Croatia Zagreb 3 SK Sturm Graz 0

AK Sturm Graz have still to travel to Manchester United in Group D and another performance like this could see the champions knock up a record score.

Croatia Zagreb were comfortable winners to record their first win in the competition and the Austrian side defended badly at three set pieces to concede goals. Tomoslav Rukavina ended a slow start by both sides with a curling free kick into the net from the edge of the are in the 27th minute and in the 38th minute Tomo Sakota followed his lead to drive powerfully into the roof of the net from another free hit.

Josep Simic earned a 57th minute penalty when he was brought down on a run by goalkeeper Jan Pieter Materns who was replacing the awful Kazimierz Sidorczuk who was so poor against Man Utd last week. Sakota scored his second of the game with a well placed penalty conversion. and Zagreb are now in contention to progress to th second phase if they can overhaul OM.