Croatia - Ukraine. 2:0. 1998 World Cup playoffs (match review).
October 29, 1997. Zagreb. Maksimir Stadium. 30,000 spectators.
The first playoff match of the 1998 World Cup qualifying tournament between Croatia and Ukraine.
Croatia: Ladić Dražen, Jarni Robert, Bilic Slaven, Prosinečki Robert, Šuker Davor, Boban Zvonimir (Jurčić Krunoslav, 67), Stanić Mario (Asanović Aleša, 58), Šarić Danijel, Vlaović Goran (Cvitanović Igor, 60), Šimić Dario, Jurić Goran.
Substitutes: Nikola Jurčević, Nikola Jerkan, Marjan Mrmić, Gabric Tonci.
Coach: Miroslav Blažević.
Ukraine: Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Yuriy Dmitrulin, Viktor Skripnyk, Oleksandr Golovko, Vladislav Vashchuk, Andriy Gusin, Yuriy Maksimov (Ivan Getsko, 86), Serhiy Nagornyak (Hennadiy Zubov, 59), Vitaliy Kosovskiy, Serhiy Atelkin (Dmytro Mykhailenko, 52), Serhiy Rebrov.
Substitutes: Ilya Bliznyuk, Mykhailo Starostyak, Serhiy Popov, Serhiy Bejenar.
Coach: Jozsef Sabo.
Goals: 1:0 - Slaven Bilic (11), 2:0 - Goran Vlaovic (49).
Referees: Alain Sar, P. Renaudin, and M.P. Bourvelec (all from France).
Booked: Mario Stanic (31), Slaven Bilic (89) - Yuriy Maksimov (12).