FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, July 11, 2018
England WWLWW 1
–
Croatia WWWWW 2
1st2nd3rd4thT
ENG10-101
CRO01-112
Luzhniki Stadium · 78,011 att. · FOX

Match Report

Croatia reaches World Cup for 1st time, beats England 2-1

Croatia is going to its first World Cup final.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
23
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
0
46
Possession
54
11
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
379
Accurate Passes
474
497
Passes
590
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
41
0.2
Cross %
0.1
104
Long Balls
85
46
Accurate Long Balls
53
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
13
12
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
9
40
Effective Clearances
35
40
Clearances
35

Head to Head

ENG leads series 3-2

Lineups

CRO · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 11Marcelo BrozovicDM
  5. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  6. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  7. 7Ivan RakitićCM-L
  8. 10Luka ModricCM-R
  9. 4Ivan PerisicLM
  10. 18Ante RebicRM
  11. 17Mario MandzukicF

Substitutes

  1. 9Andrej KramaricSUB
  2. 15Duje Caleta-CarSUB
  3. 14Filip BradaricSUB
  4. 22Josip PivaricSUB
  5. 13Tin JedvajSUB
  6. 8Mateo KovacicSUB
  7. 12Lovre KalinicSUB
  8. 19Milan BadeljSUB
  9. 20Marko PjacaSUB
  10. 5Vedran CorlukaSUB
  11. 1Dominik LivakovicSUB

ENG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 6Harry MaguireCD-L
  4. 2Kyle WalkerCD-R
  5. 8Jordan HendersonSW
  6. 20Dele AlliCM-L
  7. 7Jesse LingardCM-R
  8. 18Ashley YoungLM
  9. 12Kieran TrippierRM
  10. 10Raheem SterlingCF-L
  11. 9Harry KaneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Phil Jones
  2. 22Trent Alexander-Arnold
  3. 3Danny Rose
  4. 15Gary Cahill
  5. 14Danny Welbeck
  6. 19Marcus Rashford
  7. 4Eric Dier
  8. 21Ruben Loftus-Cheek
  9. 23Nick Pope
  10. 11Jamie Vardy
  11. 13Jack Butland
  12. 17Fabian Delph

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Croatia 0, England 1. Kieran Trippier (England) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 48' Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 54' Kyle Walker (England) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 68' Goal! Croatia 1, England 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sime Vrsaljko with a cross.
  5. 74' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Raheem Sterling.
  6. 90'
  7. 90' Substitution, England. Danny Rose replaces Ashley Young.
  8. 95' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Pivaric replaces Ivan Strinic because of an injury.
  9. 96' Ante Rebic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 97' Substitution, England. Eric Dier replaces Jordan Henderson.
  11. 101' Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Ante Rebic.
  12. 105'+4' First Half Extra Time ends, Croatia 1, England 1.
  13. 105' Second Half Extra Time begins Croatia 1, England 1.
  14. 109' Goal! Croatia 2, England 1. Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a headed pass.
  15. 112' Substitution, England. Jamie Vardy replaces Kyle Walker.
  16. 115' Substitution, Croatia. Vedran Corluka replaces Mario Mandzukic because of an injury.
  17. 119' Substitution, Croatia. Milan Badelj replaces Luka Modric.
  18. 120'+5' Second Half Extra Time ends, Croatia 2, England 1.
  19. 120'+5' Match ends, Croatia 2, England 1.

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