The final whistle is blown. The co-hosts gave everything in the second half as they sought an equaliser but just did not have the finishing prowess to take at least a point after Luka Modrić's early penalty. Josef Hickersberger's side will return to the Ernst-Happel-Stadion on Thursday for a crucial match against Poland as they seek to earn their first win at the finals. Slaven Bilić will take his team to the Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt to face Germany on the same evening where they will hope to build on this result.
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Vukojević (in) - Olić (out) (Croatia) Ognjen Vukojević is on as Croatia pack even more players into defensive areas.
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Kienast (in) - Linz (out) (Austria) Austria also change their strikers as Roman Kienast comes on.
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Budan (in) - Petrić (out) (Croatia) Igor Budan is a straight swap up front.
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Korkmaz (in) - Gercaliu (out) (Austria) Ümit Korkmaz comes on as Austria make a change in their midfield.
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Prödl (Austria) is booked. Prödl hauls down Olić and the yellow card is no surprise.
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Knežević (in) - Kranjčar (out) (Croatia) Dario Knežević is Croatia's first change as they try to assert more dominance.
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Vastic (in) - Säumel (out) (Austria) The first change see Austria add to their attacking options with Ivica Vastic entering the game.
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R.Kovač (Croatia) is booked. A nimble turn by the touchline from Linz is too quick for Robert Kovač and the Croatian stopper gets booked for bringing him down.
The referee blows for half-time.
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Säumel (Austria) is booked. The tackles fly in midway inside the Austria half and Säumel is penalised as he brings down Niko Kovač.
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Modrić (Croatia) scores from the penalty spot. Luka Modrić slips a short pass into Ivica Olić and the striker's surge towards goal is stopped by a foul challenge from René Aufhauser. Modrić steps up and calmly strokes the ball to the goalkeeper's left to give Croatia a dream start. The goal is the earliest converted penalty in the history of the UEFA European Championship final tournament.
The co-hosts gave everything in the second half as they sought an equaliser but just did not have the finishing prowess to take at least a point after Luka Modrić's early penalty. Josef Hickersberger's side will return to the Ernst-Happel-Stadion on Thursday for a crucial match against Poland as they seek to earn their first win at the finals. Slaven Bilić will take his team to the Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt to face Germany on the same evening where they will hope to build on this result.