ENGLAND beat CROATIA at EURO 2004

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Published 2018-07-10
As Croatia face England in the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final in Moscow, UEFA.tv look back on the first and only meeting of the two nations at a major tournament.

The Three Lions triumphed 4-2 over Croatia at the group stage of Euro 2004. A Wayne Rooney brace and goals from Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard were enough to see off Croatian goals from Niko Kovač and Igor Tudor.

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All Comments (21)
  • @ultra1obscene
    even more unbelievable how this England team did not achieve more, scholes, gerrard, beckham, lampard, cole, owen and rooney at their peak, terry, rio.. astonishing
  • @fatapples3838
    Rooney, Owen, Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard.... how on earth did that team win nothing!
  • @ShariaLawAllDay
    This had to be the best England team of all time....on paper! How they could not win anything baffles me.
  • David James spent most of his career stood with his hands on his hips & with a look of bewilderment on his face, can't believe he was our No. 1 for a long while
  • @What4-p1n
    From Croatia. The english was near dream team. Congratulations 🙋‍♂️
  • @reggieibe
    Damn. England had 10 world class outfield players. Unreal. ''Baby'' Wayne Ronney was virtually unplayable in the tournament. WHY did he have to get injured WWWHHHYYYY !
  • @arijitnandy4347
    18-year-old Wayne Rooney, My goodness, what a player. I will make sure my next generation carries his legacy . what a legend.
  • @watso24
    Loved that tournament, I was convinced England would get to the final, Rooney was brilliant, typical English luck he got injured against Portugal, we were on top until he went off
  • @kingmaker6041
    David James in every highlights on YouTube is attricious. I remember watching him during his playing days. He wasn't this bad 😭
  • @kiekiek
    Greece winning euro 2004, despite the incredible players that were active in this tournament (look up the squads from England, Portugal, France, Netherlands , Czech in 2004 etc), remains the biggest surprise in the history of football, even more so than Denmark 92, that team had still some world class players like Laudrup brothers, but Greece 2004, a team of players barely good enough to play in the European subtop. Just a mystery to this day.
  • @paulrispin4989
    The way Rooney made the keeper dive to his left by shaping to shoot that way and by 'giving him the eyes' then calmly slotting it the other side is pure genius.
  • I know everyone talks about Rooney in this match/tournament, but bloody hell Lampard was playing well. That chip over the Croatia midfielder to get Rooney immediately on the front foot in the build up to England's third was delightful.
  • @tanjir8582
    Its 15 years on i still remember this match and a star was born who is about to retire.
  • @blackara94
    “Well in this tournament a tru international star is born” Wayne Rooney what a legent he is !!!