Friendly

Argentina 2–3 Croatia

Wednesday 1 Mar 2006 · Basel, Switzerland (neutral)

Argentina2–3Croatia

Goals5

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Klasnic Tevez Messi Srna Simic

3′0–1Ivan Klasnic Croatia
4′1–1Carlos Tevez Argentina
6′2–1Lionel Messi Argentina
52′2–2Darijo Srna Croatia
90′2–3Dario Simic Croatia

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Argentina

Came on

18Lucho GonzálezMF↑60′
16Pablo AimarMF↑68′
7Diego MilitoFW↑75′

Croatia

1Stipe PletikosaGK
5Igor TudorDF
7Dario SimicDF●
13Stjepan TomasDF ↓46′
2Darijo SrnaMF●
8Marko BabicMF
10Nico KovacMF ↓82′
14Luka ModricMF ↓84′
19Niko KranjcarMF ↓90′
9Dado PrsoFW ↓90′
17Ivan KlasnicFW● ↓75′

Came on

11Mario TokicDF↑46′
18Ivica OlicFW↑75′
16Jerko LekoMF↑82′
15Ivan LekoMF↑84′
20Marijan BuljatMF↑90′
22Mladen PetricFW↑90′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Argentina: 1952 → 1939
Croatia: 1850 → 1863

Expected score for Argentina: 64.3% (a draw counts half). An upset — the lower-rated side won. The lead changed hands 2 times. The winners came from behind.

Head to head

Meeting 3 of 6, 1994–2022.

Argentina wins: 3
Draws: 1
Croatia wins: 2

Form either side

Argentina

Before

0–1 v Paraguay 3 Sep 2005 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
2–0 v Peru 9 Oct 2005 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
0–1 v Uruguay 12 Oct 2005 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
2–3 v England 12 Nov 2005 · Friendly
3–0 v Qatar 16 Nov 2005 · Friendly

After

2–0 v Angola 30 May 2006 · Friendly
2–1 v Ivory Coast 10 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
6–0 v Serbia 16 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
0–0 v Netherlands 21 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006
2–1 v Mexico 24 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006

Croatia

Before

1–0 v Sweden 8 Oct 2005 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
0–0 v Hungary 12 Oct 2005 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
0–2 v Portugal 12 Nov 2005 · Friendly
0–2 v South Korea 29 Jan 2006 · Lunar New Year Cup 2006
4–0 v Hong Kong 1 Feb 2006 · Lunar New Year Cup 2006

After

4–1 v Austria 23 May 2006 · Friendly
2–2 v Iran 28 May 2006 · Friendly
0–1 v Poland 3 Jun 2006 · Friendly
1–2 v Spain 7 Jun 2006 · Friendly
0–1 v Brazil 13 Jun 2006 · FIFA World Cup 2006

Every Argentina v Croatia match6

From Argentina's side.


13 Dec 2022	Croatia	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2022	Semi-final
21 Jun 2018	Croatia	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2018	Group stage
12 Nov 2014	Croatia	2–1	Neutral	Friendly	—
1 Mar 2006	Croatia	2–3	Neutral	Friendly	—
26 Jun 1998	Croatia	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 1998	Group stage
4 Jun 1994	Croatia	0–0	Away	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: ESPN · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN