UEFA European Championship

FT Sunday, June 13, 2021
Croatia LWWDL 0
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England WWWWW 1
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Match Report

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Euro 2020: England beat Croatia in opener with Sterling goal

England beat Croatia 1-0 in the opening game of their Euro 2020 campaign at Wembley on Sunday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
1
48
Possession
52
8
SHOTS
8
1
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
384
Accurate Passes
381
458
Passes
454
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
12
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
52
25
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
3
18
Tackles
11
0.4
Tackle %
0.3
3
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
7
10
Clearances
7

Head to Head

ENG leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ENG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 15Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 12Kieran TrippierLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 19Mason MountAM
  7. 4Declan RiceLM
  8. 14Kalvin PhillipsRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 10Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 20Phil FodenAM-R

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 5Duje Caleta-CarCD-L
  3. 21Domagoj VidaCD-R
  4. 25Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 17Ante RebicF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicLF
  11. 9Andrej KramaricRF

Timeline

  1. 42' Duje Caleta-Car (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 48' Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! England 1, Croatia 0. Raheem Sterling (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips with a through ball.
  4. 64' Phil Foden (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  7. 70' Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  8. 71' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Phil Foden.
  9. 78' Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Ante Rebic.
  10. 82' Substitution, England. Jude Bellingham replaces Harry Kane.
  11. 85' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, England. Dominic Calvert-Lewin replaces Raheem Sterling.

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