Jamaica Sports News: The Croats came from behind to beat 1966 winners England, in an enthralling semifinal in the Russian capital on Wednesday.
Kieran Trippier’s firm header gave England the lead with barely five minutes in the game.
Gareth Southgate’s team held the score to the break, but Croatia emerged from the interval a renewed hunch and started taking the game to England and was rewarded with an equalizer on 68 minutes thanks to the industry of Ivan Perisic.
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Neither team could find the winner inside 90 minutes and it needed extra time to finally separate them and when it arrived, it came from the lanky striker Mario Mandzukic, who ghosted behind the England defense to hit them cold 11 minutes from time.
England never recovered as Croatia won 2-1, to set up a repeat of their 1998 world cup semi-final against the would-be champions France.
England will now head to St. Petersburg on Saturday for a third-place game against Belgium.