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Inglaterra Sub 21

Croatia U21 v England U21 - As it happened

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Offcial lineups, Croatia U21s v England U21s, U21 Euros, 3rd round, Group stages. BeSoccer
Offcial lineups, Croatia U21s v England U21s, U21 Euros, 3rd round, Group stages. BeSoccer
Join us for live coverage of Croatia Under 21s v England Under 21s. England are looking for some pride at this competition after back to back defeats against France and Romania have seen them knocked out of the competition.
Goal

List of goalscorers

0 - 1
10'
Reiss Nelson
Josip Brekalo
39'
1 - 1
1 - 2
48'
J. Maddison
N. Vlašić
62'
2 - 2
2 - 3
70'
Jonjoe Kenny
Josip Brekalo
83'
3 - 3
Press

Match report in news

  • 95'
    FT: Croatia 3-3 England. An incredible game here... For an attacker... Defensively it was full of mistakes but it was a joy to watch. England came into this competition with genuine belief, but this belief has not been backed up on the field they leave without a win.
  • 92'
    Bradaric is booked for a professional foul on Reiss Nelson.
  • 90'
    5 minutes of stoppage time.
  • 86'
    Reiss Nelson attempts to get the ball into the box but cannot do so and it ends up in the hands of the goalkeeper.
  • 82'
    Brekalo scores a third! Once again this is very sloppy defensively, but both the pass and finish are expertly done. England have now let 3 leads slip this evening now...
Substitution

Substitution

at Croacia Sub 21
  • 76'
    Cabarja is replaced by Bradaric.
Substitution

Substitution

at Inglaterra Sub 21
  • 73'
    Morgan Gibbs-White replaces James Maddison.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Inglaterra Sub 21 en el 70'
  • 70'
    WHAT A GOOOOOAAALLLL! Jonjoe kenny with an absolute beauty for England from long range! England have the lead again and that is a superb hit from the Everton right back.
  • 65'
    Vlasic has picked up an injury whilst scoring that goal and he is now going to be replaced by Ivanusec.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Croacia Sub 21 en el 62'
  • 62'
    GOOOOOOAAAAAALLL! It's another defensive mistake by England! This time Lloyd Kelly is responsible, giving the ball away under no pressure and Croatia kept their calm, allowing Vlasic to calmly slot home into the right hand side.
  • 55'
    Kieran Dowell is replaced by Mason Mount.
  • 51'
    Jonjoe Kenny is booked for a foul in the air.
  • 48'
    Konsa replaces Jake Clarke-Salter and the captaincy is handed to James Maddison.
  • 47'
    GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLL! James Maddison scores for England after a poor piece of defending by Croatia. The ball wasn't dealt with, and Maddison smacks it home from 8 yards out.
  • 46'
    We're back for the second half.
  • 45'
    HT: Croatia 1-1 England. Nelson's penalty gave England the advantage early on, but since then England could and should have scored at least once more. Brekalo's equaliser was a stunner, and we go in at 1-1.
  • 45'
    2 minutes of stoppage time here.
  • 44'
    Phil Foden has a wonderful volleyed effort saved comfortably by the keeper, England have created the chances tonight, but they have not put them away.
  • 42'
    IT'S HIT THE POST AGAIN FOR ENGLAND! Demarai Gray gets into a great position down the left hand side after a great ball from Maddison, Gray's effort comes of the leg of Katic and ricochets off the left hand upright.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Croacia Sub 21 en el 39'
  • 39'
    GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLL! That's a beauty from Jose Brekalo! He cuts in from the left hand side and sprints in and hits it into the top right corner, England's defence is once again caught sleeping there...
  • 37'
    Kieran Dowell is booked for a tug on a shirt.
  • 35'
    CLOSE! Demarai Gray strikes the left hand upright after a superb passing pattern again, this game could be over by now after those misses.
  • 33'
    England have been passing the ball around in incredible fashion thus far, 95% accuracy, but one wayward pass by Abraham almost gives Croatia the perfect opportunity there.
  • 29'
    CLOSE! Tammy Abraham has a cheeky dink at goal which hits the right hand upright, in the end the goal wouldn't have counted anyway as he was offside, but the footwork was on show nonetheless.
  • 28'
    It's Vlasic again with another long range effort for Croatia and this one is a long way away from the goal.
  • 24'
    Vlasic has an efort from long range which is comfortably dealt with by Dean Henderson in the English goal.
  • 21'
    It's all England here really, keeping the ball for large periods of play here, Maddison tumbles in the box but even after VAR review nothing is given.
  • 18'
    Demarai Gray has an effort from a long way out and it goes nearer the touchline than the goal...
  • 11'
    GOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLL! Nelson converts from the spot after earning the penalty himself. England take the lead in San Marino.
  • 10'
    PENALTY! It's an England penalty! Reiss Nelson is brought down after some nice build up play and a nice bit of trickery from the Arsenal man.
  • 4'
    Clarke-Salter is down here with a head injury, as is Uremovic after a clash of heads.
  • 1'
    We're underway in San Marino!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    A decent rendition of God Save the Queen there in a less than packed stadium. Now for Croatia's anthem, then we'll have kick off.
  • PRVW
    The teams are just walking out now, this is a nothing game on paper, but it is so much more than that, they both need this win to show what they can do.
  • PRVW
    Lineups: England: Henderson; Kenny, Clarke Salter, Tomori, Kelly; Foden, Dowell, Maddison; Gray, Abraham, Nelson.
  • PRVW
    Lineups: Croatia: Grbic; Uremovic, Kalaica, Katic, Cabraja; Moro, Sunjic, Vlasic; Majer, Kulenovic, Brekalo.
  • PRVW
    Offensively, Brekalo, Kulenovic and Majer start, with Ivanusec, Jakolis and Muric on the bench.
  • PRVW
    Grbic starts between the sticks, in place of Posavec, with 3 changes to the defence made, only Katic remains in the heart of defence, with Kalaica joining him in place of Borevkovic. Cabraja starts on the left hand side with Uremovic starting on the right hand side, in place of Sosa and Uremovic. The midfield trio of Vlasic, Sunjic and Moro remains.
  • PRVW
    Croatia are also looking for some pride as they have also lost both of their opening matches in the competition. They have really wrung the changes, with an almost unrecognisable XI from the one who lost 1-0 to France.
  • PRVW
    There have been changes made, with Reiss Nelson and Tammy Abraham coming into the starting lineup in the attack, Phil Foden comes back into the side, with Mason Mount dropping to the bench. In defence, there is just one change, with Jay Dasilva going to the bench and Lloyd Kelly coming into the starting line up. Dean Henderson stays in goal, despite a nervy performance against Romania.
  • PRVW
    England Under 21s are hoping to gain some pride after their capitulations in the last 10 minutes against France and then against Romania.
Info

Pre-match

24 June 2019, 21:00

Referee: Orel Grinfeld

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Under 21s Group Stage match between Croatia Under 21s and England Under 21s.