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THE CROATIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
PLAYED ITS FIRST HISTORIC MATCH
Zagreb, Croatia – Thursday, October 18, 1990
Yesterday, in front of about
30,000 spectators at Maksimir
Stadium, the Croatian national
football team played against the
United States in an international
football friendly. Croatia won with a
score of 2:1 thanks to goals from
Aljosa Asanovic ( 29') and Ivan
Cvjetkovic ( 33'). Marko Mlinaric
was pronounced the best player of
he match.
Croatia vs USA – 17 October 1990
Teams
Croatia
Drazen Ladic, Zoran Vulic, Drago Celic, Darko Drazic, Vlado Kasalo, Sasa
Person, Kujtim Shalla, Zlatko Kranjcar, Ivan Cvjetkovic, Aljosa Asanovic,
Marko Mlinaric
Substitutes: Tonci Gabric, Gregor Zidan, Mladen Mladenovic
Manager: Drazan Jerkovic