03.06.2006 tarihinde 2006 dünya kupasından önce oynanan maçta euzebiusz smolarek'in 54.dakikadaki golü ilr 1-0 yenmişti. wolfsburg da oynanan maçın kadroları;
polanya: artur boruc, jacek bąk (bartosz bosacki 76), michał Żewłakow, marcin baszczyński, mariusz jop, jacek krzynówek (kamil kosowski 74), euzebiusz smolarek (ıreneusz jeleń 83), arkadiusz radomski, radosław sobolewski (mariusz lewandowski 85), mirosław szymkowiak (sebastian mila 64), maciej Żurawski (grzegorz rasiak 89).
hırvatistan: tomislav butina, robert kovač, dario šimić (mario tokić 87), josip šimunić, jurica vranješ (jerko leko 64), marko babić, darijo srna (marijan buljat 46), luka modrić (boško balaban 73), ıvica olić (ıvan bošnjak 46), niko kranjcar (ıvan leko 46), ıvan klasnić.
bu polonyanın hırvatlara karşı 4 maçtaki tek galibiyeti hırvatlar şubat 1996 da polonyayı rijeka da 2-1,osijekte de nisan 1998 de 4-1 yenmişlerdi.her iki maçta da şuanki teknik direktör slaven bilic ve oyuncu dario simic oynamıştı
şubat 2003 te splitte oynanan maç 0-0 bitmişti.o maçtaki kadro ise;
hırvatistan: stipe pletikosa, ıgor tudor (jerko leko 63), stjepan tomas, boris Živković (dario šimić 46), robert kovač, josip šimunić, marko babić (ıvica mornar 46), Đovani roso (miljenko mumlek 88), darijo srna (anthony šerić 46), ıvica olić, tomislav marić (marijo marić 67).
polonya: jerzy dudek, jacek bąk, maciej stolarczyk, marcin baszczyński, arkadiusz głowacki, piotr Świerczewski, bartosz karwan (roman dąbrowski 56), radosław kałużny (arkadiusz radomski 70), kamil kosowski, maciej Żurawski (tomasz dawidowski 78), emmanuel olisadebe.
real madrid teknik direktörü olarak şimdiki polonya teknik direktörü beenhakker 1986-87 şampiyonlar ligi çeyrek finalinde yugoslav kızılyıldıza ilk maçta 4-2 yenilmiş ama sonraki maçı 2-0 kazanmıştı.
hırvat teknik direktör bilic ise temmuz 1995 te karlsruhede oynerken polonyanın górnik zabrze takımın 6-1 yendikleri maçta birde gol atmıştı darijo srna 1999 avrupa 16 yaş altı şampiyonası final turunda 1-1 biten polonya maçında takımının golünü atmıştı.
srna ve polonyalı ortsaha oyuncusu mariusz lewandowski fc shakhtar donetsk takımında birlikte oynuyorlar polonyalı jakub błaszczykowski ise hırvat robert kovač ve mladen petrić ile bv borussia dortmund takımında birlikteler.
polonyalı kaleci Łukasz fabiański ile şuanda sakat olan hırvat eduardo da silva arsenal fc takımında birlikte oynuyorlar.
hırvatların modric'in de dahil olduğu sarı kartlı oyuncuları oynatmayacağı karşılaşmadır, bunun yanında forvet hattında da değişiklik bekliyorum, umarım klasnic oynar.
ayrıca eğer oynarsa simic'in 99. milli maçı olacak ki dalyaya 1 kalacak.
polonya: artur boruc, dariusz dudka, jakub wawrzyniak, marcin wasilewski, mariusz lewandowski (dk. 46 adam kokoszka), michal zewlakow, jacek krzynowek, rafal murawski, roger guerreiro, wojciech lobodzinski (dk. 54 euzebiusz smolarek), marek saganowski (dk. 69 tomasz zahorski)
teknik direktör: leo beenhakker
hırvatistan: vedran runje, dario knezevic (dk. 46 vedran corluka), dario simic, hrvoje vejic, danijel pranjic, ivan rakitic, jerko leko, nikola pokrivac, ognjen vukojevic, ivan klasnic (dk. 74 nikola kalinic), mladen petric (dk. 74 niko kranjcar)
hırvatistan bu galibiyetle b gurubunu lider tamamladı. daha önemlisi 3te3 yaptı. avusturya-almanya ve polonya maçlarında toplam 4 gol attı ve sadece 1 gol yedi. bakalım çeyrek finalde, bizim maçımızda neler olacak :)
bu maçta beşiktaş'tan tanıdığımız ve türkiye'de yediği hatalı gollerden dolayı çok büyük olay olan vedran runje hırvat kalesini korudu.
yardımcı hakemler: dimitrios bozatzidis (gre), dimitrios saraidaris (gre)
4. hakem: olegário benquerença (por)
poland: artur boruc (gk), jakub wawrzyniak, dariusz dudka, jacek krzynówek, marek saganowski (dk. 69 tomasz zahorski), marcin wasilewski, michał Żewłakow (c), wojciech Łobodziński (dk. 55 ebi smolarek), mariusz lewandowski (dk. 46 adam kokoszka), rafał murawski, roger guerreiro
yedekler: wojciech kowalewski(gk), Łukasz fabiański (gk), mariusz jop, paweł golański, jacek bąk, Łukasz garguła, michał pazdan, Łukasz piszczek
teknik direktör: leo beenhakker (ned)
croatia: vedran runje (gk), dario šimić (c), hrvoje vejić, ivan rakitić, ognjen vukojević, nikola pokrivač, dario knežević (dk. 27 vedran Ćorluka), jerko leko, ivan klasnić (dk. 74 nikola kalinić), mladen petrić (dk. 75 niko kranjčar), danijel pranjić
yedekler: stipe pletikosa (gk), mario galinović (gk), josip šimunić, robert kovač, niko kovač, darijo srna, luka modrić, ivica olić, igor budan
teknik direktör: slaven bilić (cro)
goller: (0-1) ivan klasnić dk. 53
sarı kartlar: dk. 38 mariusz lewandowski, dk. 84 tomasz zahorski (poland) dk. 45 hrvoje vejić, dk. 85 ognjen vukojević (croatia)
poland's slim hopes of advancing were ended by events elsewhere – never mind ivan klasnić's winner.
by trevor haylett from wörthersee stadion
croatia rested a host of players yet still proved too strong for poland as they won 1-0 in klagenfurt to finish on maximum points in group b and confirm their opponents' early exit.
ivan klasnić scored the winner early in the second half at the wörthersee stadion to end another defiant show from goalkeeper artur boruc and further boost croatia's confidence before they tackle turkey in the quarter-finals. poland's slim qualifying hopes rested on at least a two-goal victory here and a win for austria over germany, and neither came off as michael ballack struck the only goal in vienna.
poland needed goals so it was something of a surprise that leo beenhakker chose to omit euzebiusz smolarek, whose marksmanship played a big part in securing qualification to uefa euro 2008 as group winners ahead of portugal. the coach also left out defender jacek bąk who had been hoping to make his 97th appearance. as expected, slaven bilić made wholesale changes to the croatia team with only two players retained from the starting xi who had conjured the famous victory over germany.
one of those was left-back danijel pranjić and when he made an early forward raid it left a gap which poland were quick to exploit. marek saganowski headed on for wojciech Łobodziński whose cross brought goalkeeper vedran runje out to clear, injuring dario knežević in the process. although the right-back played on after treatment, he was eventually forced off in the 27th minute.
by that stage croatia were taking a firm grip on proceedings and only the brilliance of boruc kept the score at 0-0. mladen petrić played klasnić in but out came the poland no1 to make another of those blocks that so frustrated austria four days ago. from a difficult angle, ivan rakitić then found boruc in the way as he attempted to clip the ball across into the area.
after a promising start in which dariusz dudka got up well to meet a corner only to place his header wide, poland were largely on the back foot. on the stroke of half-time boruc came to the rescue again after klasnić had skilfully worked an opening. in the 53rd minute klasnić at last got the better of him.
the architect was pranjić and when he picked out the striker in the penalty area, klasnić stylishly whipped the ball back across boruc and into the far corner. despite the introduction of smolarek, things remained relatively easy for croatia's defence with dario šimić, winning his 99th cap, also looking to attack from right-back when the opportunity presented itself.
a smart turn from roger guerreiro almost brought poland back into the contest but he was narrowly wide of the mark. it was a rare moment of hope for the massed ranks of their supporters seated behind the croatia goal, though another arrived soon after when marcin wasilewski's header forced runje to stretch.
bilić could afford to give nikola kalinić his first run-out at the tournament and only his second cap late on, although poland did threaten parity when smolarek fired just wide and substitute tomasz zahorski saw a great opening closed by the diving runje.
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