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Croatia beat England to qualify for World Cup final

This is it, as England and Croatia will face each other for the remaining spot in the FIFA World Cup final at the Lu
Hamza Khan Updated 11 Jul, 2018

This is it, as England and Croatia will face each other for the remaining spot in the FIFA World Cup final at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.

For the first time since 1990, the Three Lions are in the semi-finals of the competition.

Now only Croatia stand in their way of booking a place in Sunday's showpiece, where an opportunity to erase 52 years of hurt awaits.

Live Updates:

Full Time extra time:Croatia 2-1 England

120+4min: Croatia 2-1 England

Pivaric floats a hopeful cross into the box, failing to take it into the corner. Pickford gathers and England come forward.

120+1min: Croatia 2-1 England

Lingard floats a hopeful ball into the box, but Subasic gathers the ball with ease ahead of Kane.

Four minutes of added time.

119min: Croatia 2-1 England

A minute of regulation time to play as Luka Modric departs and on in his place is Milan Badelj.

116min: Croatia 2-1 England

Alli goes down and wins England a free-kick.

115min: Croatia 2-1 England

Mandzukic, the goal scorer, is replaced by defender Vedran Corluka.

111min: Croatia 2-1 England

Substitution: Kyle Walker in for Jamie Vardy

109min: Croatia 2-1 England

GOAL! Mandzukic scores in extra time for Croatia

107min: Croatia 1-1 England

Strinic wins a corner off the legs of Walker. Croatia have a set-piece in a threatening position.

We are underway again. 15 minutes to go

Half time, extra time: England 1-1 Croatia

105+1min: Croatia 1-1 England

Kramaric meets a cutback from Perisic on the left flank, but he is denied by a vital block from Stones.

105min: Croatia 1-1 England

Kane wastes a good opportunity for England on the break as he overhits his pass out for a throw-in.

103min: Croatia 1-1 England

Croatia are coming back into the game again.

102min: Croatia 1-1 England

Another change for Croatia as Ante Rebic replaced by Andrej Kramaric.

98min: Croatia 1-1 England

Rose makes a surge into the box and cuts the ball back for Dier to strike. His effort is blocked by Brozovic and floats over the bar.

96min: Croatia 1-1 England

England's third change - Eric Dier replaces Jordan Henderson.

96min: Croatia 1-1 England

Rebic hauls down Rose and he is booked England are given a free-kick 40 yards out.

95min: Croatia 1-1 England

Change for Croatia as Ivan Strinic is off for Josip Pivaric.

93min: Croatia 1-1 England

Alli looks for space on the edge of the box, but his offload into the path of Lingard goes astray.

91min: Croatia 1-1 England

England make another change as Rose comes on for Young at left wing-back.

We are underway..

Extra-time...

Full Time: Croatia 1-1 England

We are into three minutes stoppage time.

87min: Croatia 1-1 England

Lingard chases a ball into the corner with Strinic, but the Croatia full-back gets the decision for the free-kick.

85min: Croatia 1-1 England

Nothing is sticking in attack for England.

83min: Croatia 1-1 England

Croatia look more vibrant and threaten again as Modric chip a cracking ball into the box for Mandzukic, whose effort from an acute angle is well saved by Pickford.

80min: Croatia 1-1 England

England counter punch as Rashford finds space on the left flank. He wriggles through a couple of challenges before teeing up Kane.

78min: Croatia 1-1 England

Half-chance for England as Lingard plays a dangerous low ball across goal that sadly has no takers for a simple tap-in.

75min: Croatia 1-1 England

Croatia are finding acres of space almost everywhere in the final third. England are on the ropes here and may have to alter their system.

74min: Croatia 1-1 England

Substitution Raheem Sterling is off for Marcus Rashford.

71min: Croatia 1-1 England

What a chance. That man again Ivan Perisic for Croatia threatening England.

68min: Croatia 1-1 England

GOAL!!! Croatia are back. Ivan Perisic

64min: Croatia 0-1 England

Henderson releases Sterling in the final third and he tries to beat the challenge of Vida. He goes down under pressure from the defender's challenge.

Croatia are coming! They find Luka Modric on the right, his cross is a good one, John Stones heads it out well and Ivan Perisic then rasps in a shot which is brilliantly blocked!

63min: Croatia 0-1 England

Henderson slides a pass behind the Croatia backline for Lingard's run. Although he does not reach the ball, Vida puts the ball out for throw-in.

62min: Croatia 0-1 England

Croatia have found life in the second period, but need to improve their clinical edge in the final third.

61min: Croatia 0-1 England

England head clear another cross, but only as far as Ivan Rakitic who on the volley snatches his effort way off target.

59min: Croatia 0-1 England

Croatia on top in terms of possession as England set up camp and look to play on the break.

58min: Croatia 0-1 England

Trippier is played down the right flank and he goes for the first-time cross into the box.

56min: Croatia 0-1 England

First real attack from England in this half and it ends with Kane's flick on eventually seeing Jesse Lingard fore over via a deflection. Corner.

55min: Croatia 0-1 England

Walker has to provide a covering challenge once again down the left flank. He stops Croatia taking a quick throw-in and goes into the book.

51min: Croatia 0-1 England

Walker does well under pressure at the back to cope with Rebic's run over the top. The England man shields the ball out of play.

49min: Croatia 0-1 England

Slow start to the second half from both teams.

47min: Croatia 0-1 England

Yellow card Croatia’s Ante Rebi?.

46min: Croatia 0-1 England

Maguire misses an intervention in the box and it takes a sharp clearance and a brave header from Trippier to clear England's lines.

2nd half underway…….

Half Time: England 1-0 Croatia

45min: Croatia 0-1 England

England lose their composure at the back and Rakitic almost punishes the Three Lions. However, Walker manages to get back to make the covering challenge.

43min: Croatia 0-1 England

England are just managing to dictate the battle in the middle of the park. Their midfield is getting the better of Rakitic and Modric thus far.

40min: Croatia 0-1 England

England still the better team heading towards half-time.

38min: Croatia 0-1 England

Vrsaljko has been a decent outlet down the right flank, although he has not managed to send a threatening cross into the box as of yet.

35min: Croatia 0-1 England

Sterling looks for a path to goal, only to turn ino a crowded area of the box. Trippier collects on the right flank, but he overhits his cross out of play for a throw-in.

32min: Croatia 0-1 England

Croatia provide pressure down the right flank as Rebic sends a dangerous delivery into the box. Stones makes a fine clearance, only to send it back to Rebic. He goes for the strike, but Pickford is there to make the save.

30min: Croatia 0-1 England

Another golden opportunity for England to double their lead! Lingard plays a through pass into the box for Kane, but with just Subasic to beat the Croatia keeper denies the striker who then hits the post on the follow up.

27min: Croatia 0-1 England

Subasic comes out to punch away Young's latest set-piece.

26min: Croatia 0-1 England

Another good play from Sterling who charges down the left to just about keep the ball in play before winning a free-kick out of Dejan Lovren.

25min: Croatia 0-1 England

Lingard makes a charge into the final third and searches for the offload to Alli.

23min: Croatia 0-1 England

What a chance for England. The Three Lions should really punish a horrible touch from Ivan Strinic, the left-back passes it straight to Raheem Sterling.

21min: Croatia 0-1 England

Croatia are working their way back into the game.

20min: Croatia 0-1 England

Trippier, the goal scorer, is holding his ankle after a challenge.

19min: Croatia 0-1 England

Perisic is afforded space and time to cut in from the right flank. He drives at goal on his right foot, sending his strike narrowly past the post.

18min: Croatia 0-1 England

Rakitic searches Vrsaljko down the right flank, only to overhit his delivery out of play for a throw-in.

16min: Croatia 0-1 England

Kane buys his side a free-kick on the left flank courtesy of a clumsy challenge from Vrsaljko.

14min: Croatia 0-1 England

England continue to build pressure as Alli spreads the ball to the right flank with Trippier.

12min: Croatia 0-1 England

Brozovic concedes a corner in a challenge with Alli. England send their men forward from the back.

Trippier's goal is the first scored from a direct free-kick by an England player at the World Cup since David Beckham against Ecuador in 2006.

8min: Croatia 0-1 England

Strinic sends a cross to the back post looking for the run of Vrsaljko at the back post.

7min: Croatia 0-1 England

Henderson searches for a pass beyond the Croatia backline looking for the run of Sterling.

5min: Croatia 0-1 England

GOAL!! TRIPPIER!!!!! What a start by England.

2min: Croatia 0-0 England

England pressing high and hard early on as now Jesse Lingard takes the heels of Domagoj Vida as he plays out from the back.

1min: Croatia 0-0 England

Henderson fouls Modric in the opening minute of the game.

Croatia 0-0 England

We're underway in Moscow.

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