UEFA Euro 2020 Highlights: Croatia beat Scotland 3-1; Modric, Perisic shine in Hampden

PEEP! PEEP! PEEP! Croatia beat Scotland 3-1 to advance to the Round of 16 from Group A with Czech Republic and England. Modric and Co broke England’s heart 3 years ago and today, they break Scotland’s heart.

84′ Adams replaced by Nisbet.

Patterson comes on for O’Donnell

80′ Croatia subs off Perisic for Ante Rebic.

77′ GOOOAOOOOOLLLL!!! WHAT A GOAL FROM PERISIC!!! HE SCORES AT HAMPDEN. HE IS SCOTLAND’S HEARTBREAKER. CROATIA SURELY THROUGH NOW. A brilliant delivery from the right corner post. It’s flat to the near post. Perisic beats Tierney and gets the faintest of touch to head the ball at an angle to the far post. 3-1

76′ Ivanusec replaces Vlasic

74′ OVER! Fraser blazes over from outside the box after he finds space

70′ Scotland- 2nd change for the Scotts, as Fraser comes on for Armstrong

Croatia- Barisic replaces Gavardiol

69′ FREEKICK TO CROATIA after Vlasic goes to ground from a Robertson challenge. They exchange a few words.

62′ GOOOOOOOOALLLL! MODRIC WITH ONE OF THE BEST GOALS OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR. They say that the best deliver when most needed. Wow. From a Croat corner, the ball is rolled to Modric outside the box. Luka Modric hands Croats the lead with moment of genuine world-class quality. What a finish from the outside of his right boot, curling the box from wide and into the net.

59′ MCGINNNN AND MISSES! OH, BOY! HOW DID HE MISS? They advance down the left and Armstrong puts in a lovely delivery early to far post. Incoming McGinn looks to go with the outside of his left boot instead of trusting his preferred right foot. How costly will this prove?

56′ WHAT A SAVE! Perisic get on the end of a peach of a through lob from none other than Modric, he takes the shot but is denied by Marshall, who had charged off his line.

53′ O’Donnell concedes a corner after McTominay brilliantly steals the ball of Kovacic. Nothing comes off the ensuing corner.

50′ CLOSE BUT HURT! Gvardiol finds himself one-on-one with Scotland goalkeeper D. Marshall, who comes off his line to make the save, after released by Brozovic. Because of the poor first touch, Gvardiol is second best and in a desperate attempt to get contact, he collides with Marshall. Both okay now.

49′ Excellent pressure from McGinn, forcing an error to win the ball back again. But most of it is in the middle third so far.

45+1′ Croatia set the ball rolling once again. 45 minutes of raw emotion. No HT changes on either ends. Who will it be?

PEEPP! Phew, the referee’s whistle brings a pulsating first half to an end with both teams tied at 1-1.

Hampden has erupted. Coming to the goal, Roberston’s cross is mishandled by Adams but the ball is half cleared to McGregor, at the edge of the box. He takes a great first touch before rifling the ball into the back of the net. WOW

42′ GOOOOOAOLLLLLL!!! MCGREGOR SCORES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AND WHAT A TIME TO SCORE! First goal in this tournament and first in over 23 years. Wow.

40′ Perisic cuts in from the right, onto his right foot and goes for the post. But the ball sails well over the goal.

35′ AND MCKENNA GETS A YELLOW! Tries to catch up to the speed of the game. He is penalised for impeding Brozovic.

33′ INJURY SUB: Grant Hanley, who is down with a calf injury, is replaced by Scott Mckenna

27′ YELLOW FOR LOVREN as he brings down Adams with a wild swing, quite literally.

25′ OH WHAT A PASSAGE OF PLAY! It had everything. WOW! Scotland respond and almost equalise. Armstrong lobs the ball to the far post from the right and McGinn heads the ball across goal. Neither Dykes or Adams can get there.

Then, Robertson wins it back as Modric, of all people, lose possession. McGinn from 12 yards out, fails to beat Livakovic through a forest of bodies.

17′ GOOOALLLL! Croatia draw first blood.Vlasic nets the ball home to give the Croats a 1-0 lead over Scotland. Coming to the goal, it was a lovely diagonal ball from the back and Perisic heads the ball back to Vlasic, who from six yards out, chests the ball down and slots it home.

ENGLAND SCORE: In the other game, Sterling scores to give England a 1-0 lead

14′ SAVE! Adams out to O’Donnell on the right flank, in space, but his first-time cross is straight into the hands of Livakovic.

11′ WIDE!! Dykes plays the ball to Adams from the goal kick and the latter shoos from 25 yards out on the right. The ball drags wide. He wants a corner but referee says nothing doing.

7′ OH WHAT A CHANCE! McGinn puts in a gorgeous ball from the left and off his weaker foot. The ball floats over Vida and meets Adams, who fails to score from 4 yards outs. The Croat keeper gets a touch and it’s corner for the Scotland but nothing comes off it.

5′ Hard to believe that only 12,000 fans are present in the stadium. They are so loud that the commentators are barely audible.

1′ Two back-to-back corners for Scotland. Robertson swings the ball in from the right. First ball is headed behind by Perisic, second one is punched away by Croatia defender Livakovic.

KICKOFF! The Group D clash between Scotland and Croatia gets underway. Remember, a win will see Scotland go through to the knockout phase of a major tournament for the first time.

The players and referees walk out. National athems follow

Victory over Croatia will be sufficient for Scotland to progress either as group runners-up or as one of the four best third-placed finishers.

Were Scotland to win and England and the Czechs draw, Scotland would finish third. They could then face either Netherlands, the winner of Group E (Sweden, Slovakia or Spain) in Glasgow on Tuesday June 29 or the winner of Group B (Belgium).

If they finish second, they would face the runners-up from Group E – Spain, Sweden, Poland or Slovakia.

We are just a few minutes away from kickoff. Let’s remind you of the group situation now

Croatia have never beaten Scotland in their five previous meetings (D3 L2). In fact, France (8 games) and Portugal (7) are the only teams the Croats have faced on more occasions without ever securing a victory.

Current position in table:

Croatia– 3rd with 1 point from 2 games

Scotland- 4th with 1 point from 2 games.

Both teams will not finish in top 2 and will fight for the third spot

Vlasic, Juranovic, Brozovic and Petkovic replace Vrsaljko, Kramaric and Rebic.

Livakovic, Juranovic, Lovren, Vida, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Brozovic, Perisic, Modric, Vlasic, Petkovic

Subs: Kalinic, Sluga, Vrsaljko, Barisic, Caleta-Car, Breaklo, Kramaric, Budimir, Pasalic, Rebic, Badelj, Ivanusec

Marshall, McTominay, Hanley, Tierney, O’Donnell, Armstrong, McTominay, McGregor, McGinn, Robertson, Adams, Dykes

Subs: Gordon, McLaughlin, Christie, Fleck, Gallagher, Cooper, Turnbull, Nisbet, Fraser, Patterson, Forrest, McKenna

Hello and welcome to our live blog on Euro 2020, Croatia vs Scotland match. The match is expected to be a thriller with both teams having the chance to qualify and reach Round of 16 with a win. Who will come out on top?