| Up-to-the-Second Score: Italy 1, Croatia 2 — FINAL FULLTIME MATCH REPORT |
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| 90’+5 – Final whistle blows as Croatia takes upset 2-1 win, and angry Italians briefly confront referee near midfield. |
| 90’+3 – Italy corner kick is headed away. |
| 90’+2 – Italy goal disallowed after Inzaghi is whistled for , as long pass rolls into net untouched. |
| 90′ – Four minutes of stoppage time added. |
| 90′ – Zambrotta beats N. Kovacs to win corner kick; Panucci dives to head over the bar from 6 yards. |
| 89′ – Pletikosa dives right to knock away an 18-yard blast by Zambrotta. |
| 87′ – Totti freekick from 30 yards strikes left post and rolls across goalmouth, behind the motionless Pletikosa. |
| 85′ – Totti tumbles into Saric, who is slow to recover. |
| 83′ – Olic treated for injury after tackle by Maldini. |
| 79′ – Croatia sub: Simic on for goalscorer Rapaic, who is embraced by his teammates on the bench. |
| 79′ – Italy sub: Inzaghi comes on for Doni, with Italy in need of an equalizer. |
76′ –  GOAL CROATIA. Rapaic bloops a deflected volley into upper left corner, after N. Kovacs heads the ball back in following a clearance of Rapaic’s original cross. |
| 75′ – Another Croatia cross gets behind Italy defense but lunging Rapaic can’t put it away. |
| 73′ – GOAL CROATIA. Olic knocks in at far post after Jarni’s cross from left side gets behind the back line. |
| 72′ – Vieri latches on to long, deflected pass and shoots high and wide left from 18 yards under challenge from last defender. |
| 69′ – Simunic smoothly dispossesses Vieri in left corner. |
| 66′ – Italy whistled for offside. |
| 65′ – Teams take turns with bad giveaways on Croatia’s end of the field. |
| 64′ – No one can catch up to Doni’s cross from left side. |
| 62′ – Croatia sub: Vranjes on for Soldo, who limps off. |
| 62′ – Buffon dives into Rapaic to punch ball out of bounds for throw-in on right, after throw-in from left is flicked on across penalty area. |
| 57′ – Croatia sub: Olic on for Vugrinec. |
56′ –  GOAL ITALY. Vieri takes Doni cross from right wing at far post and heads back over Pletikosa. |
| 54′ – R. Kovacs and Totti exchange words after foul is called; Totti freekick from left side is cleared. |
| 53′ – Rapaic corner kick cleared away, but Croatia regains possession and Rapaic forces comfortable Buffon save with shot to near post from left side. |
| 51′ – Vieri cautioned for dissent after protesting offside call. |
| 50′ – Italy goal disallowed for offside, after cross from left is flicked on to Vieri at far post. Questionable call. |
| 50′ – Boksic shaken up. |
| 46′ – Second half kicks off with no substitutions. |
| Second Half |
| 45’+2 – Referee blows halftime whistle before Croatia can take freekick near midfield. Score tied 0-0. |
| 45’+1 – Vieri beaten to cross from right side at far post. |
| 45′ – Croatia clears high ball to give up corner kick; Totti corner is cleared. |
| 44′ – Buffon dives left to save disappointing 16-yard shot from Rapaic on left side. |
| 43′ – Doni slow to get up after taking elbow to back of head on high ball. |
| 41′ – Referee ignores Zambrotta appeals for foul call 22 yards from goal. |
| 39′ – Robert Kovacs cautioned for hard foul on Totti. |
| 37′ – Totti corner kick headed away. |
| 36′ – Soldo fouls Totti 45 yards from goal. |
| 35′ – Italy whistled for foul in Croatia penalty area as Panucci crosses from right side. |
| 32′ – Vieri can’t catch up to through pass toward endline on left side. |
| 31′ – Totti freekick from top left corner of penalty area is knocked away. |
| 29′ – Buffon easily saves Rapaic effort from 25 yards. |
| 26′ – Give-and-go leaves Vugrinec open for shot inside area on right, but Buffon gets his right hand to it and Materazzi clears off the line. |
| 25′ – Cross chested down and laid back to Soldo at top of penalty arc; he beats one player and shoots wide left. |
| 24′ – Italy sub: Materazzi comes on as Nesta limps off and receives treatment to right foot. |
| 22′ – Buffon makes easy save on 30-yard half-volley by Vugrinec. |
| 18′ – Zambrotta goes down in penalty area on long pass but play continues. |
| 16′ – Niko Kovac treated for bloody nose after taking elbow from Tommasi. |
| 15′ – Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni takes advantage of a slip by Robert Kovacs, fights way clear through penalty area to shoot from 8 yards, but Pletikosa saves. |
| 12′ – Croatia corner kick cleared. |
| 12′ – Maldini called for cutting down Vugrinec near sideline. |
| 9′ – Nesta whistled for foul at edge of center circle. |
| 6′ – Buffon comes off line to pick up long pass at 17 yards. |
| 4′ – Italy earns corner kick; Zambrotta shot from outside penalty area saved easily. |
| 3′ – Foul on Totti brings freekick at top of penalty arc; freekick cleared after it hits wall. |
| 1′ – Match under way. |
| Kickoff at 5 a.m. EDT; 9 a.m. GMT |
