UEFA European Under-21 Championship

FT Wednesday, March 31, 2021
England U21 LLDLL 2
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Croatia U21 LLDLW 1
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CRO011
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Match Report

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Croatia U21s knock England out of Euros with stoppage time goal

England were knocked out at the group stage of the Under-21 Euros in stoppage time of their final match despite a 2-1 win over Croatia.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
3
46.8
Possession
53.2
13
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
282
Accurate Passes
341
378
Passes
439
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
26
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
66
21
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
10
7
Tackles
14
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
20
17
Clearances
20

Head to Head

Lineups

CRO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Dominik KotarskiG
  2. 16Bartol FranjicCD-L
  3. 22Mario VuskovicCD-R
  4. 11Domagoj BradaricLB
  5. 2Marin SverkoRB
  6. 17Kristijan BistrovicAM
  7. 3Hrvoje BabecLM
  8. 8Nikola MoroRM
  9. 14Dario VizingerF
  10. 7Luka IvanusecAM-L
  11. 21Dario SpikicAM-R

ENG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 12Ben WilmotCD-L
  3. 15Japhet TangangaCD-R
  4. 3Lloyd KellyLB
  5. 2Max AaronsRB
  6. 20Eberechi EzeAM
  7. 16Oliver SkippLM
  8. 8Conor GallagherRM
  9. 9Eddie NketiahF
  10. 21Dwight McNeilAM-L
  11. 17Curtis JonesAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Luka Ivanusec (Croatia U21) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 12' Goal! Croatia U21 0, England U21 1. Eberechi Eze (England U21) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 45' Lloyd Kelly (England U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+3' Domagoj Bradaric (Croatia U21) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 48' Curtis Jones (England U21) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 62' Dario Spikic (Croatia U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Croatia U21. David Colina replaces Dario Spikic.
  8. 64' Substitution, Croatia U21. Mihael Zaper replaces Hrvoje Babec.
  9. 71' Substitution, England U21. Rhian Brewster replaces Eddie Nketiah.
  10. 72' Substitution, England U21. Todd Cantwell replaces Conor Gallagher.
  11. 74' Goal! Croatia U21 0, England U21 2. Curtis Jones (England U21) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dwight McNeil.
  12. 76' Substitution, Croatia U21. Lovro Majer replaces Kristijan Bistrovic.
  13. 85' Japhet Tanganga (England U21) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 86' Substitution, Croatia U21. Marko Divkovic replaces Dario Vizinger.
  15. 86' Substitution, Croatia U21. Petar Musa replaces Marin Sverko.
  16. 87' Mihael Zaper (Croatia U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 89' Substitution, England U21. Steven Sessegnon replaces Dwight McNeil.
  18. 90' Oliver Skipp (England U21) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+1' Goal! Croatia U21 1, England U21 2. Domagoj Bradaric (Croatia U21) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lovro Majer.
  20. 90'+8' Second yellow card to Curtis Jones (England U21).

EURO Under-21 News

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