England vs. Croatia: Live updates from the 2018 World Cup

30: KANE … No!

I do not know how Kane's two plans stayed there. A superb Lingard ball pushed him behind the offside trap (barely) and his shot from the right foot was ejected. But he controls the rebound at an even tighter angle next to the left post and makes a second attempt. It hits a few things, but neither the back of the net nor turns too high and – safely if you are in Croatia –

27: Sterling Hits the Gas

Sterling wins a running with Lovren – well, not a race, since Sterling was always going to win. But Lovren brings him back with one hand to the chest and kicks the shin, and Sterling falls as the smallest porcelain cabinet in the world. Free kick. It's a good one: Subasic has to pick him up. But he strikes a blow to temporarily end the threat.

25: Another lost chance for England

Jesse Lingard is behind on the right but his shot in the middle is terrible – he misses two teammates, maybe three.

22: Kane Off-Game

Now, Kane moves away a few steps, and when the turnover of Croatia falls to Sterling, he returns it to the big attacker . has not yet retreated onisde. It did not really matter at the end: Kane was shooting to the left. But he was two yards from play.

21: Lovren Kane Clobbers

Lovren hammered Kane into the midfield to stop a breakaway. It was a N.F.L. security tackle there, but he had no choice. Kane seemed to be working around him, which would have been deadly.

20: Sterling Working

England clearly loves the Sterling-Vida match on the right: it keeps trying to approach it. But Vida is holding on there.

19: Perisic Fires and Misses

Perisic shoots from far to the left and strikes a shot into Pickford's side net. He stepped out of Stones' heel, but Cakir did not see that and kick of goal – to the conspicuous consternation of Perisic.

17: Fans help

Feeling that their team needs a hand – that's the case – Croatian fans fall on a "Cro-Ah-C" -Yah ". But as soon as the team moves upward, it runs out.

14 & # 39 ;: More danger in turns

A good game between Ashley Young and Dele Alli ends up making the latter jump to the top of the box. He feeds Trippier on the other side, and his cross is blocked for another turn. He finds Maguire – again – and he gets closer a bit but still sends it wide

12: Maguire Heads High

An English corner, their first. Young to take. No more danger of piece set up. Harry Maguire puts his head on it, but he sends it high up.

11 & # 39 ;: Croatia needs to regroup

Croatia seems a bit bored, and a little offside, after the goal. Lovren just hit a ball in the midfield stands after a teammate sent him back to the place with England players around. Not smart.

9: Croatia makes a corner

C is now Croatia with a corner. Modric to take it, but there's a little jostling on the spot so we take a break. England clears – awkwardly – and Kane comes out almost Sterling. But his mark returns to expert poke free with a toe around-reached. Risky game, done beautifully.

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7: Sterling scares Croatia

Raheem Sterling causes two problems to the right, but Subasic is about to smother the second to the left of his goal.

6 & # 39 ;: Set Pieces Regulate This Cup

I guess we should not be surprised by another objective of the piece: 70-70 !!!!!! – In this tournament. Or almost half of the total.

5 "GOAL! England leads

Kieran Trippier just took the lead and took it as a pro. Super free shot up and right – and Subasic never had a chance. This goal is the first goal of Trippier for England

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4: Free kick for England

Dele wins a free kick in a dangerous place at the top of the circle in front of the Croatian goal. Trippier and Ashley Young stand on it, and now Maguire arrives with his two cents. A play, who would have one?

2 & # 39 ;: The referee exerts control

An interlocutor for Lingard's referee Cakir, just after Dele had one. There is a lot of nervous energy here, and the referee wants to immediately keep control over the extra things.

Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic is a coach. Gareth Southgate is in the shelter, keeping his vest tidy

1: Wrong departure for England

A turnover in England and Henderson commits a fault for stop what could have been a fast counter. Expect a lot of that

1: Kickoff!

It was the biggest roar yet for the countdown of the coup de send: and we left.

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The end of Croatia deploys a large banner that says "Thank you Russia" in Cyrillic during its national anthem. That's how you win on neutrals, people

Cree Rally of England

Well, it's weird: they play the hit of the 90s "Football & # 39 Coming Home "on the speakers inside Luzhniki. Long joke – the song laments the failures of England – it has become the rallying cry of the team. But I would not be delighted with singalong if I was Croatian.

Croatia: The Odds

England is a slight favorite in this game, with the chances of translating into a 60 percent chance of advancing. The over / under is two goals. Harry Kane is the big favorite to score the first goal, at 4-1, followed by his teammate Raheem Sterlin at 9-1. Mario Mandzukic is the most likely candidate of Croatia at 11-1

England vs Croatia: the fans

The two fans seem to feel the history inherent in tonight's match – a first final for Croatia , a first since 1966 for England – and have become effective. The English are already singing, and they roared for their team. But Croats also have numbers and full voices. The atmosphere, at least, will be more electric than France-Belgium was last night. The role of Raheem

Raheem Sterling continues to be a lightning rod when people talk about England, which continues to be confusing, at least for the Southgate manager Gareth. Sterling, Southgate notes (correctly), is an essential part of what England does. His speed destabilizes the opposing defenses, allowing him to attack from deeper positions than some of his teammates. He can work on either side of the field, change sides to unbalance the teams. And his ability to work in tight spaces and to hunt even the most hopeful of long balls makes him dangerous at any time. Yes, he has not scored for England since October 2015, a point that his critics know by heart. But that's not always what Sterling does on the match sheet, which is the most important, really; it's the mere threat that he could do something that increases his value.

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"I'm not surprised that Croatia has identified Raheem as a key player," Southgate said this week. "If you look at all of our attack patterns and how our top four combined and played, he played a role in that."

Starting Line of England

Alignments are out and England does not change thing:

Guardian: 1 Jordan Pickford (Everton)

Defenders: 6 Harry Maguire (Leicester ), 5 John Stones (Manchester City), 12 Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), 2 Kyle Walker (Manchester City), 18 Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Midfielder: 20 Dele Alli (Tottenham), 8 Jordan Henderson ( Liverpool), 7 Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)

Convey: 9 Harry Kane (Tottenham), 10 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

And why would they do it, with everything that works so well? right here. It's the same three-way back line, with Walker, Stones and Maguire, flanked by Trippier and Young, who will again look to advance and help in the attack. Henderson gets solitary duty in the central midfield, and his teammates (Lingard, Dele Alli, Trippier and Young) will have to make sure he will not be overrun by Modric and Rakitic

Croatia & # 39; Starting Lineup

For Croatia, Marcelo Brozovic was chosen ahead of Andrej Kramaric. Brozovic was the choice against Denmark in the round of 16, but Kramaric played in the quarter-final against Russia. Brozovic's choice is a defensive move, as he is a deeper midfielder, while Kramaric is playing right behind the attacker, Mario Mandzukic

Goalkeeper: 23 Danijel Subasic (Monaco)

Defenders: 21 Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), 3 Ivan Strinic (Milan), 6 Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), 2 Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid)

Midfielder: 10 Luka Modric (Real Madrid), 7 Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), 11 Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan)

Forwards: 17 Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Ivan Perisic 4 (Inter Milan), 18 Ante Rebic (Fiorentina)

England against Croatia: the history

England has not played against Croatia since it's qualified for the 2010 World Cup. England has won both matches with ease, 5-1 at home and 4-1 away. English stars in such games as Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. are no longer part of the configuration of the national team. But one of Croatia's two goals was scored by Mario Mandzukic, 22, who scored the goal in the win over Denmark in the round of 16.

Representative of the Lone Premier League in Croatia

The entire England team made a living in the Premier League, and the league had players scattered throughout the first semi-final on Tuesday. . But Croatia has only one player who makes a living in England: Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren

Set Piece Trending

Samuel Umtiti's goal against Belgium on Tuesday was the 69th goal of this World Cup, on 158 all. This is a drastic increase in recent years, and speaks of technical changes (it's easier to draw coins in a short window than flowing attacking moves) and tactical (referees badist the potential faults in the repair area). But Croatia and England are both able to score points, so we can expect the trend to continue today.

• Eight of England's 11 goals in Russia came out of the competition. And Harry Kane are probably a representative collection: three shots on goal, two goals at goal and a shot from someone else who hit him and came in. So, it's not exactly Brazil around 1970 or anything.

Harry's Golden Boot? 19659084] The Englishman Harry Kane is still online to win the Golden Boot as top scorer in the World Cup. Kane has six goals. The Dutchman Romelu Lukaku is fourth for the third and the only active players with three are the French Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappé

England and Croatia Top Story Lines

• England played in a semifinal of Cup of the World in 1990, when he lost to penalty kicks in West Germany, who won the trophy. Croatia played its only other semifinal of the World Cup in 1998; • The stakes of a World Cup semifinal – the mere idea that a team is within 90 minutes of the final – can sometimes undermine the daring and risky outbursts of the teams. But fatigue too. Croatia have just won two consecutive penalty shoot-outs and finished Saturday's quarter-final by caring for several players through what looked like overwork injuries.

How will Croatia do it? but the fact that many experts still choose them to advance shows the depth of their talent. And England also played an extended game against Colombia last week, and while its quarterfinals against Sweden ended up being a little further, games and miles added up [19659086] Interactive Feature

Spot the ball: the knock-out round

Messi is gone. Ronaldo is gone. Germany has been gone for a long time. But Spot the Ball survived the knockout round of the World Cup! To celebrate, we shot some photos of the round of 16 and made a very important change – we pulled the ball. See if you can guess where it was.

• The only previous team to have won two consecutive homestines in the Round of 16 World Cup was Argentina in 1990. It lost its next game against the # 39, West Germany in the final. read the main story