ball for Croatia, that's a great pass for Vlaovic.
16:33Now can he go clear?
16:35Vlaovic for Croatia.
16:37Where are the goalkeeper?
16:39Yes!
16:41Time is set to play, and Cora Vlaovic has given the dark horses of the tournament Croatia their first goal, and probably the winning goal of the match.
16:59And from a moment when it looked like Turkey in the other end, looked likely to score themselves.
17:11Did really well.
17:15They did good once he was through.
17:18It was the pass of the tournament so far by Asanovic to release him, and here makes up for that earlier miss.
17:24Good composure, this is the reverse pass, what a wonderful ball that was.
17:29Great vision, and then he's just so ended it past the last man.
17:33Then he does very well because he cuts across the last defender, knows he can't afford to bring him down.
17:38That gives him the time then to have a look, check, and then good composure, side-foots it in, doesn't have to break the net.
17:43The first major international tournament with a victory given to them by the late goal by Vlaovic, beautifully created by Asanovic, the new derby county signing.
18:01We're now producing the farmers that we've been speaking from them in an attacking sense, and we've gone to the top of group D with single goal from Vlaovic.
18:18And you suspect it's better to come from them yet.
18:21And that win for Croatia makes them the lead.
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