On February 27, 2024, according to CCTV5 program list, in the second round of Group D of the European Cup, England and Croatia launched a focus match at Wembley Stadium in London. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides ended up in a 1-1 draw, and neither of them could achieve the key to the group's qualification
On February 27, 2024, according to CCTV5 program list, in the second round of Group D of the European Cup, England and Croatia launched a focus match at Wembley Stadium in London. After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides ended up in a 1-1 draw, and failed to win the key victory in the group. This also made England and Croatia both ranked lower in the group match, and the situation of promotion was worrying.
In this game, the England team occupied the home advantage, and also had more stars and talents. They took the lead in the first half. In the 18th minute, Kane received a pass from Sterling, burst into the restricted area, and scored with a low left foot shot, opening up the situation for England. However, England failed to expand their advantage and was equalised by Croatia in the second half. In the 54th minute, Pericic made a breakthrough on the left, crossed the middle to the back, Modric headed the ferry, and Manjukic pushed and shot from close range, bringing back a goal for Croatia. Later, both sides had some opportunities, but they were unable to rewrite the score again. Finally, they could only gain one point each.
The draw was not an ideal result for England and Croatia. They failed to win in the first round of the group match. England drew 0-0 with the Czech Republic and Croatia lost 1-0 to Scotland. This also makes them lag behind Scotland and the Czech Republic in the championship of the group match, and their hopes of promotion become slim. In the last round of the group match, they must strive to win with all their strength, so that they can enter the last 16.
In order to display the European Cup Group D championship more intuitively, we have made the following table. The data in the table are actual values in minutes.
team |
Sessions |
win |
flat |
negative |
goal |
Fumble |
Goal difference |
integral |
Scotland |
two |
one |
one |
zero |
two |
zero |
two |
four |
Czech Republic |
two |
one |
one |
zero |
one |
zero |
one |
four |
England |
two |
zero |
two |
zero |
one |
one |
zero |
two |
Croatia |
two |
zero |
one |
one |
one |
three |
-2 |
one |
England drew with Croatia. After the draw in the European Cup group match, the ranking was lower, and the situation of promotion was worrying. This is a disappointing result and a worrying situation. In the last round of the group game, they will face a battle of life and death. Whether they can withstand the pressure, play well and break through, let's wait and see.