Croatia vs England, Worldcup 2018 SEMI FINALS
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Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Referee Bjorn Kuipers
- Referee Sander van Roekel
- Referee Cuneyt Cakιr
- Referee Bahattin Duran
- Referee Tarik Ongun
- Referee Danny Makkelie
- Referee Carlos Astroza
Head-to-Head
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Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
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Match Events
- 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Croatia and England.
- 5' What a strike from Kieran Trippier! The score is 0-1.
- 10' It’s high time Zlatko Dalic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Ivan Rakitic has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 44 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' Croatia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 35' England is showing some good football. However, England are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 40' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ante Rebic suffering a number of foals already.
- 45' Croatia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
- 48' Ante Rebic is having his name booked by the referee on 48.
- 53' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Harry Maguire made 344 appearances and scored 25 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 54' England player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 59' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering England that had 129 games and scored 47 goals.
- 64' It looks like no one’s ball. England is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 68' What a strike from Ivan Perisic! The score is 1-1.
- 73' The travelling England supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Marcus Rashford. He replaces Raheem Sterling on 74 minute.
- 79' Croatia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 84' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Croatia players.
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Croatia
Starting XI- 6
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Ante Rebic ↓ Andrej Kramaric 101'
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Luka Modric C ↓ Milan Badelj 118'
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Mario Mandzukic ↓ Vedran Corluka 115'
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Ivan Strinic ↓ Josip Pivaric 95'
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Bench- 8
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Andrej Kramaric ↑ 101'
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Milan Badelj ↑ 118'
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Josip Pivaric ↑ 95'
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Vedran Corluka ↑ 115'
Coach Zlatko DalicEngland
Starting XI- 6
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Jordan Henderson ↓ Eric Dier 97'
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Kyle Walker ↓ Jamie Vardy 112'
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Ashley Young ↓ Danny Rose 91'
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Bench- 14
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Jamie Vardy ↑ 112'
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Eric Dier ↑ 97'
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Danny Rose ↑ 91'
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Marcus Rashford ↑ 74'
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Coach Gareth Southgate -
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