Croatia

21 June :: England - Croatia 2-1
A Wayne Rooney brace and goals from Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard ensured England will meet Portugal in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004. England went behind in the sixth minute after Niko Kovac poked the ball home. But Scholes' close-range header drew England level and Rooney then arrowed a shot past keeper Tomislav Butina. England took control of the game in the 68th minute when Rooney latched on to Owen's pass and the Everton striker stroked the ball past Butina to claim his fourth goal of the tournament. In the 74 minute, Tudor pulled a goal back for Croatia with a header, but Lampard restored England's two-goal advantage after he broke into the box with a surging run and then drilled the ball past Butina.This is the first time England progress beyond the group phase when the European Championship is staged outside of England.

17 June :: France vs Croatia 2-2
In a dramatic battle France drew against Croatia 2-2.The overtime victory against England had obviously fired the French squad and they started the game attacking with style and verve.The French opened the score from a set piece when Tudor misfortunately deflected the ball into his own net. French defender Silvestre reciprocated Tudor's mistake by giving away a penalty early in the second half. Rapaics finished the opportunity thus equalizing the game. Not long after, a poor clearance by Desailly put the Croatians ahead 2-1.The French responded with another goal when Trezeguet chased a poor back pass and keeper Butina rushing to save hit the ball against him.The French striker controlled the ball with his hand and rolled it into the empty net while the referee remained oblivious.

13 June :: Switzerland - Croatia 0-0
The two presumed outsiders of Group B both settled for single point in their encounter.Croatia missed on capitalizing from early opportunities and repeatedly failed to finish.Not long after half time Johann Vogel was sent off and the Swiss pulled back, giving away possession.With only 10 men on the field, Switzerland battled desperately in defense.In the final minutes of the match, frustrated Croatia nearly gave up a goal as Benjamin Huggel blasted a long-range shot, which was fumbled away for a corner by Butina.

Overview
Otto Baric took charge in July 2002 after Croatia was eliminated from the World Cup.He has put an end to the extended reign of the 1998 Croatian golden generation and is trying to redeem the country's reputation.

Croatia Squad - Final Selection

	Player	Club	Born	Position
1.	Stipe Pletikosa	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	08.01.1979	GK
2.	Mario Tokic	Grazer AK	23.07.1975	DF
3.	Josip Šimunic	Hertha BSC Berlin	18.02.1978	DF
4.	Stjepan Tomas	Fenerbahçe SK	06.03.1976	DF
5.	Igor Tudor	Juventus	16.04.1978	DF
6.	Boris Živkovic	VfB Stuttgart	15.11.1975	DF
7.	Milan Rapaic	Ancona Calcio	16.08.1973	AT
8.	Darijo Srna	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	01.05.1982	MF
9.	Dado Pršo	Rangers FC	05.11.1974	AT
10.	Niko Kovac	Hertha BSC Berlin	15.10.1971	MF
11.	Tomislav Šokota	SL Benfica	08.04.1977	AT
12.	Tomislav Butina	Club Brugge KV	30.03.1974	GK
13.	Dario Šimic	AC Milan	12.11.1975	DF
14.	Mato Neretljak	HNK Hajduk Split	03.06.1979	DF
15.	Jerko Leko	FC Dynamo Kyiv	09.04.1980	MF
16.	Marko Babic	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	28.01.1981	MF
17.	Ivan Klasnic	SV Werder Bremen	29.01.1980	AT
18.	Ivica Olic	PFC CSKA Moskva	14.09.1979	AT
19.	Ivica Mornar	Portsmouth FC	12.01.1974	MF
20.	Giovani Rosso	Maccabi Haifa FC	17.11.1972	MF
21.	Robert Kovac	FC Bayern München	06.04.1974	DF
22.	Nenad Bjelica	FC Kaiserslautern	20.08.1971	MF
23.	Joseph Didulica	FK Austria Wien	14.10.1977	GK
Coach: Otto Baric

Croatia Fixtures
All kick-offs are in local Portuguese time (GMT 0)

Sunday, 13th June 17.00
Croatia vs Switzerland (Group B)
at Leiria

Thursday, 17th June 19.45
Croatia vs France (Group B)
at Leiria

Friday, 21th June 19.45
Croatia vs England (Group B)
at Lisbon