Overview: Croatia v England – FOX Sports Asia

Scorers from England: F. Lampard (8 'pen, 59') S. Gerrard (18 ', 66'), W. Rooney (77th)

Scorers from Croatia: Eduardo (73rd)

Players to watch over:

Croatia has two of the best midfielders in the world, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic. The duo is able to unlock any defense and they pose a threat to the pieces of force. Modric has scored twice for his country in Russia, while Rakitic has a goal in his name. England will have a hard time trying to keep the pair quiet.

Raheem Sterling did not have the best of times at the world show, but this could be his moment to shine for his country. The winger had his best season to come in the World Cup, recording 18 goals and 11 badists to help Manchester City win the Premier League title.

The explosive rhythm and deceit of Sterling could be It is true that he has not scored for his country since October 2015.

Quotes from the form and manager:

The Blazers reached the same stage of the competition in 1998 as the beginners before losing 2 -1 to welcome the nation and future champions of France.

The clbad of & # 39; 98 is revered for his exploits after also making the quarter finals of Euro 1996, where they were eliminated by Germany, who won the title [19659014] However, the current crop of players can get better by participating in their first final in a major tournament and write their own names in the annals of Croatian football.

Zlatko Dalic's team won all five of their games in the Russian show, although they needed penalties to pbad Denmark and Russia in eighth and eighth respectively.

Dalic insists that they deserve to play the semi-finals after producing quality performances to beat Nigeria, Argentina and welcome Russia.

"Croatia has great players in the big European clubs, and it's true that we have not had good results in major tournaments for decades, but we should not be surprised that Croatia is in the last four of the World Cup, which has been proven ". his pre-game press conference.

"The players showed their qualities when it comes to this World Cup, and may be in the history of a great generation that has approached the third place of the World Cup 1998 Cup.

"This is the result of our hard work and the quality of the players who play at Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan. They just display the qualities that they have, that's all. "

The Three Lions are also playing in their first semifinal for the past 20 years, and this is surprising given the young and inexperienced group that Gareth Southgate won for the World Cup

The third youngest team in the tournament Was not really tested in the group stages, where she recorded two wins and one loss, before pbading Colombia in the last 16 on penalties, he eliminated Sweden in the quarter-finals to get closer again from the top of football, but the 47-year-old feels that his players are far from being at their best.

"Sometimes you have to go through" Many young players were involved there are two years [at Euro 2016] suffered a huge disappointment, we could have ignored that and looked to the future but we felt that it was impo It is important to uncheck it and know exactly why we had 10 years since we we won a game.

"This team is far from reaching the level it will be able to, partly because of its age and partly" We will have more experience of the big game. "

"We are excited about the future, but we want to make the most of the opportunity we have [now]."

Team News:

Rear-back Sime Vrsaljko and goalkeeper Danijel Subasic are concerned about their physical condition for Croatia.

Vrsaljko suffered a knee injury in overtime against Russia, while Subasic continued to play despite his hamstring injury. Domagoj Vida is available for selection after escaping with a FIFA warning for his pro-Ukrainian video to celebrate the victory over the Russians.

England is in great shape with Jordan Henderson (hamstring) and Jamie Vardy (groin) from their respective injuries.