Japan
0–0
Croatia
Japan
Zico (Brazil)
23Yoshikatsu KawaguchiGK
42'
5Tsuneyasu MiyamotoCB
21'
22Yuji NakazawaCB
14Alessandro SantosLB
72'
21Akira KajiRB
15Takashi FukunishiCM
10Shunsuke NakamuraAM
8Mitsuo OgasawaraLM
7Hidetoshi NakataRM
9Naohiro TakaharaCF
13Atsushi YanagisawaCF
Subs
16Masashi OguroMF
17Junichi InamotoMF
20Keiji TamadaFW
Croatia
Zlatko Kranjčar (Croatia)
1Stipe PletikosaGK
3Josip ŠimunićCB
4Robert KovačCB
32'
7Dario ŠimićCB
5Igor TudorCM
10Niko KovačCM
19Niko KranjčarAM
8Marko BabićLM
2Darijo SrnaRM
69'
9Dado PršoCF
17Ivan KlasnićCF
Subs
14Luka ModrićMF
18Ivica OlićFW
22Ivan BošnjakFW
Date
2006-06-18, 15:00
Stadium
Frankenstadion • Nuremberg, Germany
Referee
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
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