Fearless Croatia pulled off a impressive 2-1 win over Group B favorites Germany on Thursday to move to the edge of a place in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals.Darijo Srna beat Marcell Jansen to push home a cross from the left by Danijel Pranjic in the first half and Ivica Olic stroked the ball in early in the second period after a centre by Ivan Rakitic had struck Lukas Podolski and a post.
Germany gained one back in the 79th minute through Podolski but Croatia held on for a victory that recharged memories of their 3-0 triumph over Germany in the 1998 World Cup quarter-finals, a match that featured their coach Slaven Bilic.
To add to Germany's misery substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger became the first player to be sent off at these finals when he pushed Jerko Leko to the ground in frustration for a tackle from behind in injury time.
Croatia tops the group with six points, ahead of Germany on three.
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