Croatia, three rings for Italy
Croatia-Northern Macedonia 3-0
Croatia overwhelms North Macedonia in Rijeka. It started with Kovacic rewarded for his presence number 100 in the red and white national team and a North Macedonia that is not willing to be the sacrificial victim, even if è followed in Rijeka only by a handful of fans. And so è the Giallorossi try to trouble the home rearguard. Croatia, però, slyly finds the goal at the first attempt. Majer’s free kick, Dimitrievski doesn’t even move and è 1-0.
Pleasant match, played at a good pace and which in the end of the first half saw the doubling of Majer, who took full advantage of a Petkovic bank and, alone in front of the Macedonian extreme defender, gave him no chance again.
After halftime Trajkovski immediately tries but the former Palermo man's conclusion does not trouble Livakovic. When Croatia restarts on the counterattack è always dangerous: Baturina shoots high wasting the 3-0 ball.
The pinwheel of changes on both sides upsets the teams on the field and the pace drops significantly. The third Croatian goal is signed by Marco Pasalic, who solves a scrum in the area with a cannonball that ends up under the crossbar: the result does not change anymore.
