Goals by Perisic and Brozovic help Croatia sink Israel

ByReuters

Updated 23/03/2016 at 20:15 GMT

Goals by Ivan Perisic and Marcelo Brozovic earned hosts Croatia a 2-0 friendly win over Israel in Osijek on Wednesday in a free-flowing match containing several missed chances.

Croatia's Ivan Perisic celebrates after scoring a goal

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Euro 2016 finalists Croatia took the lead in the fourth minute, moments after the visitors had struck the woodwork, when Perisic elegantly converted an accurate low cross from the left by Brozovic.

Brozovic added the second goal in the 34th minute in similar fashion, sneaking into the area to finish off another centre from the left by Mario Mandzukic.

The open, attacking nature of the game continued in the second period with both sides hitting the woodwork and missing a string of scoring opportunities.

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