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England National Football Team Match No. 816

Croatia 2 England 4  [1-2]

Monday, 21 June 2004

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records Croatia Pre-Match England Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: European Championships 2004 Final Tournament Group B, Game Five/Six.
Venue: Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal, capacity 65,000.
Attendance: 57,047.
Goals: Croatia - Niko Kovač, 5th min.
England - Paul Scholes, 40th min. 
England - Wayne Rooney, 45th +1 min.
England - Wayne Rooney, 68th min.
Croatia - Igor Tudor, 73rd min.
England - Frank Lampard, 79th min.
Cautions: Croatia - Dario Šimić, 63rd min., unsporting behaviour.
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(silver)		 Referee - Pierluigi Collina, 44 (13-Feb-1960), Italy, FIFA-listed 1995.
Assistant referees - Marco Ivaldi, 42 (04-Jul-1961), and Narciso Pisacreta, 43 (16-Aug-1960), Italy
Fourth official - Manuel Enrique Mejuto González, 39 (16-Apr-1965), Spain, FIFA-listed 1999.
Conditions: Kickoff at 7:45 p.m. local time and BST.  Dry, cloudy night.
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

Croatia

England
Goal Attempts 13 19
Attempts on Target 8 14
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won 4 6
Offside Calls Against 3 1
Fouls Conceded 17 15
Possession 50% 50%

Croatia Team
Ranking:

=20th in FIFA ranking of 9 June 2004; =16th in Elo world ranking before this match and 19th after this match.

Colours: Blue shirts with red and white chequered sleeves, blue shorts, blue stockings; made by Nike.
Coach: Otto Baric, 72, appointed 12 July 2002
24th match, W 11 - D 8 - L 4 - F 32 - A 23.
Captain: Boris Živkovic.

Croatia Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
12-Butina, Tomislav 30-Mar-1974 30 G

Club Brugge KV, Belgium

 15 0 2003-active
21-Kovač, Robert, sub off 46th min.. 06-Apr-1974 30 D FC Bayern München AG, Germany 39 0 1999-active
3-Šimunić, Josep 18-Feb-1978 26 D Hertha BSC Berlin, Germany 27 1 2001-active
13-Šimić, Dario, sub off 67th min. 12-Nov-1975 28 D AC Milan, Italy 70 2 1996-active
5- Tudor, Igor 16-Apr-1978 26 M Juventus, Italy 37 1 1997-active
6-Živković, Boris 15-Nov-1975 28 D VfB Stuttgart, Germany 38 2 1999-active
7-Rapaić, Milan, sub off 55th min. 16-Aug-1973 29 M Ancona Calcio, Italy 45 5 1994-active
20-Rosso, Giovanni  17-Nov-1972 31 M Maccabi Haifi FC, Israel 19 1 2002-active
9-Pršo, Dado 05-Nov-1974 29 F Glasgow Rangers FC, Scotland 15 4 2003-active
10- Kovač, Niko 15-Oct-1971 32 M Hertha BSC Berlin, Germany 40 6 1996-active
11-Šokota, Tomislav 08-Apr-1977 27 F SL Benfica, Portugal 8 2 2003-active

Croatia Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
19-Mornar, Ivica, sub at 46th min. for Robert Kovač 12-Jan-1974 30 F Portsmouth FC, England 20 1 1995-active
18-Olić, Ivica, sub on 55th min for Rapaić 14-Sep-1979 24 F PFC CSKA Moskva, Russia 26 6 2002-active
8-Srna, Darijo, sub on 67th min. for Šimić 01-May-1982 22 M FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine 17 2 2002-active
Formation:

3-5-2
Butina -
Šimić (Srna), R Kovac (Mornar*), Šimunić  -
Rosso, Tudor, N Kovac, Živković*, Rapaić (Olić) -
Pršo, Šokota.
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Mornar replaced R Kovac with Živković dropping back into the defense.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 1-Vladimir Vasilj, 2-Mario Tokic, 4-Stjepan Tomas, 16-Marko Babic.

England Team
Ranking:

13th in FIFA ranking of 9 June 2004; 6th in Elo world ranking before this match and 6th after this match.

Colours: Red shirts, white shorts, red stockings. The 2004 "away" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 56, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
41st match, W 22 - D 12 - L 7 - F 80 - A 40.
Captain: David Beckham, 35th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-James, David B. 01-Aug-1970 33 G

Manchester City FC

 27 0 1997-active
2-Neville, Gary A. 18-Feb-1975 29 D Manchester United FC 66 0 1995-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 23 D Arsenal FC 29 0 2001-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 24 M Liverpool FC 27 4 2000-active
5-Terry, John G. 07-Dec-1980 23 D Chelsea FC 10 0 2003-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 29 D Arsenal FC 61 1 1996-active
7-Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 29 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 71 13 1996-active
8- Scholes, Paul, sub off 70th min. 16-Nov-1974 29 M Manchester United FC 65 14 1997-2004
9- Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 72nd min. 24-Oct-1985 18 F Everton FC 16 9 2003-active
10-Owen, Michael J. 14-Dec-1979 24 F Liverpool FC 59 25 1998-active
11- Lampard, Frank J., sub off 84th min. 20-Jun-1978 26 M Chelsea FC 22 4 1999-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-King, Ledley B., sub on 70th min for Scholes 12-Oct-1980 23 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 7 1 2002-active
23-Vassell, Darius, sub on 72nd min. for Rooney 13-Jun-1980 24 F Aston Villa FC 21 6 2002-active
14-Neville, Philip J., sub on 84th min for Lampard 21-Jan-1977 27 D Manchester United FC 49 0 1999-active
Formation: 4-4-2-
James -
G Neville, Terry, Campbell, Cole -
Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard (P Neville), Scholes (King) -
Rooney (Vassell), Owen.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Wayne Bridge, 13-Paul Robinson, 16-Jamie Carragher, 18-Owen Hargreaves, 19-Joe Cole, 20-Kieron Dyer, 21-Emile Heskey, 22-Ian Walker.

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