{"id":1827,"date":"2026-06-18T08:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:46:37","slug":"england-v-croatia-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/06\/england-v-croatia-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"England v Croatia, Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16ef9bca-ce46-4c7a-bd73-3e3d7e9efaae.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/16ef9bca-ce46-4c7a-bd73-3e3d7e9efaae.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1829\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">England 4 &#8211; Croatia 2<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Amazing stadium. A very hot day but roof on and Aircon! Shaky first half, twice getting the lead and being pulled back. A second half much better after a bollocking at half time it would seem&#8230; Kane luck to see his penalty allowed to be retaken for encroachment, their keeper had a blinder but two important saves from Pickford needed too. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/650ff305-3aa3-4c27-8621-73e46e56588a.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/650ff305-3aa3-4c27-8621-73e46e56588a.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1830\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barry&#8217;s pre-match FA Trip &#8211; unlimited buffet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c2413010-4f80-4c63-a2f7-34542dea2d8b.mov\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amazing Stadium!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2026 World Cup \u2013 Group L<\/strong><br><strong>Dallas Stadium, Texas<\/strong><br><strong>Attendance:<\/strong> 80,619 (official FIFA attendance reported) &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#x26bd; Harry Kane (pen) \u2013 14\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x26bd; Martin Baturina (Croatia) \u2013 36\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x26bd; Harry Kane \u2013 40\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x26bd; Petar Musa (Croatia) \u2013 45+5\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x26bd; Jude Bellingham \u2013 52\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x26bd; Marcus Rashford \u2013 84\u2019 \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quick summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England started their World Cup campaign with an entertaining 4\u20132 win over Croatia. Kane scored twice in the first half, but Croatia fought back on both occasions to make it 2\u20132 at the break through Baturina and Musa. England were much stronger after half-time, with Bellingham\u2019s powerful solo goal restoring the lead before Rashford sealed the victory late on. The attack looked excellent, although Thomas Tuchel will have noted some defensive lapses after conceding twice. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Man of the Match:<\/strong> Harry Kane \u2013 two goals and an all-round captain\u2019s performance, drawing level with Gary Lineker\u2019s England World Cup goals record of 10. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England\u2019s next match is against Ghana on 23 June in Kansas City. Croatia face Panama the same day. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England 4 &#8211; Croatia 2 Amazing stadium. A very hot day but roof on and Aircon! Shaky first half, twice getting the lead and being pulled back. A second half much better after a bollocking at half time it would seem&#8230; Kane luck to see his penalty allowed to be retaken for encroachment, their keeper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1082,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2022\/11\/england-v-wales-a-much-better-2nd-half\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827,"position":0},"title":"England v Wales - a much better 2nd half","date":"30 November 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The negative Maguire to Stones to Pickford repeat story finally ended in the second half with Rashford and Foden finally getting on the front foot and then joined by Grealish and Wilson later on we actually showed some attacking strength.A 3-0 win, top the group, 9 goals scored and onwards\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6EEB48D8-94E2-452F-8978-0B5A7A4B273E.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":393,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2016\/06\/england-win\/","url_meta":{"origin":1827,"position":1},"title":"England Win!","date":"17 June 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After the misery of many previous tournaments, this was looking the same way until the Sturridge last gasp winner! 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