Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Jerko Leko, who was called up earlier in the year before being sidelined with a broken rib, and defender Filip Tapalovic of TSV 1860 Munich are also in line for their first caps.

BBC: Big names miss friendly

Croatia continued to push for the opener right up to the break and Jerko Leko sent a low 20-meter shot fizzing just wide of Boruc's right post, before the Polish number one did superbly to save from Klasnic on the stroke of half-time following another one-on-one with the Croatia hitman.

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