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england failed to qualify for euro 2008 after losing a sensational game against croatia at wembley.
england went 2-0 down when scott carson, in for paul robinson, fumbled nico kranjcar's shot into the net and then ivica olic slipped in a second.
frank lampard pulled one back from the spot after jermain defoe was fouled, before david beckham, winning a 99th cap, set up peter crouch to level it.
but mladen petric fired in from 25 yards to break england's hearts.
england: carson, richards, campbell, lescott, bridge, wright-phillips (beckham 46), gerrard, barry (defoe 46), lampard, joe cole (bent 80), crouch.
subs not used: james, ashley cole, brown, hargreaves.
goals: lampard 56 pen, crouch 65.
croatia: pletikosa, corluka, simic, robert kovac, simunic, srna, modric, nico kovac, kranjcar (pranjic 75), olic (rakitic 84), eduardo (petric 69).
subs not used: runje, babic, knezevic, leko.
booked: robert kovac, eduardo.
goals: kranjcar 8, olic 14, petric 77.
att: 88,091.
ref: peter frojdfeldt (sweden).
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| | Tags : croatia, england, hrvatska, ivica, olic, euro, 2008, hsv, cska, russia, slaven, bilic, soccer, football |
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