FULL-TIME: CROATIA 2-0 ENGLAND

Steve McClaren looks utterly dejected on the touchline as stoppage time ebbs away

Marko Babic comes on for Kranjcar in a late change by the home side

England just haven't got to grips with their new formation tonight and they can have no complaints about this scoreline

Wright-Phillips attempts to get to the byline but is crowded out for a corner - that's better from England though

England's performance is typified by Terry on the edge of the opposition box dwelling on the ball and a chance to shoot goes begging

Simic rises on the back post but heads over the crossbar as the home side press for a third goal

Ferdinand plays the ball back to Robinson and there are ironic cheers from the home fans when he clears without making a mistake

Eduardo goes off to a hero's reception from the home fans with Jerko Leko entering the fray

The home side are well in control now and England are merely chasing shadows

Cole is booked for a wild lunge and he will miss the next game

Rapaic is replaced by Ivica Olic for Croatia

Jermain Defoe, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Kieran Richardson replace Crouch, Parker and Carragher as England ring the changes

Robinson redeems himself a little as he beats away a superb low shot from Petric - England are an utter shambles at the moment

CROATIA 2-0 ENGLAND: Robinson takes a swipe at fresh air from a simple Neville back pass and the ball ends up in the back of the net - a comical own goal by England and surely that's game over now?

Ferdinand blocks a Luka Modric shot with his back as the home side press for a second

Neville sends over a cross but not for the first time tonight Crouch doesn't even get off the ground and the keeper claims

Niko Kovac is booked for a tackle from behind on Crouch

In truth Croatia are well worth their lead but do England have the mettle to get back into this match?

CROATIA 1-0 ENGLAND: Eduardo rises above Carragher and loops a header from a Kovac cross over the head of Robinson and into the back of the net

England put together a quality passing move in midfield but the flag goes up against Cole much to the Chelsea defender's dismay

Rooney picks off a pass between two defenders and looks to play in the unmarked Lampard but the whistle is blown for a handball

Crouch wins a flick on and Rooney holds off Kovac before drilling inches over from just inside the penalty area - that was England's first real opening of the night

Rooney is seeing more of the ball in the opening minutes of the second half but every time he receives it he is faced by at least two defenders

England are still second best and even simple actions like passing between defenders is going wrong

Petric is left unmarked on the back post but his header is straight at Robinson who palms over the bar - another left off for England

Rapaic shoots from the edge of the box but it's deflected by Cole out for a corner

England start the second period needing to improve on the performance shown in the first 45 minutes

HALF-TIME: CROATIA 0-0 ENGLAND

Neville whips the ball into the near post but there are no white shirts on the same wavelength and that's easy for the home side

Lampard and Crouch combine on the edge of the box but it's more by luck than skill and eventually two defenders crowd out the Chelsea midfielder

Croatia are still bossing this game as they spray the ball around with confidence and make England chase

Neville delivers an instant cross from the right but it bounces wickedly in front of Crouch and away to safety

England just don't seem comfortable with this new 3-5-2 formation at the moment and they are second best all over the pitch

England are really under the cosh here and the home fans can sense a goal

Dario Simic heads a corner back across the face of goal but Eduardo can't reach the ball and another good chance goes begging

Rapaic gets to the byline and cuts back to Kranjcar who completely misses the ball - that was a huge let off for England

Rapaic delivers a 25-yard free-kick but that's easy for Robinson who plucks it out of the air

Kranjcar draws a superb point-blank save from Robinson as he stabs a first-time effort from a deflected Rapaic cross goalwards from eight yards

That's better from Rooney as he latches on to the ball and plays a superb reverse pass to Frank Lampard who loops a difficult chance over the top

Rooney pulls the ball down in the box but he tries to beat three blue shirts and is eventually crowded out

Ferdinand is booked for a crude pull back on Petric after losing the ball - that was more of a rugby than a football tackle

England are seeing more of the ball now but it's hardly vintage stuff yet from Steve McClaren's men

Carragher breaks down the left flank but his cross is over-hit and Rooney and Crouch look a little bemused in the box

Gary Neville wins the ball on the edge of the box and plays in Rooney whose low cross is superbly held by Stipe Pletikosa with Crouch lurking

England are being hustled and harried here and really are looking second best at the moment

Ferdinard stabs the ball away from Niko Kranjcar on the edge of the box as the home side look to open up England with a quick passing move

Croatia are bossing the opening exchanges here with England very much on the back foot

Paul Robinson is called into action early on as he saves at the foot of his post after a quick Croatia breakaway

Wayne Rooney tries to slide the ball through beyond the last defender for Peter Crouch but the big striker has strayed offside

Mladen Petric turns on the edge of the penalty area but his left-foot shot is tame and well wide

Whistles and jeers greet every England touch of the ball in these opening moments

Croatia get the game underway inside an intimidating Stadion Maksimir arena

Croatia have never lost a competitive match in Zagreb so in light of the disappointing performance against Macedonia at the weekend, this will be some test for England

Rio Ferdinand returns at the back in a three-man central defensive unit alongside John Terry and Jamie Carragher

As has been widely predicted, England boss Steve McClaren has opted for a 3-5-2 formation with Scott Parker starting for the first time in an international as part of a five-man midfield

England travel to Zagreb to take on Croatia in a Euro 2008 qualifier this evening