Summary

  • Trippier curls free-kick into top corner for stunning start

  • Perisic volleys in equaliser before Mandzukic grabs lead in extra time

  • England's first semi-final appearance since 1990

  • Croatia reached semis in 1998 - have never played in final

  • Winners play France in Sunday's final

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance

  1. I wonder whether Gareth Southgate did consider playing Eric Dier in there and leaving one of Jesse Lingard or Dele Alli out?

    Croatia could get plenty of possession in there...

  2. Croatia v England (19:00 BST)

    Sir Trevor Brooking
    Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

    We lose or win the game in midfield, with how the Croatian quartet plays. It puts a lot on Jordan Henderson. I think we can get at them defensively but I think that Croatia midfield is the key to the game.

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    See you in 2070 Bazza...

    Watched 1966 final in a yha hostel in Buckingham gate London. On a b/w TV 12in. It's coming home again. Becoming a habit - every 52 years regular as clockwork!

    Barry

  4. From the oval ball to the round one...

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    It's SO good to hear Sir Trevor Brooking's voice on the radio again.

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    Aaron: One too many games for Croatia tonight. Denmark and Russia don't have the quality or the energy of this England squad and Croatia faded very badly in those games.

    Ange: Whatever happens tonight the team have done us proud, win or lose...but please don’t let it be a repeat of Italia 90

    Darragh: Harry Maguire to score the winner tonight with a header from his own half when defending a Croatian corner

  7. 'I'll get Eric Dier on my thigh'

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    We ask the people of Birmingham what they'd do if England won the World Cup

    That may be the quote of the World Cup...

  8. How Three Lions came to be

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    David Baddiel tells Ed Miliband about the origins of the football anthem Three Lions

    "We wanted to write a song about the real experience of being a fan of the England football team."

    Completed it mate.

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    As poor as Sterling has been at times, I agree with Southgate starting him because Rashford is far better coming off the bench than Sterling is

    Mack

  11. Croatia v England (19:00 BST)

    Aidy Boothroyd is on the pitch with Gareth Southgate. That's an ex-Northampton player and manager out there with England.

    #itscominghome

  12. 'He wasn't guaranteed to start ahead of the tournament'

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    Alan Shearer
    Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 live

    There was talk ahead of the tournament of it being between Jordan Henderson and Eric Dier to play that role for England, so it shows how well Jordan has done because he wasn't guaranteed to get into the starting XI. Put his range of passing, his energy and his leadership skills together, and he has done very well.

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    Same again for England, no changes to the side that beat Sweden in the quarter-finals.

    That means manager Gareth Southgate keeps his trust in Raheem Sterling, who starts up top.

    Whether captain Harry Kane plays alongside him or is deployed in a deeper role remains to be seen.

    England XI: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Young, Henderson, Alli, Lingard, Sterling, Kane.

  14. 'On the brink of history'

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    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer in Moscow

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    This is the game where England fans have really come to the party. Already a much greater presence inside and outside this vast Luzhniki Stadium.

    They sense Gareth Southgate's side are on the brink of history and want to be here to share in this landmark moment in the sport, England's biggest game since they were beaten beaten by West Germany at this stage in Italia '90.

  15. "Southgate is a king, who has built a team"

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    BBC Sport at Luzhniki Stadium

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    Mark Jones, Anthony Jackson and Alan Berry are over here from Essex, and are also preparing to stay on if England win. Or should that be 'when'…

    "What do you mean, how confident are we?" asks Alan, in answer to my question. “We’re going to do it – we’re coming home with the trophy.”

    What’s different this time, then?

    “We’ve got Southgate, and he is a king isn’t he,” Anthony adds. “What he has done is got the young kids in, built a team and managed it.

    “He has built morale too, because the feel-good factor is back, and he has got us here. It is not going to end tonight, either.”

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    Alan Shearer
    Former Newcastle striker on BBC Radio 5 live

    It will be a very tough game tonight. They have the best midfielder around in Luka Modric. What could work in our favour is they looked dead on their feet in the last game and they could have one or two knocks.

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    For all the talk of England making history, imagine if Croatia won it. A nation of barely 4m people that fought a war for its very existence just 25 years ago, displacing much of the population, winning the most fiercely and globally contested prize in team sport, would surely be one of the greatest sporting stories ever told. I'd love it to happen, and it just so happens that England are in the way of it.

    David, Wales

  18. Federer OUT

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    The British number four is getting a bit overexcited...

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    Roger Federer is a goner. If you must check in at Wimbledon briefly, it's here.

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    England are wearing all white tonight, by the way, Croatia in their black/charcoal away kit. No lovely red and white chequerboard...

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