Euro 2020 Highlights: Sterling seals 1-0 win for England over Croatia

UEFA Euro 2020 England vs Croatia Highlights: Raheem Sterling scored in the second half to win the match for England at the Wembley Stadium. Follow updates of Euro 2020, England vs Croatia.

England's Raheem Sterling in action with Croatia's Ivan Perisic. (Pool via REUTERS)

England vs Croatia, Euro 2020 Highlights: Raheem Sterling's second-half strike helped England earn a 1-0 win over Croatia. It finished 0-0 at half time with England missing some clear-cut chances early in the game. This was only the third time that both these teams faced each other in a major tournament. The last time they met, Croatia triumphed over England 2-1 in the semifinal of the 2018 World Cup. Revenge will be on the minds of the Three Lions, who are looking for their first major international trophy since 1966.

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• 13 Jun 2021, 08:23:23 PM IST

  Full Time! England 1-0 Croatia

  England beat Croatia 1-0 to start their Euro 2020 campaign with a win. Raheem Sterling with the only goal of the match in the second half.

• 13 Jun 2021, 08:15:24 PM IST

  88' England 1-0 Croatia

  Bellingham has a clash of heads with Domagoj Vida. Medical staff is on the field.

• 13 Jun 2021, 08:08:37 PM IST

  80' England 1-0 Croatia

  17-year-old midfielder Jude Bellingham replaces Harry Kane.

• 13 Jun 2021, 08:01:47 PM IST

  74' Sterling misses! England 1-0 Croatia

  Sterling had a chance to score again but hit his shot horribly off the mark.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:57:13 PM IST

  70' Vlasic coming! England 1-0 Croatia

  Brozovic and Kramaric are off for Croatia. Marcus Rashford comes on for Fode.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:54:17 PM IST

  66' England 1-0 Croatia

  Mason Mount was close to making it two for England. He hit a great free-kick which was just wide.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:48:35 PM IST

  60' England 1-0 Croatia

  Kane had the chance to double England's advantage but he failed to take it. He has, however, injured himself and is seeking attention from the medical team.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:47:31 PM IST

  57' GOALLL! England 1-0 Croatia

  Raheem Sterling is the man to open the scoring for England. Phillips opened things up and passed onto Sterling, who finished it off to give England the lead.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:41:30 PM IST

  54' England 0-0 Croatia

  Modric hit a shot from outside the box but it was straight into the hands of Modric.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:40:02 PM IST

  53' England 0-0 Croatia

  Phillips fouls Modric, escapes a yellow card.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:35:34 PM IST

  48' England 0-0 Croatia

  Mateo Kovacic receives a yellow card.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:16:14 PM IST

  45' Half-time! England 0-0 Croatia

  The game finishes without goals at half-time. After a frantic start to the game, England have settled down with Croatia also coming back into the game.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:14:09 PM IST

  42' Free-kick! England 0-0 Croatia

  Yellow card for Duje Ćaleta-Car and he gives away a free-kick in a dangerous position. But Trippier fails to make it count.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:10:57 PM IST

  38' England 0-0 Croatia

  Kyle Walker hasn't had a good game so far as he looked a little wayward in passing. His cross was wide off the mark.

• 13 Jun 2021, 07:04:25 PM IST

  31' England 0-0 Croatia

  The game has settled down a little with a lot of passes being played in the midfield. Can there any goals before half-time?

• 13 Jun 2021, 06:58:10 PM IST

  26' England 0-0 Croatia

  Perisic's strike was wide of the goal. First real chance for Croatia.

• 13 Jun 2021, 06:52:24 PM IST

  21' England 0-0 Croatia

  England have been the much better team in the game so far. They have looked threatening on the break but Croatia have managed to hold on till now.

• 13 Jun 2021, 06:48:02 PM IST

  16' Free-Kick! England 0-0 Croatia

  Trippier hit a lobbed free-kick to Harry Kane but he was caught off-side.

• 13 Jun 2021, 06:42:24 PM IST

  9' England 0-0 Croatia

  Dominik Livakovic was brought into action ato save Kalvin Philips' strike from the edge of the box.

• 13 Jun 2021, 06:37:09 PM IST

  5' FODENNN! England 0-0 Croatia

  Foden hits the woodwork. He drifts in from the right and hits a low shot that strikes the post. Croatia caught napping in defence.

• 13 Jun 2021, 06:14:34 PM IST

  Trippier to start at LB

  Manager Gareth Southgate has played Atletico Madrid's title-winning right-back Trippier on the left side of the defence with Luke Shaw on the bench.

• 13 Jun 2021, 05:42:01 PM IST

  Croatia Playing XI

  Dominik Livakovic; Sime Vrsaljko, Duje Caleta-Car, Domagoj Vida, Josko Gvardiol; Ivan Perisic, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric (captain), Marcelo Brozovic; Andrej Kramaric, Ante Rebic.

• 13 Jun 2021, 05:41:23 PM IST

  England Playing XI

  
  

  Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Tyrone Mings, Kieran Trippier; Declan Rice, Kalvin Phillips, Mason Mount, Phil Foden; Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane (captain)

• 13 Jun 2021, 05:35:56 PM IST

  Big show of support

  The 90,000-capacity Wembley Stadium is expected to see a turnout of 22,500 fans. England will have home fans on their side against Croatia.

• 13 Jun 2021, 05:20:49 PM IST

  England vs Croatia - LIVE

  Hello and welcome to live blog of the Euro 2020 match between England and Croatia. Both teams play their first match of the tournament on Sunday.