Croatia vs England is the 2nd and last semifinal game of the FIFA World Cup 2018 tournament. Yesterday, the first semi match took place between France and Belgium. France won it and will square off either England or Croatia on Sunday on July 15 for this edition’s WC title.
England has reached into the semifinal round after a long gap of 28 years on Wednesday. CRO v ENG world cup match will be played at the Luzhniki Stadium located in Moscow on July 11. Last time, the English football team reached in 1990 but lost to Germany on penalties. So, they ended up getting the third place in the competition.
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This time, England defeated Sweden by 2-0 on Saturday to book themselves a place into the semifinals. And Croatia has beaten Russia on penalties to get here. The Vatreni would be expecting to go past what they could do in 1998. At that time, they lost to hosts France in the semi-final.
- Date: 7/11/2018
- Time: 9 p.m. local/7 p.m. BST/2 p.m. ET/11:30 pm IST
- TV: ITV (UK), Fox (USA), Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3 (India), Telemundo
- Live Stream: ITV Hub (UK), Fox Soccer 2GO (USA), SonyLIV (website and app), FoxSports.com, Fox Sports Go
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Though Henderson has no injury or suspension concerns, he still is a doubt for England. While Lovren and Subasic are the two concerns for Croatia. Fullback Vrsaljko has been ruled out.
Preview
England made the history with making first-ever penalty shootout victory in a World Cup match and won against Colombia. The Three Lions were successful in doing what many of their predecessors failed to do. They went past Sweden – a very good team.
The Swedes played impressively throughout the tournament and were looking perfect to defeat the attacking threat posed by England. But, England’s team went past Swedes’ defenses and thus got a place in the next round of the title race.
Sterling will be targeted again. The forward missed opportunities against Sweden and some other matches in the tournament. The Manchester City star still has played an important role in the advancement of his side in the competition.
Besides Sterling, it is going to be a big match for England’s midfield as they will have to tackle star pairing Modric and Rakitic, and the likes of Kovacic, and Brozovic. Real Madrid’s Modric has been playing exceptionally well for Croatia and his masterful performance could end England’s World Cup hopes.