U23s, Idele and Puljić in action as Italy and Croatia share spoils

Italy and Croatia played out a goalless draw in their UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group B Matchday 2 encounter.

Both Nerazzurri representatives featured in the 0-0 stalemate: Javinson Idele came on for Italy in the second minute of stoppage time, while new Atalanta U23 signing Ljubo Puljić played the full 90 minutes for Croatia.

The result moves Italy up to four points in Group B, with qualification for the semi-finals to be decided in their final group-stage fixture against Ukraine on Sunday 5 July (kick-off 17:00 CEST). Croatia, meanwhile, picked up their first point of the campaign and will face Serbia at the same time on Sunday.

Fixtures and results

Javison IDELE - Italy U19s

• 29 June, Caernarfon: Italy 2-0 Serbia | Subbed on in the 62nd minute, Idele provided the assist for Italy's second goal.

• 2 July, Caernarfon: Croatia 0-0 Italy | Idele came on in the second minute of stoppage time.

• 5 July, Bangor: Ukraine vs Italy

Ljubo PULJIĆ – Croatia U19s

• 29 June, Bangor: Croatia 1-3 Ukraine | Puljić played the full 90 minutes

• 2 July, Caernarfon: Croatia 0-0 Italy | Puljić played the full 90 minutes

• 5 July, Caernarfon: Serbia vs Croatia