Croatia against England

Off comes Lampard, and on comes Phil Neville. He immediately fouls Rosso to give away a free-kick, which King deals with

Thierry Henry strikes again to put France 3-1 up - so it's definitely going to be England v Portugal

Beckham on the right, fed by Lampard, is fouled - free-kick to England

Back come England, winning a corner. King looks for Owen, who challenges Butina. He collapses to the ground, making more than the most of that

England passing the ball around calmly now - until, that is, Cole gets it all wrong and sends the ball out of play on the left

Mornar finds Srna on the overlap down the right, but he fires his attempted cross into the fans behind the goal

Mornar crosses towards Kovac, who gets a header in but is, in any case, penalised for pushing

...and his low shot bobbles past defenders and keeper to put England 4-2 up!

... he gets in a shot which Butina saves well. Vassell on the ball for England, finding Beckham on the right. The ball comes to Lampard...

Sokota turns on the edge of the area for Croatia. James saves, and Gerrard breaks into the area at the other end...

Just under 15 minutes remaining for England to hang on, or for Croatia to produce some incredible heroics

Mornar crosses dangerously towards Olic, and it's nervously scrambled clear by England

France take the lead against Switzerland through Thierry Henry, meaning that England, as things stand, would play Portugal rather than Greece in the quarter-finals

And they pull a goal back from it - Tudor gets a powerful header in, and it flies into the top right-hand corner. Suddenly, the score's back to 3-2!

Free-kick to Croatia: Srna is fouled on the right, very close to the edge of the England penalty area...

King is fouled by Zivkovic as he tries to get the ball inside his own half, and England, in total control now, have a free-kick

And another change: off goes Rooney, the two-goal England hero, who gets a predictably rousing reception, and on comes Darius Vassell

Olic heads wide from a Mornar cross, and Sven Goran Eriksson opts to make a change - Ledley King comes on, and Paul Scholes, who equalised, is taken off

A tremendous finish by Rooney, and surely now that's matters beyond doubt for England

Owen plays a great ball inside the last Croatia defender to send Rooney through on goal. Calmness itself, the Everton player races to the edge of the area and slides a low shot past Butina. it's 3-1 England and, again, it's all about Rooney!

Srna comes on for Simic as the Croats make another attack-minded switch. They're going to have to go for it now

Not much: it's cleared. Croatia are about to make a third change but, in the meantime, Prso makes his way towards the left-hand edge of the area where he sees a shot blocked

Free-kick to England, halfway inside the Croatia half. What can they do from here?

Rooney surges forward as the kick is cleared, but is eventually crowded out

...he wins a corner for Croatia, which Kovac will take...

Croatia in possession again, and Kovac finds Mornar on the right...

Terry's still limping, and may have to come off...

Cole loses the ball, and Campbell intercepts well. Terry looks as though he might have tweaked a hamstring. Simic is booked for fouling Rooney around about the halfway line

Beckham's caught by a defender as he tries a shot, and Mornar takes the ball up for Croatia. Rosso shoots low from outside the area, but it's a routine save for James

Mornar, who took a knock in an earlier penalty area scramble, is being treated. Lampard shoots from long range for England, and Croatia block

Kovac crosses towards Sokata. It's too long, but the build-up play was good

Kovac plays the ball wide to the right for Croatia, who then switch play back across to Simunic...

Rooney, fed by Beckham in a central position, tries to flick a pass through for Owen, but just overhits it

Olic gets free down the left and fizzes a low cross in, which only just eludes a host of Croatia attackers. Good move, and a very dangerous moment for England

Plenty of time remaining, but England are looking in control at the moment. However, it only takes a second to etc etc, as I'm sure you all know

Croatia look sluggish now - they need to find something extra if they're to get back into this game

Owen attempts a chip, but it lands on the roof of the net. Ivica Olic is on for Croatia, and Rapaic makes way for him

Mornar heads the ball down dangerously, and England clear. Rooney finds Owen, who's clear down the middle...

Nico Kovac plays the ball forward, looking for Prso, but it's too strong and James is there

He's receiving treatment on his own goal-line. Robert Kovac, incidentally, was the player to make way for Mornar at half-time

Beckham crosses teasingly, and Croatia have all sorts of scares in trying to deal with that one. Butina is hurt in the process of coming for the ball...

The corner is cleared for another corner, this one from the right rather than the left...

...and a well-struck shot is met with a good tip round by Butina

Another excellent England attack, again featuring Rooney and Scholes. The former finds the latter outside the area...

Scholes leads a charge to the other end for England, shooting from outside the area and seeing his effort comfortably saved by Butina

Neville clears after a scramble outside the England area - Croatia already signalling their intent to move forward

No danger from this one - overhit and underwhelming, it goes out of play on the far side

...he crosses towards Sokota, and Neville puts it behind for a corner...

Croatia get the second half under way - they've brought Mornar on to try and add some threat down the right...

That's pretty much the last action of the first half - Scholes and Rooney, in the last five minutes of the half, have turned the game on its head to give England a 2-1 lead

Owen has space on the left, breaking forward - it goes to Scholes and is then slipped to Rooney just outside the area. He shoots powerfully and, although Butina gets a touch, the ball fizzes into the corner. It's 2-1 England!

Cole produces a good challenge to stop Sokota. Rapaic then flicks on for Croatia, but it's straight through to David James

Sven's side in possession once again as the first half comes towards its conclusion. It hasn't been great by any means, but England, thanks to Scholes, are in the position they need to be

...the cross comes in, and Terry is there to head clear for England

Sokota and Rapaic combine on the left for Croatia...

It hadn't looked to be coming - but Scholes was in the right place to take advantage of Croatia's confusion

Relief for England, and suddenly there's a bit of noise from the thousands of England supporters all round this stadium

Out of the blue, it's an England leveller - Owen is denied by Butina, but Rooney gets to the rebound to head across and, from four yards, Scholes ends his international goal drought with a header. It's 1-1!

Terry fouls Prso as the striker holds the ball up well - free-kick to Croatia, just inside the England half

Rosso finds Prso on the edge of the area - he gets in a good shot that James saves well

It's plodding stuff by Sven's side - possession means nothing when there are so few dangerous runs and passes on the end of it

Lampard, down the right, miscontrols horribly and sees the ball go behind for a goal-kick. It has to get much better than this if England are to find an equalising goal

Then Rooney directs a header goalwards for England: again, no problems for Butina in the Croatia goal

Scholes looks for Owen on the right but overhits it and Simunic is there with a no-frills clearance

Corner to England after Rooney crosses and sees it deflected behind. Terry meets the flag-kick, but it's a looping header that drops into the arms of Butina

Owen attempts a flick-on - Rooney cuts the ball back and Lampard is denied by a strong challenge

Referee Collina spots a foul, however, and Croatia have the free-kick

Rooney for England - his pass is deflected away. Neville wins it back, and Gerrard thumps a long-ranger that deflects for a corner...

Croatia on the ball - Robert Kovac plays it forward, but James is there for England

Coming up to the half hour - England have had plenty of possession, but few real chances

Free-kick to England just outside the area - Beckham takes, but hits it straight into the formidable Croatian wall

France 1-1 Switzerland - Johan Vonlanthen equalises. He's young too, like Rooney. And policemen these days. And pop stars. It's amazing, people being young, isn't it?

...Butina punches, not convincingly, but gets it away. At the other end, Rosso on the right gets a chance to cross but overhits the ball

Cole crosses from the left at pace - good pressure from England. Rooney can't quite control it, but Neville plays it back in...

Sokota makes a good run, getting away from a ponderous John Terry to fire in a shot which is straight at James

Butina punches it away and then dives on the ball as Gerrard tries to steer it back in

Back come England, and win a corner on the right. Beckham takes and Campbell heads...

Simunic is a little slow to react to persistent harrying from Beckham, but eventually gets the ball away from him to play it downfield for the Croats

Gerrard looks crossfield - Nico Kovac says thanks very much and intercepts with consummate ease

Rapaic chases a long ball forward - James is there to claim. Beckham then hits it long for England, and the result is an English throw

There's been a goal in the France v Switzerland game - Zidane gives the French the lead in a monumentally unsurprising development

Cole takes things on, but Croatia - yet to be really troubled in defence - tidy up. Lampard then tries a shot from outside the box, but it's nowhere near good enough to trouble Butina

England cope with this one, however, and try to move forward again with Lampard on halfway...

Then Beckham - very disappointing so far - fouls Rapaic midway inside the England half to give away another free-kick

Scholes lunges in on Robert Kovac - it's not the greatest of challenges, but he escapes a booking

Beckham floats it in, and Zivkovic rises to head clear

Tudor slips and gives the ball to Owen - Simunic, trying to make up for his colleague's error, gives away a dangerous free-kick on the England right...

Beckham tries a cross from the right - it flicks off a defender's head and Butina, again, is there in confident style

Scholes lofts a good pass towards Scholes - but there's just a bit too much pace on it and Butina, who looks very assured, claims

Tudor tries another early long pass to Prso, who is denied by an offside flag

...it falls to Rooney, who slaps a shot wide, but the whistle had already gone for a handball against Scholes in any case

England being pressed back, but they're keeping the ball well as they try to go forward. Cole crosses from the left and Scholes tussles for the ball...

Croatia have the ball again - Tudor feeds Rosso, whose flick-on vanishes into a huge empty space

Campbell gets a towering header to beat the towering Prso. Gerrard takes it on, but pushes the ball too far ahead of himself and the danger passes for Croatia

Tudor and Rapaic link well, before Scholes battles superbly to dispossess Rosso down the Croatia right

Rooney made that chance possible with a typically astute touch - an encouraging sign for England

But they're in trouble now - Scholes is inside the area and takes a shot, but Butina makes an excellent stop with his legs

The Croatia fans are in full voice, and their players are showing all the confidence gained from their superb second-half showing against the French

What can Sven's men find in response? Scholes and then Rooney try to make headway, but Croatia see that one out for a goal-kick

The nightmare start England had been dreading is here - Kovac dealing a hammer blow to a team who defended so deep at that set piece they were almost marking each other

And it brings the crucial breakthrough for Croatia - James saves the initial effort from Zivkovic, but Nico Kovac slides home the rebound. 1-0 Croatia!

Rosso on the right for Croatia - he crosses, far too deep. However, a Beckham foul gives the Croats a dangerous free-kick down their right flank...

Scholes and Lampard get the ball to Neville on the right - Gerrard tries to take things on, but Robert Kovac sees that pass safely behind for a goal-kick

Igor Tudor slams the ball forward for Croatia - but it's aimed nowhere in particular. Simunic calmly sees off Beckham as England go forward again

Straight to the other end - Owen crosses from the right, and the ball is only just flicked away from a lurking Scholes inside the area

...Rapaic gets the ball again, but loses control of it and concedes a throw deep inside the England half

Rapaic crosses deep from the right, and it finds its way to Nico Kovac...

The Croats win it back, but Ashley Cole is there to get a foot in, sending the ball all the way through to Tomislav Butina in the Croatia goal

We're under way - Neville plays an early ball forward looking for Owen...

Team news from France v Switzerland: Marcel Desailly has been dropped by the French

The anthems have been sung, the atmosphere is electric for this most crucial of games, and England will get it under way

Free-kick to Croatia: Srna is fouled on the right, very close to the edge of the England penalty area...

King is fouled by Zivkovic as he tries to get the ball inside his own half, and England, in total control now, have a free-kick

And another change: off goes Rooney, the two-goal England hero, who gets a predictably rousing reception, and on comes Darius Vassell

Olic heads wide from a Mornar cross, and Sven Goran Eriksson opts to make a change - Ledley King comes on, and Paul Scholes, who equalised, is taken off

A tremendous finish by Rooney, and surely now that's matters beyond doubt for England

Owen plays a great ball inside the last Croatia defender to send Rooney through on goal. Calmness itself, the Everton player races to the edge of the area and slides a low shot past Butina. it's 3-1 England and, again, it's all about Rooney!

Srna comes on for Simic as the Croats make another attack-minded switch. They're going to have to go for it now

Not much: it's cleared. Croatia are about to make a third change but, in the meantime, Prso makes his way towards the left-hand edge of the area where he sees a shot blocked

Free-kick to England, halfway inside the Croatia half. What can they do from here?

Rooney surges forward as the kick is cleared, but is eventually crowded out

...he wins a corner for Croatia, which Kovac will take...

Croatia in possession again, and Kovac finds Mornar on the right...

Terry's still limping, and may have to come off...

Cole loses the ball, and Campbell intercepts well. Terry looks as though he might have tweaked a hamstring. Simic is booked for fouling Rooney around about the halfway line

Beckham's caught by a defender as he tries a shot, and Mornar takes the ball up for Croatia. Rosso shoots low from outside the area, but it's a routine save for James

Mornar, who took a knock in an earlier penalty area scramble, is being treated. Lampard shoots from long range for England, and Croatia block

Kovac crosses towards Sokata. It's too long, but the build-up play was good

Kovac plays the ball wide to the right for Croatia, who then switch play back across to Simunic...

Rooney, fed by Beckham in a central position, tries to flick a pass through for Owen, but just overhits it

Olic gets free down the left and fizzes a low cross in, which only just eludes a host of Croatia attackers. Good move, and a very dangerous moment for England

Plenty of time remaining, but England are looking in control at the moment. However, it only takes a second to etc etc, as I'm sure you all know

Croatia look sluggish now - they need to find something extra if they're to get back into this game

Owen attempts a chip, but it lands on the roof of the net. Ivica Olic is on for Croatia, and Rapaic makes way for him

Mornar heads the ball down dangerously, and England clear. Rooney finds Owen, who's clear down the middle...

Nico Kovac plays the ball forward, looking for Prso, but it's too strong and James is there

He's receiving treatment on his own goal-line. Robert Kovac, incidentally, was the player to make way for Mornar at half-time

Beckham crosses teasingly, and Croatia have all sorts of scares in trying to deal with that one. Butina is hurt in the process of coming for the ball...

The corner is cleared for another corner, this one from the right rather than the left...

...and a well-struck shot is met with a good tip round by Butina

Another excellent England attack, again featuring Rooney and Scholes. The former finds the latter outside the area...

Scholes leads a charge to the other end for England, shooting from outside the area and seeing his effort comfortably saved by Butina

Neville clears after a scramble outside the England area - Croatia already signalling their intent to move forward

No danger from this one - overhit and underwhelming, it goes out of play on the far side

...he crosses towards Sokota, and Neville puts it behind for a corner...

Croatia get the second half under way - they've brought Mornar on to try and add some threat down the right...

That's pretty much the last action of the first half - Scholes and Rooney, in the last five minutes of the half, have turned the game on its head to give England a 2-1 lead

Owen has space on the left, breaking forward - it goes to Scholes and is then slipped to Rooney just outside the area. He shoots powerfully and, although Butina gets a touch, the ball fizzes into the corner. It's 2-1 England!

Cole produces a good challenge to stop Sokota. Rapaic then flicks on for Croatia, but it's straight through to David James

Sven's side in possession once again as the first half comes towards its conclusion. It hasn't been great by any means, but England, thanks to Scholes, are in the position they need to be

...the cross comes in, and Terry is there to head clear for England

Sokota and Rapaic combine on the left for Croatia...

It hadn't looked to be coming - but Scholes was in the right place to take advantage of Croatia's confusion

Relief for England, and suddenly there's a bit of noise from the thousands of England supporters all round this stadium

Out of the blue, it's an England leveller - Owen is denied by Butina, but Rooney gets to the rebound to head across and, from four yards, Scholes ends his international goal drought with a header. It's 1-1!

Terry fouls Prso as the striker holds the ball up well - free-kick to Croatia, just inside the England half

Rosso finds Prso on the edge of the area - he gets in a good shot that James saves well

It's plodding stuff by Sven's side - possession means nothing when there are so few dangerous runs and passes on the end of it

Lampard, down the right, miscontrols horribly and sees the ball go behind for a goal-kick. It has to get much better than this if England are to find an equalising goal

Then Rooney directs a header goalwards for England: again, no problems for Butina in the Croatia goal

Scholes looks for Owen on the right but overhits it and Simunic is there with a no-frills clearance

Corner to England after Rooney crosses and sees it deflected behind. Terry meets the flag-kick, but it's a looping header that drops into the arms of Butina

Owen attempts a flick-on - Rooney cuts the ball back and Lampard is denied by a strong challenge

Referee Collina spots a foul, however, and Croatia have the free-kick

Rooney for England - his pass is deflected away. Neville wins it back, and Gerrard thumps a long-ranger that deflects for a corner...

Croatia on the ball - Robert Kovac plays it forward, but James is there for England

Coming up to the half hour - England have had plenty of possession, but few real chances

Free-kick to England just outside the area - Beckham takes, but hits it straight into the formidable Croatian wall

France 1-1 Switzerland - Johan Vonlanthen equalises. He's young too, like Rooney. And policemen these days. And pop stars. It's amazing, people being young, isn't it?

...Butina punches, not convincingly, but gets it away. At the other end, Rosso on the right gets a chance to cross but overhits the ball

Cole crosses from the left at pace - good pressure from England. Rooney can't quite control it, but Neville plays it back in...

Sokota makes a good run, getting away from a ponderous John Terry to fire in a shot which is straight at James

Butina punches it away and then dives on the ball as Gerrard tries to steer it back in

Back come England, and win a corner on the right. Beckham takes and Campbell heads...

Simunic is a little slow to react to persistent harrying from Beckham, but eventually gets the ball away from him to play it downfield for the Croats

Gerrard looks crossfield - Nico Kovac says thanks very much and intercepts with consummate ease

Rapaic chases a long ball forward - James is there to claim. Beckham then hits it long for England, and the result is an English throw

There's been a goal in the France v Switzerland game - Zidane gives the French the lead in a monumentally unsurprising development

Cole takes things on, but Croatia - yet to be really troubled in defence - tidy up. Lampard then tries a shot from outside the box, but it's nowhere near good enough to trouble Butina

England cope with this one, however, and try to move forward again with Lampard on halfway...

Then Beckham - very disappointing so far - fouls Rapaic midway inside the England half to give away another free-kick

Scholes lunges in on Robert Kovac - it's not the greatest of challenges, but he escapes a booking

Beckham floats it in, and Zivkovic rises to head clear

Tudor slips and gives the ball to Owen - Simunic, trying to make up for his colleague's error, gives away a dangerous free-kick on the England right...

Beckham tries a cross from the right - it flicks off a defender's head and Butina, again, is there in confident style

Scholes lofts a good pass towards Scholes - but there's just a bit too much pace on it and Butina, who looks very assured, claims

Tudor tries another early long pass to Prso, who is denied by an offside flag

...it falls to Rooney, who slaps a shot wide, but the whistle had already gone for a handball against Scholes in any case

England being pressed back, but they're keeping the ball well as they try to go forward. Cole crosses from the left and Scholes tussles for the ball...

Croatia have the ball again - Tudor feeds Rosso, whose flick-on vanishes into a huge empty space

Campbell gets a towering header to beat the towering Prso. Gerrard takes it on, but pushes the ball too far ahead of himself and the danger passes for Croatia

Tudor and Rapaic link well, before Scholes battles superbly to dispossess Rosso down the Croatia right

Rooney made that chance possible with a typically astute touch - an encouraging sign for England

But they're in trouble now - Scholes is inside the area and takes a shot, but Butina makes an excellent stop with his legs

The Croatia fans are in full voice, and their players are showing all the confidence gained from their superb second-half showing against the French

What can Sven's men find in response? Scholes and then Rooney try to make headway, but Croatia see that one out for a goal-kick

The nightmare start England had been dreading is here - Kovac dealing a hammer blow to a team who defended so deep at that set piece they were almost marking each other

And it brings the crucial breakthrough for Croatia - James saves the initial effort from Zivkovic, but Nico Kovac slides home the rebound. 1-0 Croatia!

Rosso on the right for Croatia - he crosses, far too deep. However, a Beckham foul gives the Croats a dangerous free-kick down their right flank...

Scholes and Lampard get the ball to Neville on the right - Gerrard tries to take things on, but Robert Kovac sees that pass safely behind for a goal-kick

Igor Tudor slams the ball forward for Croatia - but it's aimed nowhere in particular. Simunic calmly sees off Beckham as England go forward again

Straight to the other end - Owen crosses from the right, and the ball is only just flicked away from a lurking Scholes inside the area

...Rapaic gets the ball again, but loses control of it and concedes a throw deep inside the England half

Rapaic crosses deep from the right, and it finds its way to Nico Kovac...

The Croats win it back, but Ashley Cole is there to get a foot in, sending the ball all the way through to Tomislav Butina in the Croatia goal

We're under way - Neville plays an early ball forward looking for Owen...

Team news from France v Switzerland: Marcel Desailly has been dropped by the French

The anthems have been sung, the atmosphere is electric for this most crucial of games, and England will get it under way