Marvin Ceballos scored the only goal against Croatia.
Despite having been handed two thrashings at these finals, Guatemala have advanced to the Round of 16 as a best third-place team with a narrow 1-0 victory over Croatia.
The Croatians had the first chance of the night when Mario Ticinovic sent a cross into Filip Ozobic. The No10 received the pass with his back to the goal, but with a quick turn fired his shot just wide of the upright corner.
Kevin Norales tried his luck at the other end, but unable to muster much power, gave Croatia goalkeeper Matej Delac little trouble. The chance was the spark Guatemala needed, though, and on 23 minutes Gerson Lima was free in the area only to see the onrushing Delac make a quickfire save with his leg.
Ivan Lendric forced Guatemala keeper Roberto Padilla into a save with a half-hour gone, but both sides would go into the break empty handed.
Padilla was tested again soon after the restart, but Guatemala’s No1 was able to tip Roberto Puncec’s header chance over the crossbar. The Central Americans then had an unbelievable chance go begging when Delac spilled a Marvin Ceballis header only to see it drop to Gerson Lima poised in a position to shoot. The Croatian defence came to the keeper’s rescue, however, and denied Lima of the chance.
Croatia were looking to break the deadlock, but Padilla was in fine form and was again able to push a chance over the crossbar, this time from Ticinovic. Puncec then attempted a shot from a tight angle only to see it go wide.
And finally, perhaps the most unlikely result at these finals came to fruition, when Guatemala took advantage of poor Croatian defending. On 81 minutes Marvin Ceballos evaded Croatian defender Puncec to slot home and secure a knockout round meeting with Portugal, much to the crowd's delight in Armenia.
Croatia - Guatemala0:1 (0:0)Match Date Time Venue / Stadium Attendance
35 06 August 2011 20:00 Armenia / Centenario 3202
Match Officials
Referee
Abdulrahman ABDOU (QAT) Assistant Referee 1
Mohammad DHARMAN (QAT)
Fourth Official
Peter O LEARY (NZL) Assistant Referee 2
Fares ALSHAMMARI (KUW)
Match Commissioner
Mohammed IYA (CMR)
Goals scored
Marvin CEBALLOS (GUA) 81'
Croatia
Line-up
[1] Matej DELAC (GK)
[5] Renato KELIC (C) [Y] (-46' HT)
[6] Tomislav GLUMAC [Y]
[8] Arijan ADEMI
[10] Filip OZOBIC (-73')
[11] Mario TICINOVIC [Y]
[13] Marko LESKOVIC
[14] Roberto PUNCEC
[15] Antonio JAKOLIS
[16] Frano MLINAR (-85')
[18] Ivan LENDRIC
Substitute(s)
[12] Dominik PICAK (GK)
[21] Michael PARADZIKOVIC (GK)
[2] Ivor HORVAT [I]
[3] Dejan GLAVICA (+85')
[4] Franko ANDRIJASEVIC (+73')
[7] Zvonko PAMIC [N]
[9] Andrej KRAMARIC [I]
[17] Anton MAGLICA (+46' HT)
[19] Marin ZULIM
[20] Ivan BLAZEVIC
Coach
Ivan GRNJA (CRO)Guatemala
Line-up
[1] Roberto PADILLA (GK)
[2] Jose ANDRADE
[3] Manuel MORENO
[5] Elias VASQUEZ (C) [Y]
[6] Jose DEL AGUILA [Y]
[7] Marvin CEBALLOS (-86')
[8] Jose CASTILLO
[10] Kevin NORALES (-46' HT)
[14] Jose LEMUS [Y]
[17] Marco RIVAS
[20] Gerson LIMA (-73')
Substitute(s)
[12] Jose MORALES (GK)
[21] Jose GARCIA (GK)
[4] Willian RAMIREZ [I]
[9] Henry LOPEZ [I]
[11] Gabriel NAVAS (+73')
[13] Jose MELGAR
[15] Sixto BETANCOURT [I]
[16] Cristian LIMA (+86')
[18] Abner BONILLA (+46' HT)
[19] Walter ARRIOLA
Coach
Ever ALMEIDA (PAR)Cautions
Marko LESKOVIC (CRO) 34', Marco RIVAS (GUA) 66', Marvin CEBALLOS (GUA) 82', Mario TICINOVIC (CRO) 90', Gabriel NAVAS (GUA) 90'+2
Expulsions
Additional time
First Half: 1' Second Half: 5'
Croatia (CRO) Statistics Guatemala (GUA)
11 Shots 9
3 Shots on goal 6
12 Fouls Committed 12
7 Corner kicks 5
0 Direct Free Kicks to Goal 1
0 Indirect Free Kicks to Goal 0
0 / 0 Penalty Kicks 0 / 0
1 Offsides 4
0 Own Goals 0
2 Cautions 3
0 Expulsions due to Second Caution 0
0 Direct Expulsions 0
60% Possession (%) 40%
33 Actual playing time 22
a.e.t.: After extra time (C): Captain PSO: Penalty Shoot-out
GK: Goalkeeper N: Not eligible to play I: Injured
Y: Yellow cards Pos: Positions A: Absent
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