Croatia beat Moldova in friendly

In preparation of EURO 2008, Croatia played a friendly match against opponents Moldova on Saturday. Niko Kovac scored the only goal to beat Moldova by 1-0.

The Croatian skipper headed in a corner taken by Ivan Rakitic at the 30-minute mark. Other than that the game was a bit bland with both coaches trying various combinations of players and tactics. However Luka Modric put in a good performance.

You can see the goal and a glimpse of Luka Modric here:

Croatia: Pletikosa, Ćorluka, R. Kovač (Vejić 46), Šimunić (Šimić 46), Pranjić, Modrić, N. Kovač (Pokrivač 59), Vukojević (Leko 73), Rakitić, Budan (Kalinić 62), Olić (Klasnić 46).

Moldova: St. Namasco, Lascencov, Rebeja, Epureanu, Golovatenco, Zmeu (Cebotari 69), Se. Namasco, Gatcan (Andronic 79), Comleonoc (Suvorov 74), Frunza (Aleksejev 79), Bugaiov (Ovsevnikov 60).