FINAL RESULT: " WALES v CROATIA ". MATCH THREAD

[worcester_ccfc]

FINAL RESULT


WALES 1. CROATIA 1


Gets under underway at 7.45pm on S4C and Sky Sports.


HT: Wales 1-1 Croatia

Crowd 31,745



Well that was tough... but somehow Wales are level as Bale cancels out Vlasic’s opener.



Hennessey, Ampadu, Lockyer, Rodon, Davies, Williams, Allen, Roberts, James, Bale, Moore

[Forever Blue]

Wales: Hennessey; C Roberts, Lockyer, Rodon, B Davies; Ampadu, Allen; Bale (C), J Williams, James; Moore.

Subs: Ward, A Davies, Gunter, Taylor, A Williams, T Roberts, Vokes, Wilson, Morrell, Lawrence, Matondo, Vaulks.





Croatia: Livakovic; Jedvaj, Lovren, Vida, Barisic; Modric (C), Kovacic; Perisic, Vlasic, Brekalo; Petkovic.

Subs: Kalinic, Sluga, Meljnak, Peric, Rakitic, Orsic, Bradaric, Skoric, Pasalic, Rebic, Badelj, Bartolec.

[worcester_ccfc]

0-1.

Vlasic.

[phildavies]

Were gunna get hammered going backwards under Giggs.

Not helped by the fact our defence is shambolic Slovakia should have scored more than they did.

[Forever Blue]

0-1

[Forever Blue]

Horrible tackle

Dan James is back on his feet, but there was plenty of concern from the Wales medical staff.

Looks a knee to the face from Vida as they both went up for the ball. A really poor challenge that sees Vida booked.

After a few minutes, he’s back to his feet and ready to continue.

[Welshman in CA]

Horrible tackle

Dan James is back on his feet, but there was plenty of concern from the Wales medical staff.

Looks a knee to the face from Vida as they both went up for the ball. A really poor challenge that sees Vida booked.

After a few minutes, he’s back to his feet and ready to continue.

He should be off the pitch, no way he can be assessed for concussion in that small amount of time.

[BluebirdForever]

Nonsense football just passing it around the back with all the possession and still no idea how to put the ball in the back of the net or even in the box

[BluebirdForever]

That’s more like it, direct, aggression and most importantly, a goal

[phildavies]

Thanks f**k for that somebody (Davies) actually decides to run foward with the ball and low and behold we scored. Now do more of that instead of this passing back and forth between the CBS followed by a terrible ball forward.

[Forever Blue]

Wales 1-1 Croatia

What a time to score!

Superb work from Ben Davies to win possession, and the Tottenham man threads the ball through to Bale who tucks it home!


HT: Wales 1-1 Croatia

Well that was tough... but somehow Wales are level as Bale cancels out Vlasic’s opener.

[thomasblue]

What a difference a bit of ambition makes aye

On a bad note that's 3 big players for Croatia missing for the Slovakia game . We may need to win this game.

[worcester_ccfc]

Absolutely brilliant from Ben Davies for the equaliser.

I said before the match we could win this, and still think that.

[pembroke allan]

to much ambition and we will get stuffed need to carry on for now same way last thing we need is to leave ourselves open to ball over top by modric like 1st half! and more importantly they will miss two players for slovakia? which we want slovaks to lose

[Forever Blue]

Lovely from James

He bursts down the left and into the box and fires in an angled effort that’s well saved by the keeper.

Moore is sniffing around but he can’t shake of the attention of Vida and the keeper gathers.

[pembroke allan]

Joe Allen is having a nightmare 2nd half keeps losing possession.

[Forever Blue]

Wilson on for Williams

Another great performance from the Charlton Athletic man.

[Forever Blue]

Bale trying to make something happen

Picks it up on the right and glides past three or four men before letting fly on the edge of the box.

His low effort cannons off Moore and wide.

[Forever Blue]

Croatia probing

Much of the game is taking place in the Wales half at the moment, but Wales haven’t really had too much to fret about.

Allen is working his socks off in the centre of the park, but then you wouldn’t really expect anything less.

[Forever Blue]

Crowd 31,745

[pembroke allan]

Think Croatia had last shot on target in 13th minute?

[Forever Blue]

Great play from Wales

Lovely build-up as Wilson feeds the ball into the box following a swift breakaway.

It comes to Connor Roberts but he can’t get a shot away and the ball’s stuck under his feet.

Modric clatters into Wilson and gets a booking for his trouble.

Seems to have hurt himself in the process.

He’s replaced by Badelj.

[Forever Blue]

8mins extra time

[phildavies]

Same as Slovakia we look happy to get a draw in a game we need to win. The players don’t seem bothered at the end and again wasting time a throw ins even though we need to score:

[pembroke allan]

Cannot complain about the performance against a very good side at least we are still in it ..

[Forever Blue]

A min left

[worcester_ccfc]

Not a bad result, but could have been better. We're good enough to win our last two. We need Croatia to beat Slovakia, and not sure they will on tonight's showing

[Forever Blue]

Finished 1-1

[pembroke allan]

Same as Slovakia we look happy to get a draw in a game we need to win. The players don’t seem bothered at the end and again wasting time a throw ins even though we need to score:

Get a life played last ten minutes with 10men and you whinge about getting a result against a very food side what you want 6-0 result? You've got not idea of football at international level that for sure

[RV Casual]

Superb result against the World Cup Runners up, means if we beat Azerbaijan and Hungary now we can even afford for Croatia to draw with Slovakia at home and we will still qualify.

It's in our hands and looking good.