Chatara, England secured a hard fought victory against 2018 FIFA World Cup Runner-up Croatia with one and only goal from Raheem Sterling. Equally contested match saw both team attempting 8 shots with England a bit of higher possession of 52%. Sterling scored the only goal of the match on 56th minute to take a sweet revenge of 2018 FIFA World Cup where they were eliminated by Croatia in the Semi-final. With this win, England sits on top of Group D.
The next match saw Austria ease past North Macedonia with 3-1 scoreline. First half was ended in a 1-1 draw. Austria took the lead on 17th minute of the game with a goal from Lainer. The lead didn’t last long as North Macedonia Talisman; Goran Pandev scored the equalizer on 27th minute. Michael Gregoritsch and Marko Arnautovi came off the bench to score on 77th minute and 88th minute respectively to help Austria secure all three points. With this win, Austria is at top of Group C with Netherlands on second place followed by Ukraine and North Macedonia on 3rd and 4th place respectively.
The last match of the night was played between Netherlands and Ukraine. The Netherlands were playing at a major soccer tournament for the first time in seven years. First half was ended in a goal-less draw with both the teams equally exerting pressure on the opponents. Netherlands took the lead on 51st minute of the game with a goal from their captain, Gini Wijnaldum. The lead was doubled on 57th minute of the game with a goal from Wout Weghorst. But the Ukrainian were not letting it go without a fight as they scored on 74th minute by Yarmolenko and 78th minute by Yaremchuk to make the scoreline 2-2. But the Dutch found the winning goal on 84th minute of the game through Denzel Dumfires who scored his first goal for the national team.
Three matches are kicking off tonight:
Scotland vs Czech Republic on 18:45 HRS (NST)
Poland vs Slovakia on 21:45 HRS (NST)
Spain vs Sweden on 00:45 HRS (NST)
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