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The game to go to extra time and ultimately penalties. croatia s goalkeeper dominic livakovic was the hero, saving three in the shootout. jubilation for croatia. forjapan, their dream came to end at the round of 16 once more, failing to progress beyond this stage in all four world cup appearances. we ve been hearing from england s bukayo saka after his side also made it through to the quarterfinals last night. those who didn t feature in that 3 0 win over senegal on sunday returned to training earlier, except for callum wilson who is sitting out as a precaution on a minorstrain. they ll face former champions france in their quarterfinal on saturday. the rivalry in this world cup is big because like you said it s been two nations that have performed exceptionally well in their first four games. we ve watched their games and stuff like that, we ve followed them, we have seen the quality that they have and i m sure they ve ....
By Ronnie Esplin, PA Scotland’s hopes of winning through to the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time ended with a sobering 3-1 Euro 2020 defeat by Croatia at Hampden Park. The Scots, playing in their first major tournament since the 1998 France World Cup, needed a victory in their final Group D fixture to reach the last 16 but despite a big effort fell short again. Attacker Nikola Vlasic drove in the opener for Croatia in the 17th minute before Callum McGregor gave Steve Clarke’s side encouragement with a leveller three minutes from the break, his first international goal. ....
The Scots had not lost to Croatia in their previous five meetings and were hoping to make their own football history. Clarke made one enforced change to his side, midfielder Stuart Armstrong in for 20-year-old Billy Gilmour who was ruled out after testing positive for Covid-19 following his first start against England at Wembley on Friday night. Vlasic, Josip Juranovic, Bruno Petkovic and Marcelo Brozovic returned for Croatia. The Scots roared into the game, winning their first corner within 10 seconds and their second on the back of it, trying not to let their opponents settle. In the sixth minute attacker Che Adams just missed an in-swinging John McGinn cross by inches with Croatia keeper Dominic Livakovic punching clear for another corner which was repelled. ....
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