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Croatia 1 Austria 0

First Published: Feb 28, 2001

Croatia won their first game under new coach Mirko Jozic with a goal from Davor Vugrinic.

The Lecce star hit the winner in the 35th minute whe he advanced from behind the two strikers to accept a pass from Bosko Balaban and shoot low past Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger.

Austria hit the bar in the 90th minute with a hard shot from distance by Michael Baur.