History of an umbrella, guards and how Croatia stopped England (VIDEO)

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England opposes Croatia to a dispute over a place in the final of the 2018 World Cup. For both teams, it will be a historic achievement. The "chess players" never reached such a stage in a world championship, and the "three lions" played the last game of a planetary champion in the far distant 1966 when they won the title on their territory. Because of the strong performance of their team, English fans started a "Returning Home" chorus as part of their dream of returning to the World Cup

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As part of tonight's game, BLACK SPORT is reminding you of another match between the two teams of historical significance. The duel was played a little over 10 years ago. Croatia wins 3: 2 at Wembley and prevents England from qualifying for the Euro 2008 finals. Then, the "Three Lions" won 4: 1 and 5: 1 over the players of Chess, but the defeat in Mecca football remains big. Croatian defender Vedran Chorluka announced that his teammates would look for inspiration in this match for the match today against the British

Chorluka is one of three players among the current Zlatko Daliich picks who play at Wembley tonight. 2007 year. The others are Luka Modrich and Ivan Rakitic. Dalych's badistant, Ivica Olic, also played and even scored. Of the current English team, which is among the youngest at the 2018 World Cup, there is not a single footballer on the field in this decisive match against Croatia

BACKGROUND
After the disappointing abandonment of the 2006 World Cup Portugal after penalties), Steve McClaren is at the helm of England. His task is to refresh the team for the next qualifiers of the Euro 2008. His decision to abandon David Beckham and Sol Campbell, however, gives a negative result, and in the middle of the campaign, the "Three Lions" are fourth in Group E.

A draw with Macedonia is followed by a 0-2 loss as a guest of Croatia when Gary Neville wins his own goal. There is a new draw, this time as a guest of Israel and McLaren is under pressure. Beckham in the emergency is back in the team for the penultimate qualifier match – a visit to Russia. Wayne Rooney finds the result after half an hour and "the three lions" must push ahead to qualify for the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland

Instead, Roman Pavlyuchenko has scored twice in the last 20 minutes. First, he is accurate from a penalty, and a little later he also realizes the winning goal. England gets hope when a month later, Russia loses as a guest of Israel (1: 2) after a goal from Omer Golan in injury time. This means that "the three lions" need equal Wembley against the Croatian team led by Slaven Bilic to qualify for the European Championship. Even more "chess players" have already secured their participation in the Euro 2008.

THE GIRL
A threatening rain invades the Wembley field, already damaged by a game of football a few weeks ago. The composition of English is paralyzed. John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen are missing because of injuries. Ashley Cole and David Beckham are left in reserve

Scott Carson, 22, is on the door, for whom it is a start in an official match of England. At eight o'clock, the goalkeeper from Aston Villa allowed Niko Kranchar's far-off shot to pbad between his hands and end up in the net. Six minutes later, Ivica Olic finds herself against Carson, bypbades him and doubles the guests' lead, and the "three lions" are pressed to the brink of the abyss

Steve McLaren, who hides under rain under a huge umbrella, and English Nationals are boosted when they enter the tunnel of the break. The English coach reacts and, at the break, plays Beckham and Jermaine Defoe. This gives Lampard 56 minutes which returns a shot from a penalty shot for a defeat against Defo. Nine minutes later, the result is equal. Peter Crouch scores a volley after Beckham centering

Almost 90,000 from Wembley and millions in front of the screen are sitting. England goes to the European Championship. The hope, however, lasts 12 minutes. Mladen Petric gives Croatia a new lead with a shot outside the penalty area. In the remaining minutes until the end, Darren Bent's reserve hit a beam, but the "three lions" failed to catch up. At the same time, Russia won 1-0 as a guest of Anthony and qualified for Euro 2008.

CONSEQUENCES
The next day, Steve McClaren was fired. He stays on for 16 months. It's the shortest anticipation of a team-mate led by England until 2016, when Sam Alaridis improves the anti-corridor and leads the 'three lions' For 67 days and one game. Fabio Capello, who ranked English for the 2010 World Cup after nine wins in 10 qualifying matches, was named Fabio Capello

At the same time, Croatia's Slaven Bilic won all three matches of the Championship from Europe including a 2: 1 on the finalist finalist Germany. However, the quarter-finals lose a lot of attention after the penalty shootout, after Ivan Klasicch found the result a minute before the end of the extra time, and that Semih Shejdurk equalized

After a painful summer on the Euro 2008 on TV, England does not wait long to take revenge on the Croats. On September 10, 2008, the two teams met in Zagreb for a world qualification. Tio Walcott puts on a hat trick, and Wayne Rooney once writes for a 4-1 win. The hosts play with someone less in the second half after Robert Kovac's red card in the 52nd minute

Croatia: Pattikosa, Vedran Chorluka, Dario Shimic, Robert Kovac, Josip Shimunic, Dario Sarna, Niko Kovac, Luka Modric, Niko Kranchar (75-Daniel Pranic), Eduardo da Silva (69-Mladen Petrich) Ivan Rackitsch) Publisher: Slaven Bilic [19650027] London Wembley – 88,091 spectators
Judge: Robert Kroud, Eduardo da Silva (Croatia)