Match No. 1015 - Sunday, 13th June 2021, 2:00pm
Assist: Kalvin Phillips. "Kalvin Phillips, the game’s outstanding performer, took a smart ball forward from Kyle Walker and moved away from potential challengers before slipping the perfect pass through for Sterling. As it was throughout, the Manchester City forward’s movement was excellent and he finished smartly" Raheem Sterling15th of 20 goals. Right-footed from 9 yards., 57' 56:08
- 2
- Kyle WalkerMan City, 56th of 73 caps
31 years, 0 months, 16 days
- 12
- Kieran TrippierAtlético Madrid, 29th of 40 caps
30 years, 8 months, 24 days
- 4
- Declan RiceWest Ham, 18th of 39 caps
22 years, 4 months, 30 days
- 5
- John StonesMan City, 43rd of 64 caps
27 years, 0 months, 16 days
- 15
- Tyrone MingsAston Villa, 11th of 17 caps
28 years, 3 months, 0 days
- 19
- Mason MountChelsea, 17th of 36 caps
22 years, 5 months, 3 days
- 9
- Harry KaneSpurs, 55th of 80 caps
27 years, 10 months, 16 days (c)33rd captaincy 
'8281:30
- 10
- Raheem SterlingMan City, 62nd of 82 caps
26 years, 6 months, 5 days - '9291:20
- 20
- Phil FodenMan City, 7th of 22 caps
21 years, 0 months, 16 days 
63:18 Late tackle on Gvardiol - '7170:10
- 12
- Marcus RashfordMan Utd, 42nd of 51 caps
23 years, 7 months, 13 days 
'7170:10
- 26
- Jude BellinghamDortmund, 5th of 22 caps
17 years, 11 months, 14 days - '8281:30
- 1
- Dominik LivakovićDominik Livaković.
Born 9th Jan 1995, Zadar.
- 2
- Šime VrsaljkoŠime Vrsaljko.
Born 10th Jan 1992, Rijeka.
- 25
- Joško GvardiolJoško Gvardiol.
Born 23rd Jan 2002, Zagreb, Croatia.
- 21
- Domagoj VidaDomagoj Vida.
Born 29th Apr 1989, Nascise.
- 5
- Duje Ćaleta-CarDuje Ćaleta-Car.
Born 17th Sep 1996, Šibenik, Croatia.
41:03 Handball
- 11
- Marcelo BrozovićMarcelo Brozović.
Born 16th Nov 1992, Zagreb.
65:34 Bringing down Mount when he was driving towards goal - '7069:35
- 10
- Luka ModrićLuka Modrić.
Born 9th Sep 1985, Zadar.
(c)
- 8
- Mateo KovačićMateo Kovačić.
Born 6th May 1994, Linz, Austria.
47:31 Dangerous tackle on Mount - '8584:29
- 9
- Andrej KramarićAndrej Kramarić.
Born 19th Jun 1991.
- '7069:48
- 17
- Ante RebićAnte Rebić.
Born 21st Sep 1993, Split.
- '7877:50
- 4
- Ivan PerišićIvan Perišić.
Born 2nd Feb 1989, Split.
- 13
- Nikola VlašićNikola Vlašić.
Born 4th Oct 1997, Split.
- '7069:35
- 15
- Josip BrekaloJosip Brekalo.
Born 23rd Jun 1998, Zagreb.
- '7069:48
- 14
- Bruno PetkovićBruno Petković.
Born 16th Sep 1994, Metković, Croatia.
- '7877:50
- 15
- Mario PašalićMario Pašalić.
Born 9th Feb 1995, Mainz, Germany.
- '8584:29
Notes
- Bellingham RecordJude Bellingham became the youngest player at 17 years and 349 days to play in a European Championship finals match when he came on to replace Harry Kane in the 82nd minute
- England RecordEngland record their first opening match win in the European Championship at the tenth attempt.
- Covid-19Reduced crowd due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- BBC Football
- The Guardian "England up and running at Euro 2020 as Raheem Sterling’s strike sinks Croatia"
Referee
Italy Daniele Orsato
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 9 ranking points to 1991 points England - 7th
Croatia - 18th
Euro 2020
(Group D)
- England
- 7
- +2
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Croatia
- 4
- +1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- Czech Repu...
- 4
- +1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- Scotland
- 1
- -4
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 3
