| 06.09.2008 | Zagreb | Maksimir | 17 424 |
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Croatia | 3:0 (2:0) | Kazakhstan | |
| [1] Stipe Pletikosa, [3] Josip Simunic, [4] Robert Kovac, [5] Vedran Corluka, [6] Danijel Pranjic, [7] Ivan Rakitic, [10] Niko Kovac, [11] Darijo Srna, [14] Luka Modric, [17] Ivan Klasnic, [18] Ivica Olic | [1] David Loriya, [2] Samat Smakov, [3] Alexandr Kuchma, [4] Maxim Zhalmagambetov, [5] Farkhadbek Irismetov, [6] Sergey Skorykh, [7] Maxat Baizhanov, [8] Ruslan Baltiyev, [9] Sergey Ostapenko, [10] Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev, [11] Dmitry Byakov |
| Coach:Bilic Slaven | Arno Pijpers (NED) |
| Scorers:13' Niko Kovac, 36' Luka Modric, 81' Mladen Petric | |
| Substitutions:64' in [9] Mladen Petric out Ivan Klasnic, 85' in [13] Nikola Pokrivac out Luka Modric, 88' in [16] Jerko Leko out Ivica Olic |
57' in [15] Anton Chichulin out Maxat Baizhanov, 81' in [16] Andrey Karpovich out Sergey Skorykh, 84' in [14] Roman Uzdenov out Sergey Ostapenko |
| Cautions:78' Robert Kovac | 25' Farkhadbek Irismetov, 60' Ruslan Baltiyev, 90'+2 Anton Chichulin |
| Referee:Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Fourth Official:Martin Ingvarsson (SWE) |
Assistant referee:Stefan Wittberg (SWE), Peter Ekstrom (SWE) |
