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90+3 |
Collina blows for full-time and England are through to the quarter-finals. |
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90+2 |
Croatia come forward but James gets the ball again before punting the ball upfield. |
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90+1 |
Gerrard slips a ball into the feet of Owen, whose shot is charged down. |
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90 |
Kovac tries another ball into the area but James claims. Croatia have tried everything and are a credit to their country. |
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89 |
Terry collects a long ball and now looks comfortable after picking up a tweak earlier. |
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88 |
Sokota tries to put some pressure on the England defence but Neville and James clear. |
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86 |
Lovely play in midfield from England. Gerrard, Beckham, King and Owen exchange one touch passes. |
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85 |
Owen sweeps up and passes back to Cole. |
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83 |
Croatia win a corner. James comes out to clear but fails to catch the ball but he saves from Mornar's shot |
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83 |
Phil Neville gives away a foul with his first touch. King cleares the long ball into the England defence. |
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84' Phil Neville comes on for Frank Lampard. |
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83 |
Beckham is fouled down the right. Thierry Henry has scored and France lead Switzerland 3-1. |
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82 |
King chips a nice ball through towards Owen's onward run, Butina claims and then goes down. |
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81 |
Gerrard makes a good run down the left. |
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79 |
Croatia are throwing everything forward in a desperate attempt to come back here. It is a great spectacle. |
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GOAL! Croatia 2-4 England
Frank Lampard's fourth goal for England! He picks the ball up outside the area, cuts infield, dummies the gaolkeeper and then shoots past Butina. |
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77 |
A Gerrard charge down the left sees the Chelsea man try to slip a ball past Butina but the 'keeper saves. |
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76 |
Danger for England as Croatia come forward and gamble at the back. James saves Sokota's effort at goal. |
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75 |
Vassell tries a forward run but the ball runs out of play. |
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74 |
Croatia looking bright in attack, the goal coming at just the rigfht time for them. They still need two more though. |
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GOAL! Croatia 2-3 England
Srna whips in a ball and Igor Tudor heads in at the back post. |
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73 |
Croatia win a free-kick after a foul from Cole. |
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72' Rooney comes off for Darius Vassell. |
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71' Ledley King comes on for Paul Scholes as England look to consolidate their lead. |
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GOAL! Croatia 1-3 England
Another one for England and another one for Rooney. Owen plays a great ball straight through the Croatian defence, Rooney runs clear of any attention and slips the ball past Butina. Superb! |
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68' Srna is on for Simic |
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66 |
Prso's shot is blocked well by Neville. |
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65 |
England make short steps forward through Beckham and Gerrard. |
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64 |
England break from a Croatia corner through the dynamic Rooney but this time he can't quite unlock the defence. Magnificent play from the Everton youngster. |
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63 |
John Terry is struggling as Rooney tries to break away from defence. he is brought down just as he turns his man. Collina blows for a foul. |
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62 |
Croatia come forward - they have got to score - but Rosso's shot from 20 yards is nicely saved from James, who is having a good game. |
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60 |
The game is stretched now. Rooney, the Lampard and then Rooney all see a sight of goal but Croatia deal with the threat. |
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59 |
Gary Neville defends well just as Olic threatens to get in behind the England defence. |
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58 |
England must be aware here as Croatia start to have a good spell of possession. |
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56 |
Olic gets some space on the right and his cross is fired across the edge of England's six-yard box but eventually an offside decision comes to England's rescue. |
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Olic is on for Rapaic. |
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56 |
Neville wins a free-kick but England lose possession all too easily, only for Gerrard to tackle well. |
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55 |
A quick break sees Rooney feed Owen down the inside right channel. Owen runs to the edge of the area and tries to chip Butina but the ball lands on the roof of the net. |
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54 |
A combination of Terry and Campbell sees England clear a Croatian attack on the edge of their area. |
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53 |
Campbell, winning his 59th cap, snuffs out another forward run from Mornar and wins a free-kick. |
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52 |
Butina is okay and Croatia come forward. Kovac's long ball forward is too much for Mornar and the ball trickes out for a goalkick. |
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50 |
Play stops for Butina who is flat out on the ground with an injury. |
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49 |
Beckham curls in the setpiece and Campbell attempted header is well defended. Another corner for England. |
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49 |
Nice play from England wide on the left sees the ball knocked infield to Scholes. He is enjoying this now and his shot from 25 yards is saved by Butina, who conceeds the corner. |
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48 |
Gary Neville tries to get ahead of the Croatian defence but Lampard can't quite find him. |
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47 |
Paul Scholes gets some space in the middle of the park and shoots low at goal for Butina to save. Scholes' drifting is causing the Croatians some difficulties. |
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46 |
Mornar crosses and Neville cleares the ball out ahead of Sokotar for a corner. |
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Ivica Mornar has come on for Robert Kovac, Zivkovic has dropped back into defence. |
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We are underway in the second half. |
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45+1 |
Wayne Rooney scores a stunning goal and as Collina blows for half-time England deserve their lead - a goal and an assist from Rooney. |
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45 |
GOAL! Croatia 1-2 England
The boy genius scores his 8th goal in sixteen internationals. Owen in in acres of space on the right. He passes infield to Scholes, who knocks it on to Rooney who fires a drive past Butina from 22 yards out. Simply brilliant. |
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44 |
Cole makes progress down the left but knocks the ball out for a Croatian throw, deep inside the opposition's half. |
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43 |
Scholes is in a spot of bother wide on the left but finds Campbell with an intelligent pass. Good play from the Manchester United midfielder. |
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41 |
Beckham is fouled as England look to capitalise on the momentum given to them by the goal. |
|
40 |
Great stuff! Paul Scholes has broken his much taked-about three-year drought for England. |
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40 |
GOAL! Croatia 1-1 England
Some great build-up play finishes with Lampard playing a ball through to Owen. His shot is saved by Butina; then the rebound is headed on by Rooney and there is Paul Scholes who heads in!!! Well done Paul Scholes!! |
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39 |
Terry conceeds a foul. Zivkovic passes out to Rapaic but his cross is cut out bu Campbell. |
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38 |
Prso fires a good shot from the edge of the area but James makes a good save and hangs on to the ball. |
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37 |
A good, surging run forward from Lampard nearly finds Rooney but again the solid Croatian defence is good enough to keep England out. |
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36 |
Neville's cross-field pass is cut out but Cole regains possession and finds Gerrard. He passes to Lamaprd but the Chelsea midfielder can't get his cross in. |
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35 |
Rooney manages to get a flicked header on to Beckham's cross but again it is easy for Butina. |
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34 |
Beckham's corner is headed on by Terry but Butina catches. |
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33 |
Rooney again picks the ball up and his cross is deflected away for a corner. |
|
33 |
Beckham feeds Rooney on the right but his low cross to Lampard is cut out. |
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32 |
Simunic tries to finds Prso but the ball is rather aimless an Neville shields it back to James. |
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31 |
Neville tackles well and Gerrard's cross is delected over for a corner which doesn;t lead to anything. |
|
30 |
A third of the match has gone and Croatia in possession but Rooney tackles and passes out to Ashley Cole. |
|
29 |
Neville cuts off a ball aimed at Rapaic as England try to keep it tight at the back whilst still looking to go forward. |
|
28 |
Beckham's free-kick goes straight into the wall. Croatia clear. |
|
27 |
England launch a ball up to Rooney, who is fouled five yards outside the box. Free-kick to England. |
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26 |
Sokota latches on to a long ball forward but James makes an easy save. Switzerland have equalised through Vonlathen. |
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26 |
Beckham's corner is headed goalwards by Campbell, Butina punches only to Gerrard, whose shot is saved. half chance for England. |
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25 |
Gerrard again runs forward from deep and tries a cross which is cleared. Again the Anfield man crosses and this time he wins a corner. |
|
24 |
Long ball forward looks for Sokota but Terry is back to deal with the danger. |
|
23 |
Gerarrd finds Rooney with a deep free-kick. England content to knock the ball around in midfield. Croatia regain possession. |
|
22 |
Croatia tidy the ball up and get some possession. |
|
21 |
Some nice play sees the ball moved quickly forward and Lampard tries a quick shot which is saved. France lead Switzerland 1-0 in Coimbra, Zidane with the goal. |
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20 |
Cole and Scholes try a one-two but Simunic reads it and clears the ball out for a throw-in. |
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19 |
Campbell gets ahead of Prso and deals with the free-kick. |
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18 |
Rooney tries to launch a counter-attack but he gives away possession and Paul Scholes fouls. |
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17 |
Beckham's delivery is cleared as far as Gerrard, who passes back to his captain but once again the cross is cleared. |
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17 |
Simunic fouls Owen wide on the right and Collina gives England a free-kick. |
|
16 |
Rooney tries a little reverse ball to Scholes but Croatia cut the ball out. England looking good in their attacking play. |
|
15 |
England playing well coming forward and have got the territorial dominance. Good through ball to Owen but Butina claims ahead of Owen. |
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13 |
Cole gets some space down the left, crosses for Scholes and Rooney shoots but the whistle has gone - Scholes hand ball. |
|
13 |
Some nice possessional play from England as they look for a way through the Croatian defence. |
|
12 |
Gerrard's ball forward finds Owen who passes the ball back to Lampard. |
|
10 |
Gerrard picks up the ball from deep and charges at the Croatia penalty area only to go down on the edge of the area. No penalty says Mr Collina. |
|
9 |
Beckham swings in another cross which Scholes manages to get something on but Butina catches easily. |
|
8 |
Paul Scholes nearly gets in for England. Rooney plays a nice little ball through for the midfielder but Butina saves his angled shot. |
|
6 |
England launch an offensive. They've got to get a goal back. It is still 0-0 between France and Switzerland. |
|
5 |
GOAL! Croatia 1-0 England
Niko Kovac scores from close range as England fail to clear a free-kick which is swng in. James makes a good save from Zivkovic but Kovac hammers in the rebound.. |
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4 |
Croatia win a free-kick wide on the left. Danger for England. |
|
3 |
Good break from England who slip the ball through to Michael Owen wide on the right. His cross is flicked away from the attentions of Rooney. |
|
2 |
Good play from Rosso and Rapaic as Croatia come forward for the first time.. |
|
1 |
Gary Neville plays a long ball up towards Owen. The ball finds Rooney but trickes through to Butina in the Croatian goal. |
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The match is underway and England are playing in their second choice kit of red/white/red and playing from right to left. |