:00:07. > :00:11.# Je revois la ville en fete et en delire
:00:12. > :00:15.# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie
:00:16. > :00:18.# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires
:00:19. > :00:21.# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi
:00:22. > :00:25.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine
:00:26. > :00:28.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre
:00:29. > :00:32.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine
:00:33. > :00:38.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre
:00:39. > :00:41.# Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent
:00:42. > :01:04.We have a very good team. Great players.
:01:05. > :01:13.COMMENTATOR: Attacking intent shown by Croatia. Luka Modric is doing a
:01:14. > :01:19.lot for the team. He dictates games, he ensures the pace and quickens it
:01:20. > :01:24.up when he wants to. You can give him the ball any time, anywhere, no
:01:25. > :01:30.matter who's around him, you give him the ball because he has got five
:01:31. > :01:36.outs. Everything step-by-step. He can give it you back, go by you,
:01:37. > :01:41.flick it around the corner. His brain is just constantly thinking.
:01:42. > :01:47.He is so clever. The orchestrator in chief does the job! Incredible
:01:48. > :01:59.volley, great technique. Coming out of the sky like that. Beautiful.
:02:00. > :02:01.Czech Republic, perennial qualifiers, quarterfinalists four
:02:02. > :02:07.years ago. STUDIO
:02:08. > :02:11.Hello, let's hope it's not stalemate this afternoon, as one of the dark
:02:12. > :02:17.horses for the tournament, Croatia, take on one of the dark horses for
:02:18. > :02:21.the tournament, Czech Republic, in Saint Etienne. We've got a night, a
:02:22. > :02:25.king and a pawn for you, I will leave it to you to decide which
:02:26. > :02:30.which! Let's bring you up-to-date with what has been happening today.
:02:31. > :02:35.Already one game in Group B, Italy and Sweden. The game was won by a
:02:36. > :02:41.late goal by Eder, and what a cracking goal it was. Many late
:02:42. > :02:46.goals in this tournament, 30% of them scored after the 80th minute so
:02:47. > :02:51.far, quite remarkable. Italy have qualified for the last 16 with that
:02:52. > :02:54.win. Sweden remain on one point alongside the Republic of Ireland,
:02:55. > :03:00.who are in action against Belgium tomorrow. Back to today's meeting,
:03:01. > :03:08.the first competitive match between the two countries. This stadium is
:03:09. > :03:15.known affectionately as the green cauldron, or its atmosphere. A
:03:16. > :03:22.capacity of 41,000, so the fans will be sure to keep things lively.
:03:23. > :03:27.Croatia's opening win courtesy of Luka Modric and Gerard Pique got the
:03:28. > :03:32.late winner for Spain against the Czech Republic. A lot of talk about
:03:33. > :03:36.Croatia, a lot of people fancy them in the tournament because they've
:03:37. > :03:39.got some really good players. They do will stop they have a good team.
:03:40. > :03:47.They've been together for a little while now. Experienced. In midfield
:03:48. > :03:50.you have Modric and Rakitic and a goal-scorer like Mandzukic, that has
:03:51. > :03:54.not appeared yet in the tournament but you know he can score you goals.
:03:55. > :03:58.When you have a guy like we see now on the screen controlling the
:03:59. > :04:02.midfield... People always talk about Modric when he is on the ball but he
:04:03. > :04:06.can also stop the play of another team. What he does well is when he
:04:07. > :04:10.is on the ball he can see things that not a lot of other players can
:04:11. > :04:15.seat. He always wants to pass the ball forward and he's always aware.
:04:16. > :04:22.Look at this. I don't even see him looking at Serna, but he knows
:04:23. > :04:26.exactly what Serna is going to do. Here, that was a time when they
:04:27. > :04:30.needed to lose a bit of time, so he controls the pace of the game. He's
:04:31. > :04:41.looking at it and trying to lose time. That ball fell from the moon!
:04:42. > :04:46.I don't even know how, I don't know how he did that. That was an
:04:47. > :04:49.outstanding goal. I think it also helps that he has a player like
:04:50. > :04:56.Rakitic with him as well, because he's on his level. The fact that
:04:57. > :05:00.people don't mention Xavi is any more, but the pair of them together
:05:01. > :05:05.are so powerful. It always helps having more than one good player in
:05:06. > :05:09.midfield. I think maybe Modric has outside a Schumacher outshines some
:05:10. > :05:15.of the other players like Serna and you mentioned Rakitic, but Mandzukic
:05:16. > :05:22.as well. The work rate he is putting in for the team... Rakitic is
:05:23. > :05:25.another important player, if he manages to score enough goals for
:05:26. > :05:34.this team, this is a release from team. They will be dangerous. You
:05:35. > :05:38.both mentioned Srna, he has had a tough week or so losing his father.
:05:39. > :05:44.I've been through it, it's not a nice time. He's been back for the
:05:45. > :05:48.funeral and come back to play today, which I think is a measure of the
:05:49. > :05:53.man. He's played 130 times. They will be pleased to have him back
:05:54. > :05:57.because he's a good footballer and he's a leader. His quality going
:05:58. > :06:02.forward absolutely exceptional. We watch a lot of attacking full-backs
:06:03. > :06:05.now laying and a lot of them are great getting forward but in the
:06:06. > :06:10.final third they don't produce often enough. He's very calm, he's got
:06:11. > :06:16.very good technique. Always seems to make the right choice when he gets
:06:17. > :06:21.in these areas. For an older guy, his fitness levels, to continue to
:06:22. > :06:25.get up and down... It looks simple but we've already seen in this
:06:26. > :06:28.tournament is a lot of bad crosses and bad choices in that final third
:06:29. > :06:32.and he is crucial to the way they play because he gives them that
:06:33. > :06:36.width down the right-hand side, and you've got a full-back who can take
:06:37. > :06:40.set plays as well! It's a good weapon for them to have. I'm really
:06:41. > :06:44.pleased he's decided to come back and play after that turmoil. I've
:06:45. > :06:49.been in a similar situation when I was playing for Hamburg and I lost
:06:50. > :06:53.my mother, and I decided to play straight after the funeral and I
:06:54. > :06:57.just have to say, it's the hardest game of your life. Emotionally
:06:58. > :07:00.you're drained and you're coming with high hopes, thinking you might
:07:01. > :07:03.be able to get away from it for a bit, but it will be interesting to
:07:04. > :07:16.see how he copes with it, because it will be very tough for him today.
:07:17. > :07:19.What do you make of the team -- the Czech team? I think the Czech
:07:20. > :07:26.Republic, if they can build some stability into their own side, they
:07:27. > :07:30.have got some options to go and break the Croatian team down, but
:07:31. > :07:34.I'm a bit worried about their ability to get out and heard the
:07:35. > :07:38.Croatian team. It's going to be important for Rosicky to be on his
:07:39. > :07:45.day as well. You just mention Rosicky, someone you know very well,
:07:46. > :07:49.Thierry? Very well, we were at Arsenal together and I played
:07:50. > :07:53.against him so many times as well. They played against Spain, it's not
:07:54. > :07:57.easy to play against Spain everything all time. He had to
:07:58. > :08:02.defend of the time. But that's what he's going to have to do every time
:08:03. > :08:10.against Croatia as well, try and go up with the line and support. That's
:08:11. > :08:16.what he likes to do, give and go. He can do that too. He wants to control
:08:17. > :08:25.the pace of the game and we all know he has that in his locker. Try to
:08:26. > :08:29.control the tempo of the game. That's what he's going to try and
:08:30. > :08:33.do, and he couldn't do it against Spain because at times he didn't
:08:34. > :08:40.have the ball. Will he have the ball a bit more against Croatia? I don't
:08:41. > :08:45.know, but you can see he was upset he didn't play a lot and he will
:08:46. > :08:51.have to control it on the field if he can. The teams are about to go
:08:52. > :08:55.out. COMMENTATOR: Thank you very much,
:08:56. > :09:01.good afternoon everybody. Here they come. Croatia may be emerging out of
:09:02. > :09:10.the tunnel and may be emerging as a real force in the game again. World
:09:11. > :09:17.Cup finalists in France 98. If they win today, they are through to the
:09:18. > :09:20.last 16. Czech Republic lost to Spain in Toulouse. They are feeling
:09:21. > :09:26.the pressure. If they lose today, the best they can do is finish third
:09:27. > :09:30.and hope that will be enough. Northern Ireland, the Republic and
:09:31. > :09:33.Wales are among those sides hoping that the Czechs do lose, because
:09:34. > :09:43.that might help their cause down the road. The stadium in sunshine, which
:09:44. > :09:45.is lovely to see after the hailstones of Lyon yesterday
:09:46. > :09:52.evening. First, the national anthem of Croatia.
:09:53. > :09:58.# Lijepa nasa domovino, Oj junacka zemljo mila
:09:59. > :10:15.# Stare slave djedovino, Da bi vazda sretna bila
:10:16. > :10:25.# Mila, kano si nam slavna Mila si nam ti jedina
:10:26. > :10:30.# Mila, kuda si nam ravna Mila, kuda si planina
:10:31. > :10:49.# Teci Dravo, Savo teci Nit' ti Dunav silu gubi
:10:50. > :11:02.# Dok mu mrtve grobak krije Dok mu zivo srce bije. #
:11:03. > :11:14.# Kde domov muj? Kde domov muj?
:11:15. > :12:26.Great support at both ends of the stadium. The Czech Republic,
:12:27. > :12:32.quarterfinalists four years ago. The majority of their squad were around
:12:33. > :12:37.in that tournament. Tomas Rosicky is the only man in this edition of the
:12:38. > :12:46.European Championships who can say he also played in Euro 2000.
:12:47. > :12:50.Gianluigi Buffon missed out in 2000 and he was injured. Iker Casillas
:12:51. > :13:02.was left on Spain's bench and didn't get on the pitch.
:13:03. > :13:13.Brighton's Skalak comes in. David Lasseter is the all-time top scorer
:13:14. > :13:26.in the Czech league. Mark Clattenburg the referee. His second
:13:27. > :13:29.game of this tournament. Croatia have won seven and drawn one of
:13:30. > :13:37.their last eight games. Those are the eight games that ante package
:13:38. > :13:45.has been in charge. No surprise they are unchained. Medran Corluka fine
:13:46. > :13:52.after suffering a cut to the head against Turkey. The real splash of
:13:53. > :14:02.genius, the ex-man amongst the mortals is of course Luka Modric. In
:14:03. > :14:12.their last meeting, Croatia became the first nation ever to score four
:14:13. > :14:17.goals against the Czechs. Kevin Kilbane alongside me. Lovely day and
:14:18. > :14:23.this should be a high-quality, technical match. Contrast in
:14:24. > :14:27.performances between the two sides in their opening fixtures. Croatia
:14:28. > :14:31.were excellent going forwards. Against Spain, Czech Republic had to
:14:32. > :14:35.contain a lot. I think we will see more from them going forward this
:14:36. > :14:39.afternoon, the Czech Republic. I think we're in for a really good
:14:40. > :14:48.game. Probably worth saying that that's the Czech Republic in white
:14:49. > :14:53.and blue. -- all in white, and Croatia all in blue. We're so used
:14:54. > :14:59.to seeing them in the red and white checks. Mark Clattenburg is checking
:15:00. > :15:04.that everything is synchronised and everybody is happy, and it's the
:15:05. > :15:15.Czech Republic who will get the game under way, kicking from right to
:15:16. > :15:27.left in Saint Etienne. Group D. Czech Republic lost their opening
:15:28. > :15:34.game and Croatia won there's. -- won theirs. Modric getting a touch.
:15:35. > :15:41.Forward from Brozovic and they get the throw.
:15:42. > :15:43.Bouchard Brozovic is another that really impressed in their opening
:15:44. > :16:00.win. It clearance back to Petr Cech. And
:16:01. > :16:10.an even poorer clearance back from him. A poor backpass. No real feel
:16:11. > :16:17.on the past the goalkeeper. I felt for him with a camera stuffed in his
:16:18. > :16:26.face during the anthem. He takes the corner. Petr Cech asked to treat
:16:27. > :16:30.that carefully. Another corner, over the crossbar. Croatia on the front
:16:31. > :16:33.foot. Mandzukic, he would not have expected that to go on. Under a
:16:34. > :16:52.little bit of pressure. Read the church with this corner
:16:53. > :16:56.kick. -- Rakitic. Mark Clattenburg wanting to settle everyone down
:16:57. > :16:59.inside the penalty area. A nervous moment for the Czech Republic. They
:17:00. > :17:02.are in trouble in this group if they lose today. The Croatian team
:17:03. > :17:19.starting on the front foot. Rakitic in a good position again.
:17:20. > :17:24.Mandzukic in the back. Not the worst ball played in from Rakitic.
:17:25. > :17:30.Mandzukic, in that position, just go and attack. Get yourself lined up.
:17:31. > :17:35.He was in a really good position. Just go and attack the ball. He
:17:36. > :17:41.could have got a call in the six yard box. And that was the outcome.
:17:42. > :17:44.You remember the goal he scored against the Republic of Ireland four
:17:45. > :17:51.years ago. And one against Italy as well. That was almost the tournament
:17:52. > :17:58.over for the Republic of Ireland after that game. A very tough group.
:17:59. > :18:02.If the Republic got nothing out of that game, it was only going to get
:18:03. > :18:15.harder, and that is the way it worked out.
:18:16. > :18:34.Confident but unnecessary. He put Srna under pressure.
:18:35. > :18:53.He felt that the ball had come off Krejci but the decision went the
:18:54. > :19:04.other way. Pavel Vrba, the coach from the Czech Republic. In his late
:19:05. > :19:14.70s now, his assistant, who was coach of the Czech Republic in 2004,
:19:15. > :19:27.2006 and 2008. Vida let them run away dangerously. Slack defending
:19:28. > :19:39.from Vida. And it is a foul by Brozovic. He did well, Sanaa. A good
:19:40. > :19:41.challenge. Credit to him. Coming back to join the squad after the
:19:42. > :20:10.week he has had. Tomas Rosicky is going to take this.
:20:11. > :20:21.Not terribly well dealt with. Back to Subasic. Subasic with the early
:20:22. > :20:28.clearance. Brozovic, struggling to control the ball. He invited the
:20:29. > :20:34.challenge. He got a little lucky there, Brozovic. Good distribution
:20:35. > :20:41.from super search in goal. -- Subasic. He did not quite get it
:20:42. > :20:50.under control the way he would have liked.
:20:51. > :20:59.Mark Clattenburg has just rejected a ball. It is actually the second one
:21:00. > :21:13.already in this game that has been rejected. Third time lucky. Finally
:21:14. > :21:28.Rakitic takes the free kick. Good delivery but Vida was not far
:21:29. > :21:44.away from getting something on it. Strinic here now. A bit of space for
:21:45. > :22:02.Darijo Srna. What a challenge from the reader. -- from Darida. You
:22:03. > :22:05.think of just how many talented, diminutive attacking midfielders
:22:06. > :22:13.Croatia has. Luka Modric plays in a deeper role. Many teams would not
:22:14. > :22:20.have him in the Number Ten position. Kovacic cannot get into the side
:22:21. > :22:28.either. The talented youngster. Rakitic again. There might be danger
:22:29. > :22:43.here. A couple of efforts from Badelj in midfield. A lovely little
:22:44. > :22:46.miniver. Mandzukic recognises he is out wide. Croatia have started
:22:47. > :23:05.brightly. The Czech Republic with a man off
:23:06. > :23:12.the pitch getting some treatment. That was Hubnik. The centre forward,
:23:13. > :23:31.he might have had something in his eye.
:23:32. > :23:51.Beating by Modric. A lovely manoeuvre by Rakitic. Brozovic.
:23:52. > :23:55.Taken away well by Sivok. With Brozovic and Perisic outweighed,
:23:56. > :23:59.they do not always wanted to come back inside for the striker. He
:24:00. > :24:10.knows that the ball is going to be crossed early and he can make it
:24:11. > :24:15.with his timing. Luka Modric, who spent those seasons at Tottenham and
:24:16. > :25:19.Man City. Almost give it away there. Brozovic
:25:20. > :25:27.again. A little too close to Petr Cech. The company was mentioning
:25:28. > :25:32.just prior to the match about Luka Modric, his anticipation. He is able
:25:33. > :25:41.to step in and make challenges. Great quality. Limbersky for the
:25:42. > :26:06.Czech Republic. He has not really got into the game
:26:07. > :26:11.at all yet, the Czech Republic. Not at all. A really good start for
:26:12. > :26:16.Croatia. Just a continuation from that first game. Excellent
:26:17. > :26:30.performance. Luka Modric dispossessed. A wayward ball. An
:26:31. > :26:32.apology by the reader. -- Darida. He was caught out. Played in behind.
:26:33. > :26:54.Just a simple pass. Rakitic. Mandzukic trying to stay
:26:55. > :27:10.onside. He settles for what is a throw in the end.
:27:11. > :27:21.That quarterfinal shoot out, Croatia against Turkey in 2008. A terrible
:27:22. > :27:22.shoot out for Croatia. Darijo Srna was the only man to score his
:27:23. > :28:06.penalty. Petr Cech away. Vida underneath it.
:28:07. > :28:14.Limbersky. Pressure from Brozovic. Brozovic is disappointed. He
:28:15. > :28:26.certainly hassle that. A slight clip at the end. Not able to get any sort
:28:27. > :28:35.of contact, not able to make five or six passes like the Croatians are.
:28:36. > :28:53.A yellow card from Mark Clattenburg early in the game, for jumping with
:28:54. > :28:57.an arm raised. Darida went down. Badelj, just rising with it. Mark
:28:58. > :29:08.Clattenburg was in a good position. There was contact. Certainly
:29:09. > :29:16.surprised to see the card come out. But it is a free kick to the Czech
:29:17. > :29:22.Republic. Driven towards Hubnik. Such a difficult header from that
:29:23. > :29:31.range. So wide from the goal. It needs a lot of power generated to
:29:32. > :29:37.get back towards the six yard box. Croatia look motivated. If they win
:29:38. > :29:42.they are through to the last 16. And as their coach has described it, he
:29:43. > :29:47.has promised them a good, old-fashioned night out if they get
:29:48. > :29:52.through. I believe so. There were celebrations on the pitch after what
:29:53. > :30:00.he said. Perisic will lead this throw-in. I would not mind playing
:30:01. > :30:30.under him. From the old school. Subasic will be delighted in goal
:30:31. > :30:41.for Croatia to finally get to a tournament. He played second fiddle
:30:42. > :30:44.to Pletikosa for so long for his country. Pletikosa has finally hung
:30:45. > :31:15.up his gloves. Darijo Srna with this throw in for
:31:16. > :31:20.Croatia. Corluka again. That is a foul by Darijo Srna, and a free kick
:31:21. > :31:24.to the Czech Republic. Corluka has to be careful as well, just like the
:31:25. > :31:40.previous challenge, jumping with his arm. Brought down by Srna. Srna just
:31:41. > :31:55.caught out of position. Lasseter goes towards the back post,
:31:56. > :32:04.and Skalak jumped but did not make any contact with it. He's been
:32:05. > :32:08.around a long time, hasn't he? Number 13 for the Czech Republic. A
:32:09. > :32:16.definite problem with the balls here. Three or four times a ball has
:32:17. > :32:23.been rejected for a throw in or a free kick. There is pressure on
:32:24. > :32:26.every ball, they need to sort out the balls that the ball boys are
:32:27. > :32:43.carrying around the side of the pitch. Good control, Mandzukic.
:32:44. > :32:50.Taken away from Rakitic by Sivok. This is Jiri Skalak. That is a throw
:32:51. > :32:56.into the Czech Republic. Better, from the Czech Republic. Good run by
:32:57. > :33:03.Skalak. Played into a good area. It's just more positive, he can get
:33:04. > :33:05.runners behind Croatia's defence. -- looking to get runners in behind
:33:06. > :33:27.their defence. Czech Republic with the throw.
:33:28. > :33:36.Brozovic, no foul on Hubnik. Mandzukic, to Rakitic. Luka Modric
:33:37. > :33:43.now. Darijo Srna, Rakitic down the middle, Mandzukic forward too. This
:33:44. > :33:46.is heritage. On the right-hand side for a few moments. Brozovic has gone
:33:47. > :33:57.to the far side. When Modric does pick up the ball. Invariably he will
:33:58. > :34:06.pick you out with the quality he has, Luka Modric. Strinic, back to
:34:07. > :34:13.Brozovic. Mandzukic. Good play. Darijo Srna, Mandzukic has made a
:34:14. > :34:29.run. The cross threatened to fine him. Corluka, Luka Modric. A little
:34:30. > :34:37.deflection on that Srna Cross, just carried over Brozovic. Kept in by
:34:38. > :34:42.Strinic. Petr Cech came and didn't get there, Mandzukic almost got
:34:43. > :34:52.lucky. Queueing up at the back post, Perris itch, into the gloves of
:34:53. > :35:02.Cech. Petr Cech gets the flight all wrong, gets away with it. It's the
:35:03. > :35:09.next cross that comes in from Srna. If it is Srna getting forward from
:35:10. > :35:17.right back, he does cross early. That is the defenders under so much
:35:18. > :35:21.pressure. Hubnik, all the way away. Here is Tomas Rosicky, cut out by
:35:22. > :35:48.Vida. A bit of a shout from the Czech
:35:49. > :35:54.Republic fans as he went over, but nothing given, and its Mandzukic
:35:55. > :36:04.with Perris itch to his right hand side, -- Perisic to his right hand
:36:05. > :36:08.side, Perisic! Rakitic! Well, in the opening 20 minutes of this game,
:36:09. > :36:17.Croatia have been by far the better side. Brilliant ball from Brozovic
:36:18. > :36:21.to set Mandzukic awake and Perisic arriving, but outstanding play from
:36:22. > :36:31.Croatia. So direct and compact. Brilliant challenge it was at the
:36:32. > :36:36.end but what a break it was. I think he's just getting back into
:36:37. > :36:49.position. Excellent counterattacking play. Free kick. Landed awkwardly on
:36:50. > :36:52.his back, Perisic. It's been a feature that people have noticed,
:36:53. > :36:56.obviously, late goals in this tournament, but also there hasn't
:36:57. > :37:00.been an outstanding performance from what you would call a centre forward
:37:01. > :37:08.as of yet, a Mandzukic kind of player. You're right. Mandzukic has
:37:09. > :37:12.started well in this game. We haven't really seen a standout
:37:13. > :37:25.centre forward performance with top-class goals of yet. Funnily
:37:26. > :37:28.enough, Pelle and Eder have probably been as good as anyone, the two
:37:29. > :37:32.Serie A said the forwards, Italy one of the two sides playing -- one of
:37:33. > :37:41.the few sides playing two centre forwards. They are so good in
:37:42. > :37:48.comfortable possession like this, Croatia. But they can counterattack
:37:49. > :37:52.as well and they can go long into Mandzukic as well. Different options
:37:53. > :38:02.to their game. That's why they're so exciting to watch. Badelj, at the
:38:03. > :38:09.moment they are the more nimble physically and much quicker mentally
:38:10. > :38:18.than Czech Republic. Corner kick conceded by Jaroslav Plasil. I like
:38:19. > :38:22.that from Luka Modric. He knows Plasil is backing off into the area.
:38:23. > :38:38.Continue with the run, don't hold back.
:38:39. > :38:50.Two balls on the pitch at the moment.
:38:51. > :39:07.Srna's throw. Rakitic underneath it. Brozovic to Strinic, back to
:39:08. > :39:15.Brozovic. Skalak in front of him. Vida. It is the Czech fans you can
:39:16. > :39:30.hear trying to lift their team, they need a lift.
:39:31. > :39:44.Luka Modric. Modric, Rakitic. Three in the middle for Rakitic. Perris
:39:45. > :39:51.itch was blocked. Brilliant from Modric. Lovely little pull-back when
:39:52. > :40:24.he gets into the area. That is a decent ball. Corluka had
:40:25. > :40:31.to make a challenge. Looked more of a foul than the other one on him but
:40:32. > :40:41.wasn't given either. Corluka, from a defensive point of view, impressive.
:40:42. > :40:45.Still only 30, Corluka, he seems to have been around forever. Rakitic,
:40:46. > :41:14.lovely turn away from Plasil. Nicely done, Rakitic here. Hubnik
:41:15. > :41:17.recovered well. Rakitic didn't feel the ball was going to come through
:41:18. > :41:27.to him. Rakitic with an intricate pass, overran it a bit. Rakitic on
:41:28. > :41:29.the corner, Srna has been leaving them a little short up to now.
:41:30. > :41:45.Rakitic! He's done well. Very good recovery
:41:46. > :41:54.from Tomas Rosicky, and it's a corner. Five corners already,
:41:55. > :41:56.Croatia. Strinic is another one like Srna, he likes to get forward, real
:41:57. > :42:10.talent from the left-back. Isil. So much debate on the England corner
:42:11. > :42:13.taker but Croatia have five on their team.
:42:14. > :42:27.Brozovic. Good punch, that, from Cech. Lots of distance.
:42:28. > :42:35.Lovely ball, how about that for control from Brozovic?
:42:36. > :42:47.Out by Limbersky, here is Srna. Seven corners, Croatia. Superb ball
:42:48. > :42:55.from Vida to set Brozovic away. That's the trickery Brozovic has.
:42:56. > :43:00.Darijo Srna takes, Cech flapped at it a bit, and Strinic. Write
:43:01. > :43:06.underneath it. It wasn't comfortable for Cech, Strinic just can't quite
:43:07. > :43:13.get over the strike. You feel as though it's only a matter of time
:43:14. > :43:19.before this goal will actually come. He's been a busy man, Petr Cech.
:43:20. > :43:29.Still no real effort on his goal up to now though, has there? He scored
:43:30. > :43:35.against me in Split one night, against Ireland. Top player he was.
:43:36. > :43:42.Former Arsenal player briefly. Now Mandzukic is down holding his
:43:43. > :44:09.head. This is how he got it. Yeah, there's
:44:10. > :44:13.no malice in it. The challenge with Sivok. They have got that
:44:14. > :44:25.physicality, as a side. There probably was a little
:44:26. > :44:35.pull. It's clever, he gets away with it.
:44:36. > :45:04.Brozovic just losing control. Corluka, that's a very good ball.
:45:05. > :45:08.Here is Rakitic, Perisic tried to get forward. Mandzukic could have
:45:09. > :45:12.put that back into Rakitic and probably should have done. It was
:45:13. > :45:21.great movement, though. Brilliant movement from Mandzukic. Nicely
:45:22. > :45:38.played, Darijo Srna here. Out by Limbersky but Modric again.
:45:39. > :45:50.I saw in doing some analysis of Romelu Lukaku's movement. You see
:45:51. > :45:57.him pulling across, giving Rakitic an easier path to hit. -- I saw
:45:58. > :46:00.Thierry Henry doing some analysis. They just keep coming back of the
:46:01. > :46:09.Czech Republic. The only surprise is the scoreline.
:46:10. > :46:20.Good control by Rosicky. A disappointing end to the domestic
:46:21. > :46:29.season for him. His first in English football at Brighton. A poor ball.
:46:30. > :46:31.You expect the player of his quality to hit that ball a lot better than
:46:32. > :47:24.that. A little bit better, this. It away
:47:25. > :47:34.by Strinic. Mr control. Highlights of the day's matches at 1125 PM.
:47:35. > :47:39.Tomorrow, Iceland against Hungary, 4:30pm in the afternoon. And then
:47:40. > :47:43.Portugal against Austria, following on at 7:30pm on BBC One. The Czech
:47:44. > :48:00.Republic trying to get themselves into this game now. Limbersky and
:48:01. > :48:08.Plasil once more. A telling pass. Not a difficult pass. Good movement
:48:09. > :48:16.from Plasil but he is breaking down too easily.
:48:17. > :48:45.Vida's header. Mandzukic. Hubnik has had his hands full.
:48:46. > :48:54.Despite appearances, he is not the oldest man in the Czech Republic
:48:55. > :49:11.side. Tomas Rosicky is older, as is Plasil. A little awkward bad. Skala
:49:12. > :49:18.did well to get that in. -- Skalak did well. Better movement. Creating
:49:19. > :49:35.a crossing chance for Skalak. Croatia warmed up for this
:49:36. > :49:51.tournament with a home game against San Marino, which they won 10-1.
:49:52. > :49:56.Mandzukic got a hat-trick. It doesn't always work in your favour,
:49:57. > :50:00.picking a weak opponent before a tournament, but Spain decided to
:50:01. > :50:08.finish off at home to Georgia and lost. I would say that I think San
:50:09. > :50:14.Marino are weaker than Georgia. Difficult to draw any conclusions
:50:15. > :50:17.from it. Croatia were looking at creating chances, scoring goals and
:50:18. > :50:21.coming here against weaker opposition. That might have done
:50:22. > :50:27.them no favours but the way they have started, full of confidence in
:50:28. > :50:35.this tournament,... But they haven't scored yet! Petr Cech has had a
:50:36. > :50:41.couple of uncomfortable moments but they have only really been from
:50:42. > :50:46.crosses. The graphic showing nine attempts, but none that Petr Cech
:50:47. > :50:51.would be feeling that he had ever had a real problem with. The problem
:50:52. > :50:55.is they have just not created one telling chance. But I think it is
:50:56. > :51:05.going to come. The quality is certainly there. Limbersky forward.
:51:06. > :51:16.David Lafata to Darida. That was the intention. Mandzukic, back to
:51:17. > :51:20.Rakitic. Perisic is arriving at the back post. The flag is up on the
:51:21. > :51:34.near side. Whatever happens next will not count. Perisic made a great
:51:35. > :51:41.run after the original 1-2. Perisic would have had a tap-in, but a great
:51:42. > :51:46.manoeuvre from Croatia. You feel like they can put pace into the game
:51:47. > :51:51.whenever they choose. Spot on. They can soak up pressure when necessary.
:51:52. > :51:57.You feel as though the way that the Czech Republic get into this game is
:51:58. > :52:05.when the full-backs come forward. Perisic. 1-0. To the surprise of
:52:06. > :52:14.absolutely nobody. Croatia take the lead. And a very fine finish from
:52:15. > :52:22.Ivan Perisic. It has been coming from most the very first whistle. --
:52:23. > :52:37.from almost. Scored by Perisic but he will have a word of thanks to
:52:38. > :52:47.Badelj, who won the ball with a brilliant tackle. It was Badelj
:52:48. > :52:51.winning the challenge brilliantly. But the one thing I like about
:52:52. > :52:57.Perisic, backing off into the area, he could have continued to drive but
:52:58. > :53:02.he does not disappoint. A little step, getting it onto his left foot,
:53:03. > :53:09.and he knows that it Petr Cech gets a foot on it, there are players
:53:10. > :53:14.ready for the tap-in. I am a big admirer of Ivan Perisic. He is a top
:53:15. > :53:19.player and that is a super girl. Croatia are momentarily down to ten
:53:20. > :53:25.men because Corluka is off the pitch having his head looked at. That was
:53:26. > :53:32.a challenge on David Lafata right in the penalty area. I think they got
:53:33. > :53:40.away with one there. I am not sure he got too much on that. It is a
:53:41. > :53:47.free kick certainly. It is outside the box. He does not see the run
:53:48. > :53:56.from David Lafata coming in behind him. I think Clattenburg got that
:53:57. > :54:05.wrong. Corluka is back on. Croatia leading. Certainly a fair reflection
:54:06. > :54:11.of the way the game has gone. The Czech Republic will feel slightly
:54:12. > :54:18.hard done by. Clattenburg's decision. If he does see it, he
:54:19. > :54:34.would not have given a penalty, but he just misses it. Rosicky forward.
:54:35. > :54:40.Limbersky. You can't help but liking the widening of Croatia. When they
:54:41. > :54:50.do not have the ball, they make it difficult to play through. All the
:54:51. > :55:17.way back to Hubnik. Mark Clattenburg wants to check on
:55:18. > :55:24.Kaderabek. This was just fabulous. I love it when the wide men get into
:55:25. > :55:27.position and drive the defenders. When you get into position, he goes
:55:28. > :55:42.across Petr Cech, giving him no chance. Darijo Srna. Modric, over
:55:43. > :55:50.the top of Tomas Rosicky. He stood in his way.
:55:51. > :56:13.He knew precisely what he was doing there, Rosicky.
:56:14. > :56:24.Rakitic into the box! A great ball. Too many cooks. Getting into each
:56:25. > :56:30.other's way. Corluka is the man gets the final touch on it. But Vida just
:56:31. > :56:32.gets in his way. Some sort of contact on it at the end. What a
:56:33. > :56:45.chance to make its two. A good header from Corluka. Rakitic,
:56:46. > :57:18.was he not fouled by Plasil? Taken quickly for Croatia. That is
:57:19. > :57:23.the impressive thing about Croatia, when they lose the ball, how quickly
:57:24. > :57:27.they filter back into position. So difficult for the Czech Republic to
:57:28. > :57:28.playback through. They are comfortable on the ball but there is
:57:29. > :57:50.no space for them to play. Very much on home soil, Plasil,
:57:51. > :58:02.having spent most of his career in France. And that is a free kick this
:58:03. > :58:11.time. David Lafata went down. The challenge came in from behind. He
:58:12. > :58:22.has to be careful. Badelj has a yellow card already. That was a
:58:23. > :58:28.little bit reckless. He was late. The yellow card was a bit soft, and
:58:29. > :58:36.that was a bit less soft than the one he got the yellow card for. Once
:58:37. > :58:39.you have been booked, I have heard it described as an amber. It is in
:58:40. > :58:49.between. Rosicky is moving away from this. It
:58:50. > :58:55.is going to be straight into the wall. The second shot, likewise.
:58:56. > :59:03.Plasil, back to Rosicky. They might break here. Perisic is charging
:59:04. > :59:12.downfield. It is a five-man counterattack. Darijo Srna tapes it
:59:13. > :59:22.-- keeps it alive. Another brilliant run ahead of him from Perisic.
:59:23. > :59:35.Movement off the ball. Brozovic, they break so quickly you would be
:59:36. > :59:42.frightened to go forward. I got a funny feeling and Thierry Henry
:59:43. > :59:46.might feel this up -- bring this up at half-time, but he might have
:59:47. > :59:53.signed on the same day. I don't know why that has come into my head.
:59:54. > :00:08.That is just not be from Corluka. Vida took his eye off the ball.
:00:09. > :00:24.Through the middle here, Tomas Rosicky.
:00:25. > :00:32.Czech Republic finishing the half reasonably strongly, but they've
:00:33. > :00:50.been second best for almost all of it. Brozovic, to Rakitic.
:00:51. > :01:03.As you said before, almost afraid to go forward that time. We've seen how
:01:04. > :01:10.devastating Croatia are. Corluka, Modric.
:01:11. > :01:29.It's a corner. That is brilliant from Srna. No time to take it, Mark
:01:30. > :01:37.Clattenburg has blown his whistle and is getting some stick from
:01:38. > :01:40.Croatian players and fans alike. Remember, was it Clive Thomas who
:01:41. > :01:47.blew his whistle when the ball was about to go in for a corner in the
:01:48. > :01:54.World Cup in the 1970s. Croatia are in front and deservedly so. Ivan
:01:55. > :02:04.Basso with a high-quality goal and they are a high quality side. --
:02:05. > :02:05.Ivan Perisic. At half-time in Saint Etienne, Czech Republic 0- one
:02:06. > :02:15.Croatia. Well, only 1-0 at half-time but I've
:02:16. > :02:17.just been handed a stats sheet of that first half and it makes
:02:18. > :02:24.interesting reading so I'm going to share it. One goal, ten shots by
:02:25. > :02:32.Croatia, four on target, three off target, from inside the box six,
:02:33. > :02:39.outside, three. The Czech Republic, shots total, none. On target, none,
:02:40. > :02:47.off target none, blocked shots, none, headers, none. Corners, none.
:02:48. > :02:53.Very one-sided game, that digest. That's what we were scared about
:02:54. > :02:57.four Czech Republic. If market -- Modric and Rakitic run the show and
:02:58. > :03:01.you allow them to do what they can do, they going to hurt you. It's
:03:02. > :03:05.just a matter of how many they get, isn't it? I've been impressed with
:03:06. > :03:08.Croatia, good movement, nice free-flowing football. We were
:03:09. > :03:13.talking about the lack of athleticism in the Czech Republic
:03:14. > :03:15.team. They are unable to press with any tempo because they don't have
:03:16. > :03:19.enough athletes in the team, they can't get up the pitch. I suppose
:03:20. > :03:25.the only thing they can take heart from is that they've only conceded
:03:26. > :03:29.one goal! Yes, very much so! CHUCKLES
:03:30. > :03:33.But we said that they had to stand like a brick wall against this
:03:34. > :03:37.Croatian team but for me, like Danny just said, they probably weren't as
:03:38. > :03:42.mobile as a brick wall and that was the problem! You know, when you're
:03:43. > :03:47.under pressure, you need that little energy to get out and it's just not
:03:48. > :03:52.there and that's a problem. Croatia have bags of energy and pace,
:03:53. > :03:57.including the goal-scorer, Perisic, who has been steaming up and down
:03:58. > :04:01.the left-hand side. That's what he's been doing, breaking his neck for
:04:02. > :04:06.his team. What I love is this, defending, going forward. They get
:04:07. > :04:16.the ball back and he does a step over. What I love about that is
:04:17. > :04:23.defending on the front foot, going forward while you are defending. It
:04:24. > :04:26.goes overly leg of the defender and it's a goal. I don't think the
:04:27. > :04:30.defender does too much wrong there. If anything, maybe Petr Cech needs
:04:31. > :04:34.to know that he's got one angle covered and maybe assume it's going
:04:35. > :04:39.to go in the other angle. They deserve to score. They were
:04:40. > :04:43.threatening quite often during that first half, Danny. Perisic himself
:04:44. > :04:48.nearly got on the end of some good play. Yes, they had lots of good
:04:49. > :04:53.movements. They have the ability to build up on the counter with the
:04:54. > :04:58.players they've got. Mandzukic with a good, and selfish run. He just
:04:59. > :05:05.waits, perfect timing. He misses this by two inches, but the power of
:05:06. > :05:09.the run by Perisic... He just starts behind the Czech Republic defender
:05:10. > :05:15.and he gets there a milli second to late. They really put together some
:05:16. > :05:20.good moves, easy on the eye, Croatia. When you say to someone
:05:21. > :05:24.let's defend, the first thing they do usually is going front of their
:05:25. > :05:32.goal. Croatia defender Lee high on the field with high pressure. I love
:05:33. > :05:36.when teams do that. -- defend really high on the field. You want the ball
:05:37. > :05:41.to be at high as possible from your goal and try to nick it from there.
:05:42. > :05:45.I suppose as a defender there are pros and cons to it. If you defend
:05:46. > :05:50.high, there is lots of space behind you. There's no pace up front for
:05:51. > :05:55.the Czech Republic. The defence has not been tested yet. They did really
:05:56. > :05:59.well against Turkey, though. They play like a big team and there's no
:06:00. > :06:04.reason to believe that this team is going to crumble. The big test will
:06:05. > :06:09.be Spain, the next game. For the Czech Republic to come back into
:06:10. > :06:13.this game, I really don't know how they're going to do it. You
:06:14. > :06:16.mentioned Perisic was quick to get into the right area, but it's not
:06:17. > :06:20.like the full-back didn't make the run coming he saw it but he just
:06:21. > :06:29.couldn't get there, and that is the problem. Rakitic, great bit of play
:06:30. > :06:36.from him. He's impressed again. Rakitic has that awareness of where
:06:37. > :06:41.everybody is. Look at that for a touch. He's got good athleticism. He
:06:42. > :06:46.is quick and he looks and he goes inside and that's a decent save from
:06:47. > :06:50.the keeper. The way they've been in the first half, it's looking like
:06:51. > :06:54.they could go on to get three or four. There have been three or four
:06:55. > :06:58.good moves like this and he's been instrumental. Is there a better
:06:59. > :07:03.midfield pairing or midfield grouping in this tournament than
:07:04. > :07:11.Croatia? Of course there is, Rooney, Dele Alli, Eric Dier! I would put
:07:12. > :07:14.Spain's midfield in front of them because they know what they're doing
:07:15. > :07:18.and they been doing it for a very long time. But I have to say I
:07:19. > :07:23.wouldn't mind if I was on that field playing with Modric and Rakitic.
:07:24. > :07:27.They are on the same page and their football IQ is second to none. This
:07:28. > :07:33.guy is just too much. At one point he lost the ball and I nearly fell
:07:34. > :07:46.off my chair! Long balls... 97% pass success. It's just too much. I love
:07:47. > :07:51.the way he goes forward with it. He plays it... I mean, it's almost too
:07:52. > :07:54.much at times. If you were throwing the ball with your hands you
:07:55. > :07:59.couldn't be as precise as this guy is. It's fantastic. The 97% success,
:08:00. > :08:06.that is great, but it is progressive. Not just easy sideways
:08:07. > :08:10.passes. Mandzukic, not happened for him yet. Some good movement from him
:08:11. > :08:13.but he needs to get in on the goal-scoring act if Croatia are
:08:14. > :08:17.going to go all the way in this tournament. My opinion, really
:08:18. > :08:22.quickly, is that I feel he knows it's not going for him. He knows
:08:23. > :08:28.he's not getting the goals but what he puts in his workrate, he himself
:08:29. > :08:33.and produces a tremendous amount of work rate for the team. Exactly the
:08:34. > :08:39.same, he's unselfish. You want him to be a tiny bit more alert but he
:08:40. > :08:43.will score again. The way those guys play together, he will score again
:08:44. > :08:48.for sure. I love his unselfish and it's in terms of his running and the
:08:49. > :08:56.way he moves inside the box also is very good. Defending champions Spain
:08:57. > :09:01.played their second match later, against Turkey. Earlier, Italy, so
:09:02. > :09:03.impressive against Belgium, took on Sweden in Toulouse. Commentator is
:09:04. > :09:14.Guy Mowbray. COMMENTATOR: Now Ibrahimovic. That's
:09:15. > :09:24.a great pass, potentially. John Guidetti! It is a blaze finish.
:09:25. > :09:27.Larsson has his thumb in the air and he's absolutely right to. But the
:09:28. > :09:29.skill of the match and be part of the match comes from Sweden's number
:09:30. > :09:50.ten, of course it does. Ibrahimovic! Ibrahimovic is offside. The flag
:09:51. > :09:57.went up straightaway. He knows that even if it hadn't counted, he really
:09:58. > :10:08.ought to have poked it over the line and even. -- and in.
:10:09. > :10:30.What a ball in that was from Emanuele Giaccherini. He read it and
:10:31. > :10:40.moved away from his marker, Olsson, and he thought he had scored.
:10:41. > :10:46.Knocked down to Eder by Zaza. Eder goes on! We have a winner! Yet
:10:47. > :10:57.another late one at this championship. It is Chiellini with
:10:58. > :11:01.the quick throw, Zaza with the knock-down, Eder with plenty to do
:11:02. > :11:12.from there and he did every bit of it. Italy are all but into the last
:11:13. > :11:17.16. Italy 1-0 Sweden. There is Linda -- Lindelof, Ibrahimovic. Sweden
:11:18. > :11:23.appeal for a penalty but the referee is not interested. Sooner or later
:11:24. > :11:28.at this championship, some team will get a penalty for that sort of foul
:11:29. > :11:33.will stop Sweden will argue, why not us today? That leaves Group E
:11:34. > :11:37.looking like this. Italy safely through to the last 16 with a game
:11:38. > :11:41.to spare, following a second straight win. The Republic of
:11:42. > :11:48.Ireland are in action against Belgium tomorrow. Our next live
:11:49. > :11:53.football is tomorrow in Group F, Iceland versus Hungary at 4:30pm on
:11:54. > :11:59.BBC One, followed by Portugal against Austria, two teams who
:12:00. > :12:00.looked back to their best -- who were not at their best in the
:12:01. > :12:08.opening matches. All three home nations sides are
:12:09. > :12:13.taking it easy today with some light training and no media activities
:12:14. > :12:17.after yesterday's action. For England's Jamie Vardy, he can
:12:18. > :12:18.reflect on the journey he has taken, from non-league to Roy Hodgson's
:12:19. > :12:25.saviour. We played a League Cup game at a
:12:26. > :12:41.place called Wickers Lee... We had game but there was a young lad
:12:42. > :12:44.playing for the opposition who caused my defenders more problems
:12:45. > :12:48.than they have had all season. I managed to get a number for him and
:12:49. > :12:54.contacted him, he came up with his dad. I showed him the setup here and
:12:55. > :12:59.a couple of days later he rang me and said he would sign for us. Jamie
:13:00. > :13:03.comes from Hillsborough, which is probably about five miles down the
:13:04. > :13:08.road. He had been at Sheffield Wednesday and been released. I
:13:09. > :13:15.thought when I first saw him come at his first touch was unbelievable.
:13:16. > :13:19.The first time he got the ball hit killed it and ran past a defender
:13:20. > :13:28.and you're suddenly thinking, he looks a decent player. He was the
:13:29. > :13:33.best because he never looked back bag is left people alone, worked his
:13:34. > :13:36.socks off for the team, and his pace was electric. He would go past
:13:37. > :13:38.people dribbling with the ball at his feet, and his finishing, his
:13:39. > :13:49.finishing was superb. I watch him score the goals now and
:13:50. > :13:54.I've seen him score those type of goals when he was that stocks
:13:55. > :13:59.bridge, so nothing surprises me what he's doing. He moved up very
:14:00. > :14:04.comfortably and I think that's what he's done throughout his career. He
:14:05. > :14:09.left ear and was the top scorer, he was at Halifax and their top scorer,
:14:10. > :14:15.Fleetwood Town's top scorer and now he has finished up Leicester City's
:14:16. > :14:20.top scorer. I never thought he would have finished where he has done,
:14:21. > :14:23.winning the championship with Leicester and scoring for England,
:14:24. > :14:28.that's even beyond what I thought he would do. He is a nice lad and he
:14:29. > :14:33.deserves it for the work he's put in. He's obviously the most
:14:34. > :14:37.successful ever to come from 's Oxbridge, he will be forever
:14:38. > :14:42.remembered at this club. For the young lads coming through, it's nice
:14:43. > :14:49.for them to have someone like that to look at and think they can do it.
:14:50. > :14:54.Lots of people who been rejected at higher clubs did not believe they
:14:55. > :14:55.were good enough to play at a higher level. I'm sitting in the Jamie
:14:56. > :15:09.Vardy Stand, which is fantastic. COMMENTATOR: Cech came and didn't
:15:10. > :15:16.get there. Perisic! Rakitic, Perisic arriving at the back, Rakitic goes
:15:17. > :15:18.alone! Perisic! 1-0. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Croatia take
:15:19. > :15:29.the lead. Croatia lead at half-time. Vincent
:15:30. > :15:33.Kompany has written off the Czech Republic anyway so they cannot
:15:34. > :15:37.possibly come back. We might have a team actually score three goals for
:15:38. > :15:41.the first time in this tournament, do we think? We might but we have
:15:42. > :15:47.written teams off already at half-time in this tournament and
:15:48. > :15:54.they come back. Steve Wilson for the second half. No changes at half-time
:15:55. > :15:57.from either manager. The Czech Republic have a job to do if they
:15:58. > :16:07.are going to get back into this game such was the extent of Croatia's
:16:08. > :16:15.superiority. Arte Cacic, the coach of Croatia. A very popular
:16:16. > :16:19.appointment when he took over. He has been the assistant manager at
:16:20. > :16:25.Libya amongst other things. The feeling was that he did not quite
:16:26. > :16:29.have a top-notch CV but Croatia are looking like a pretty top-notch team
:16:30. > :16:38.at the moment. His lack of coaching experience, obviously, but how you
:16:39. > :16:41.get the best out of these players, all these players, the side are
:16:42. > :16:45.working for each other and he seems to be adding the right dynamics to
:16:46. > :16:48.the side. You have to be able to know how to work with these top
:16:49. > :16:58.players and he is certainly doing it. On the front foot again with
:16:59. > :17:05.Rakitic. They have to be so careful, the Czech Republic. That was half a
:17:06. > :17:11.chance. One of the things which will be in their mind, I imagine, the
:17:12. > :17:13.Czech Republic, if they lose this game they can only finish third in
:17:14. > :17:21.this group. That is the best scenario. And if you are one of the
:17:22. > :17:24.best placed third teams, you go through. But if you take a hiding
:17:25. > :17:30.from someone in this tournament, you will not be one of the best placed.
:17:31. > :17:37.So they do not want to be on the end of a drubbing from Croatia. You can
:17:38. > :17:41.have a good win yourself, and the team can be unbeaten or what have
:17:42. > :17:44.you. It makes it so much more interesting to think of a lot of
:17:45. > :17:55.nations that would not necessarily have a chance of getting out.
:17:56. > :18:08.Brozovic, back to his captain. Limbersky covering.
:18:09. > :18:22.Corluka with the Petr Cech -esque headgear on. A really good player,
:18:23. > :18:31.Rakitic. A little bit more freedom in this side as well. Of course,
:18:32. > :18:39.when you have the quality like Modric, it frees you to go and
:18:40. > :18:57.create things. It works so well. A good effort from Karabakh to put
:18:58. > :19:08.under pressure. A problem his hand. -- a problem with his hand. He has
:19:09. > :19:40.maybe just caught his fingers in the turf there. And bent his wrist over.
:19:41. > :19:59.Rosicky is trying to exploit a witness in the left-back.
:20:00. > :20:24.Skagerrak's ball in. Ten seoinage's ball out. -- Vida's ball out.
:20:25. > :20:39.Well played by Corluka. It finds its way to Rakitic. Perisic thought it
:20:40. > :20:43.was going to go to Mandzukic. I think he thought that Rakitic was
:20:44. > :21:29.going to take the strike on. A brilliant run initially.
:21:30. > :21:35.They are certainly approaching it in a more offensive fashion in the
:21:36. > :21:39.second half, the Czech Republic. They could not get any deeper at
:21:40. > :21:45.times, so they have to try to find something to go forward, to be more
:21:46. > :21:58.positive and come out brighter. Luka Modric. Back into Brozovic. Brozovic
:21:59. > :22:11.taken out of the attack by Darijo Srna's cross. They will try to keep
:22:12. > :22:11.this away from Darijo Srna. Another demonstration of how to
:22:12. > :22:19.counterattack well. Five up here in white shirts. Back
:22:20. > :22:43.in two Rosicky. Captain and lofted up. -- kept in. A
:22:44. > :22:44.good strike. That is really encouraging for the man behind the
:22:45. > :23:28.goal. Vida did well, actually. Good work
:23:29. > :23:36.on the turn from Krejci. A good strike, but comfortable enough. They
:23:37. > :24:03.have broken their duck, the Czech Republic, in terms of shots on goal.
:24:04. > :24:15.Luka Modric. A little injection of pace. Perisic almost got there. The
:24:16. > :24:20.Hoffenheim right back at his hands full. He did well. He anticipated
:24:21. > :24:51.the run early. Vida's header for Croatia. And is
:24:52. > :24:55.Modric. Excellent from Modric. -- anticipated by Modric. The Croatian
:24:56. > :25:02.front line know that when Modric picks it up, he will make you run
:25:03. > :25:06.and pick you out. He has been unlucky on a few occasions but his
:25:07. > :25:30.initial thought is to look for the pass. Rakitic and Brozovic.
:25:31. > :25:47.Was he knocked over deliberately? Here is a lack. -- here is Skalak.
:25:48. > :25:57.He is not working in unison with the full-back. Stalag and Kaderabek,
:25:58. > :26:38.they are the two looking to get forward.
:26:39. > :27:31.There is -- Perisic has continued his run.
:27:32. > :27:39.A fantastic ball from Mandzukic. You feel like when Perisic is coming on
:27:40. > :27:58.the inside, it puts him in a goal-scoring position.
:27:59. > :28:12.And it is a free kick to the Czech Republic for the foul. Perisic,
:28:13. > :28:15.still attacking. Well covered. So much brighter from the Czech
:28:16. > :28:28.Republic going forward. I was not sure about that headgear.
:28:29. > :28:33.Before this tournament, Croatia found out that they had an extra
:28:34. > :28:42.team in the World Cup qualifying group, Kosovo. Joining the UEFA
:28:43. > :28:50.family. Dealing with Croatia in World Cup qualifying, along with
:28:51. > :28:57.Iceland, Turkey and Finland. The Czech Republic will play Northern
:28:58. > :29:08.Ireland in qualifying for the next World Cup. Rakitic, a foul by
:29:09. > :29:17.Plasil. Just breaking up, Plasil. A big break to his right. Brozovic and
:29:18. > :29:21.Mandzukic making good runs. Although they are a little bit deeper in this
:29:22. > :29:32.half, Croatia, they are still a threat going forward. The Czech
:29:33. > :29:35.Republic, 11 different goal-scorers in qualifying for this tournament.
:29:36. > :29:49.And they cannot find one know that they are here.
:29:50. > :30:04.Given away by Hubnik. Rakitic is onside and clips it over Petr Cech.
:30:05. > :30:06.Croatia lead by two. Hubnik has sold his sides down the river. 2-0 to
:30:07. > :30:28.Croatia. And they will do very well to come
:30:29. > :30:41.back from that, the Czech Republic. Great anticipation from Brozovic.
:30:42. > :30:48.Sloppy possession. He sees that Rakitic is very. The Czech Republic
:30:49. > :30:54.defence are split. That is a super finish. I thought initially he was
:30:55. > :30:59.going to go around him but he sees that Petr Cech is coming out and he
:31:00. > :31:04.has the awareness and presence of mind to send it over him. A
:31:05. > :31:11.brilliant finish. Nothing more than they have deserved on that first
:31:12. > :31:16.half performance. Croatia, so much more dominant in this game.
:31:17. > :31:26.And Ivan Rakitic finally has his first goal in tournament football.
:31:27. > :31:40.Lovely finish, wasn't it? Brilliant finish. Yes, delightfully done by
:31:41. > :31:44.Rakitic. We came into the tournament saying, are they dark horses? Their
:31:45. > :31:48.ranking suggests they will be a really good side in this tournament.
:31:49. > :31:53.The quality of players they have at their disposal suggests that too. We
:31:54. > :31:58.know full well that Croatia will be a really good side come the end of
:31:59. > :32:03.the tournament. With the quality they've got, they could come all the
:32:04. > :32:09.way. Just a little worried about Luka Modric here.
:32:10. > :32:23.And it is Modric who is coming off. No need to risk the conductor in
:32:24. > :32:30.chief for any longer. A smile from Modric. That would suggest that it's
:32:31. > :32:39.just a little touch on his fly and he's fine. Kovacic comes on. Of
:32:40. > :32:46.course we said before, he's the Talisman, Modric. But this boy,
:32:47. > :32:52.Kovacic, is a very talented footballer. He is a player who likes
:32:53. > :33:02.to pick passes and get them forward quickly and get attackers into the
:33:03. > :33:10.game. They can almost start booking the venue for their big night out!
:33:11. > :33:12.What was it he said again, Steve? Almost can't repeat it, word for
:33:13. > :33:30.word. Good ball into Rakitic, Brozovic is
:33:31. > :33:35.in the middle! But so was Cech. Well, with nearly half an hour to
:33:36. > :33:37.go, you would be a bit worried now if you're the coach of the Czech
:33:38. > :33:51.Republic, paddled -- Pavel Vrba must be beginning to
:33:52. > :33:59.worry that his side are a bit out of their depth. Cech does well, it's
:34:00. > :34:00.just that delay. He delays it a split second and allows Cech to come
:34:01. > :34:28.out. That had actually looks as though
:34:29. > :34:31.he's a water polo player! -- that hat. I watched a bit of water polo
:34:32. > :34:37.at the Olympics in 2012. It's a corner. It came off the head
:34:38. > :35:07.of the Czech player. Cader Something it does do for Croatia,
:35:08. > :35:09.there is a slight doubt for Modric. Rakitic with this corner, Cech
:35:10. > :35:24.deciding to punch. Corluka. It's not all over for the Czech
:35:25. > :35:29.Republic if they do lose today, their final game is against Turkey
:35:30. > :35:33.in Lens. They're certainly going to have to win it if they can't get a
:35:34. > :36:02.recovery going here, which doesn't look likely.
:36:03. > :36:20.Hubnik, forward. Good defending, Darijo Srna. It's going to be a free
:36:21. > :36:23.kick to Croatia. Czech Republic are going to make their first change of
:36:24. > :36:49.the day any moment. Joseph surrounds I think is the
:36:50. > :37:04.player who is going to come on. -- Josef Sural. Sural and Skoda are
:37:05. > :37:12.actually going to come on. Rakitic in a good position, Brozovic almost
:37:13. > :37:24.found him, Mandzukic! Very close to number three. Well, he just panics,
:37:25. > :37:28.there. Can see what he's trying to do. It's a poor finish at the end of
:37:29. > :37:35.it. Mandzukic should be finishing that. He can take a touch, he can do
:37:36. > :37:42.anything, but he certainly should be getting a shot on target. So, Lafata
:37:43. > :37:50.is the first to come off, and he will be replaced by Milan Skoda, who
:37:51. > :38:05.plays for Slavia Prague. And Skalak goes off as well and Josef Sural of
:38:06. > :38:14.Sparta Prague comes on for him. Sural also came on in the opening
:38:15. > :38:21.defeat to Spain. Skoda's first appearance of these championships.
:38:22. > :38:27.Perisic, Mandzukic in the middle. Nothing given. It was a clumsy kind
:38:28. > :38:38.of challenge. Very, very clumsy. Sivok heading back into position,
:38:39. > :38:43.but it's a poor challenge. The full-back is having a nightmare.
:38:44. > :38:50.There are certainly more goals in this for Croatia if they really want
:38:51. > :38:55.them. It's actually Hubnik, just getting back into position. He just
:38:56. > :38:56.jumped into the back of Mandzukic. That's a foul. That should be given
:38:57. > :39:40.as a penalty. Free header. quickly and they caught each other.
:39:41. > :39:44.They're both entitled to go for it. I think they both did OK, clashing
:39:45. > :39:58.knees and everything, they will be fine. It really is poor from Hubnik.
:39:59. > :40:06.Well picked up on from Brozovic. That is absolute quality from
:40:07. > :40:10.Rakitic. You're out of position like that as well, you've got to be so
:40:11. > :40:15.precise with your passing. When Brozovic gets his head up, he knows
:40:16. > :40:16.they're out of position, he knows they are out of shape. That's
:40:17. > :40:31.quality. Well, the parent of them would
:40:32. > :40:41.appear to be OK. They're both going to come back on. I don't want to
:40:42. > :40:46.pre-empt the outcome of the Spain Turkey game later, funny things can
:40:47. > :40:50.happen, but it looks likely that the Croatia Spain game in Bordeaux on
:40:51. > :41:02.the 21st will be to decide who wins Group B -- Group D. Mandzukic is
:41:03. > :41:06.down at the moment. And there is, on paper anyway, everything is
:41:07. > :41:11.hypothetical, but with the third-place teams going through,
:41:12. > :41:16.there is, theoretically anyway, a distinct advantage to winning your
:41:17. > :41:21.group as opposed to finishing second. Were you sorting out who is
:41:22. > :41:25.playing who yesterday? I think we will all have trouble with that! I
:41:26. > :41:30.was sent what I can only describe as an algorithm to decide which of the
:41:31. > :41:36.third-place teams play against which of the third-place teams! How many
:41:37. > :41:41.permutations? A ridiculous number. I look forward to trying to work that
:41:42. > :41:50.out while the game is going on... And commentator at the same time! I
:41:51. > :42:00.think Mandzukic is saying to Mark Clattenburg there that that was a
:42:01. > :42:03.penalty earlier on. They've been sloppy at times in possession, the
:42:04. > :42:08.Czech Republic. I think they've been poor and Croatia have had
:42:09. > :42:17.comfortable possession. They have been played through far too easily.
:42:18. > :42:25.That's a free kick to Croatia for the foul of Sivok on Mandzukic.
:42:26. > :42:31.Sivok gets a yellow card. It's a difficult one here for Sivok,
:42:32. > :42:34.because Mandzukic is looking at him as bad ball is flighted towards him.
:42:35. > :42:40.He has his eye on the central defender. You just go to make the
:42:41. > :42:59.challenge. I'm not so sure it's a booking.
:43:00. > :43:09.Perisic and Rakitic are either side of the ball. Strinic has a straight
:43:10. > :43:17.run at it. Perisic and Rakitic already on the scoresheet today.
:43:18. > :43:21.It's Rakitic... And it's too high. Just to try and briefly explain this
:43:22. > :43:29.third-place thing, there are six groups and four third-place teams go
:43:30. > :43:32.through, but two don't. It's worked out on goal difference and goals
:43:33. > :43:36.scored, so if you feel that your country is destined to finish third
:43:37. > :43:40.in the group, if you are a fan of Northern Ireland, possibly the
:43:41. > :43:44.Republic of Ireland, possibly Wales, you may perhaps finish third in your
:43:45. > :43:50.group, so what you want is for other third-place teams in the group to
:43:51. > :43:52.have as few points as possible. That is why Croatia beating Czech
:43:53. > :44:09.Republic today is potentially good news for others.
:44:10. > :44:22.It goes against Rakitic and in favour of Jaroslav Plasil. I think
:44:23. > :44:27.if you offered Czech Republic a 0-2 now, they would probably take it.
:44:28. > :44:32.Yeah, they would. We were saying at half-time there has been no 3-0
:44:33. > :44:36.victory in the tournament so far, no one has scored three goals.
:44:37. > :44:43.Certainly a target for Croatia. Hubnik nearly did it again. He's
:44:44. > :44:47.always bouncing the passes, no real feel for the past, putting his
:44:48. > :44:53.team-mates under pressure. Brozovic is unfortunate, he now has a yellow
:44:54. > :44:53.card. His challenge was an Limbersky, who was played into
:44:54. > :45:42.trouble by Hubnik. A bit of the chastening experience
:45:43. > :45:44.this for the Czech Republic. No real threat in the final third, Croatia's
:45:45. > :46:13.third of the field. Strinic wins it. Well cut out by
:46:14. > :46:24.Tomas Rosicky. To Limbersky. A good first touch for Kaderabek. Drove
:46:25. > :46:31.back in. Dangerous! It's in! What a great ball in by Tomas Rosicky. And
:46:32. > :46:41.Milan Skoda headed into the back of the net. Not many people saw that
:46:42. > :46:46.coming. That is another highlight of this tournament, substitutes making
:46:47. > :46:55.an impact on the game. A brilliant ball in from Rosicky. And what a
:46:56. > :47:04.brilliant header from Skoda. Sea bass Eck had no chance in goal. --
:47:05. > :47:09.Subasic. Czech Republic now have a lifeline.
:47:10. > :47:24.Well, that has changed the complexion in Saint Etienne. No
:47:25. > :47:33.doubt about it. Skoda's header and now his charge down the touchline.
:47:34. > :47:45.That is a foul again, a brilliant ball in. Going away from goal,
:47:46. > :47:52.Skoda, generating a lot of power. He is falling backwards, and it is the
:47:53. > :47:57.power that is generated. In the position that Skoda is in, to get
:47:58. > :48:08.that much power... It is a very good header. The goalkeepers do not like
:48:09. > :48:23.your criticism. It is never their fault.
:48:24. > :48:32.Managing to pick Croatia's pockets here, they have a chance of taking
:48:33. > :48:40.something from this game. Losing Modric, they have lost that linking
:48:41. > :48:51.play in midfield. He is a talented player, Kovacic, but he is not able
:48:52. > :49:16.to set up play like Modric does. Plasil is forward. Strinic.
:49:17. > :49:30.Dangerous. Perisic. It is still in play. Some fairly keystone Cop
:49:31. > :49:38.defending going on. A brilliant ball in. Mandzukic was a little bit on
:49:39. > :49:56.his heels, even when the cross came back in. Brozovic was a bit static.
:49:57. > :50:05.Strinic with the throw. Rakitic got a touch on it. Skoda making a
:50:06. > :50:17.nuisance of himself. The clearance from Cholla cup falls two Rosicky.
:50:18. > :50:22.-- Corluka. It comes off Darijo Srna and it is out by Corluka. That was
:50:23. > :50:32.pure from Corluka. -- poor. They are full of life now, Croatia.
:50:33. > :51:06.That is dangerous. Trying to go outside Sivok. Staying
:51:07. > :51:12.on his feet well. Brozovic and Mandzukic in the middle. Great
:51:13. > :51:15.attempt from Brozovic. A little deflection took an wide. What a goal
:51:16. > :51:26.that would have been. A brilliant breakaway. Again, Perisic driving
:51:27. > :51:27.forward. Brozovic just cannot get the strike on target. Brilliant
:51:28. > :51:51.play. Darijo Srna with the ball in. Brozovic has been excellent today.
:51:52. > :51:56.But this game is not won. For all their superiority, Croatia. Strinic
:51:57. > :52:46.with the clearance. Tomas Rosicky. Danger here. Taken
:52:47. > :52:58.away by Corluka. Corluka has done brilliantly. A cross to Mandzukic.
:52:59. > :53:08.That gets a huge ovation. From the fans behind the goal. A good
:53:09. > :53:10.challenge at the end. Brozovic was on target. I think Petr Cech would
:53:11. > :53:52.have had to make the save. Good decision. Milan Skoda has
:53:53. > :54:00.suddenly given them something. A very good header. But he is no
:54:01. > :54:03.spring chicken. He is 30. His fourth international goal. And he is just
:54:04. > :54:10.giving them something to think about. He is allowing the Czech
:54:11. > :54:34.Republic players to get up in support of him.
:54:35. > :54:40.He would have been hoping to send that behind but it is a corner to
:54:41. > :54:44.Croatia. Looking for the foul they are. It was a foul, really, when he
:54:45. > :55:01.shot over. -- shoved him over. Rakitic, the Croatian corner. Good
:55:02. > :55:32.play by Petr Cech. A great ball by Strinic. Three
:55:33. > :55:40.arriving in the middle. A lovely ball in to Brozovic. Fair play,
:55:41. > :55:46.because they ran back a long way to make that challenge. Again, it is
:55:47. > :55:52.the pace of Perisic. Brozovic has really contributed today. The person
:55:53. > :56:07.who tracked the run made the challenge. Brilliant defending.
:56:08. > :56:26.The kit is wide. -- the kick. The Czech Republic bringing an striker
:56:27. > :56:41.who started the opening group defeat to Spain. Plasil makes way for
:56:42. > :56:47.Necid. The game might have to be held up here for those flares. There
:56:48. > :57:06.will be fines due. UEFA are very harsh on players. -- flares. No pun
:57:07. > :57:14.intended. And again, you just wonder how, given the security, how do you
:57:15. > :57:18.get those inside? We have seen numerous bag checks on route to the
:57:19. > :57:33.stadium. And it is not just one or two. There are ten, 12.
:57:34. > :57:48.The Croatian players appealing to their supporters to behave.
:57:49. > :57:57.And I am afraid that these are very sorry indeed in the context of what
:57:58. > :58:00.has happened France over the last 12 months. Mark Clattenburg here is
:58:01. > :58:11.bringing the players together to the middle of the pitch. And will be
:58:12. > :58:19.repercussions and they will serious ones for the Croatian football
:58:20. > :58:24.Federation, no question about it. Mark Clattenburg has handled this
:58:25. > :58:35.quite calmly. He is now speaking to the UEFA official on the near side.
:58:36. > :58:36.And there are now fights breaking out in the Croatian segment of the
:58:37. > :58:56.ground. It would appear to be difficult to judge from
:58:57. > :59:03.here, but it would appear to be solely among the Croatian
:59:04. > :59:08.supporters. One or two green jacketed stewards and security
:59:09. > :59:11.people have made their way into that sector of the crowd. And an
:59:12. > :59:18.announcement is being made over the PA system in Croatian. And I am
:59:19. > :59:28.afraid that there is now quite a serious scuffle going on behind that
:59:29. > :59:36.end of the ground. The Croatian federation, and their team, may well
:59:37. > :59:40.face a similar, albeit suspended punishment, to that handing over the
:59:41. > :59:44.Russian team at the moment, because this is very much in UEFA's
:59:45. > :59:52.jurisdiction. -- hanging over. And they will take action. And Croatia,
:59:53. > :00:01.I am afraid, they do not have a very good track record.
:00:02. > :00:07.They have had problems at Croatian matches with far right groups,
:00:08. > :00:14.particularly games played against Italy in the past, one in Genoa
:00:15. > :00:20.particular you. They also had a problem in Split skin qualifying for
:00:21. > :00:26.this tournament. This is completely spoiling what has been an enjoyable
:00:27. > :00:32.afternoon of football, and their side is winning the game. It has
:00:33. > :00:39.ruined the day, totally ruined it from Croatia's point of view. Such a
:00:40. > :00:47.good side, talented performance again from them. These are sad, sad
:00:48. > :00:48.scenes here. They have in the past had to play matches behind closed
:00:49. > :01:27.doors in Croatia. The game will get back under way,
:01:28. > :01:29.but that has left an acrid smell in the air and a sour taste in the
:01:30. > :02:01.mouth. Pavel Kaderabek with this throw for
:02:02. > :02:27.the Czech Republic. Up to Mandzukic, Perisic. Brozovic is in the middle.
:02:28. > :02:37.Rakitic... Kovacic here. Hit Hubnik with the shot. Tomas Rosicky has
:02:38. > :02:43.come-down holding the back of his right thigh, and when Tomas Rosicky
:02:44. > :02:48.goes down, the Czech players and fans will be worried, because he has
:02:49. > :02:51.only played 20 minutes of club football this season for Arsenal
:02:52. > :02:54.during the whole campaign and they are currently getting the medical
:02:55. > :03:08.people on for Rosicky. That is worrying. He's back on his feet. It
:03:09. > :03:20.may have been cramped, I can only assume that's what it was, because
:03:21. > :03:24.he is back on his feet. Big header. Corluka took it away at the last
:03:25. > :03:38.minute, what has Mark Clattenburg given here? He's given a penalty!
:03:39. > :03:42.Not sure if it's handball or not. Well, Croatia, who had this game
:03:43. > :03:53.absolutely under control, are in danger here. Fedo
:03:54. > :04:00.Vida's hand is up. It's an absolutely spot on decision by Mark
:04:01. > :04:13.Clattenburg. What's he doing with his hands in the air like that?
:04:14. > :04:19.They've dominated the game. Thomas Tomas Necid here to take a point for
:04:20. > :04:31.the Czech Republic in a game they've hardly ever been in. 2-2!
:04:32. > :04:36.CHEERING Well, they were in huge trouble in
:04:37. > :04:43.this game at 2-0 down. There seemed no way back in the game, possibly no
:04:44. > :04:51.way back in the tournament. Against the unpleasant backdrop of trouble
:04:52. > :04:56.amongst the Croatian fans, the Czech Republic have equalised. It's
:04:57. > :05:07.another substitution with a big impact on the game. Subasic dives to
:05:08. > :05:13.his right hand side. Necid goes for power, in the roof of the net. It's
:05:14. > :05:26.another substitute, it's another late, late goal. And it is 2-2.
:05:27. > :05:31.Why on earth is he challenging with his hands in the air like that?
:05:32. > :05:42.Brilliant decision from Clattenburg, he spots it early.
:05:43. > :05:53.Here is Vida. We're about to find out how much additional time there
:05:54. > :05:59.will be. Even though the goal came in the 94th minute, that was the
:06:00. > :06:05.94th minute of play time, which was interrupted. Two substitutes and
:06:06. > :06:12.they both score. Where have we heard that before, not so long ago?
:06:13. > :06:20.They've put them under pressure, put balls into the area. Any defence is
:06:21. > :06:23.going to struggle with it. Vida and Corluka have done well today,
:06:24. > :06:35.defended everything in front of them. The ball played into a
:06:36. > :06:43.dangerous area. Croatia want to get Gordon Schildenfeld on as a late
:06:44. > :06:49.substitute. Necid, who scored the equalising goal. We were talking
:06:50. > :06:59.about them winning 3-0, but it's amazing, that one moment as changed
:07:00. > :07:04.everything in this game. Corluka. Well, also, Kevin, the stoppage may
:07:05. > :07:08.also have contributed to the Croatian team's downfall here. It
:07:09. > :07:13.may have done. You don't know what's going on in their minds
:07:14. > :07:20.collectively. You're right. But momentum, certainly since the goal,
:07:21. > :07:24.was with the Czech Republic. They're still a threat on the break
:07:25. > :07:40.themselves, Croatia. Rakitic is coming off, Gordon Schildenfeld of
:07:41. > :07:41.Dinamo Zagreb is coming on. A player who looks almost certain to join
:07:42. > :07:59.Atletico Madrid... In by Skoda. Subasic to Darijo Srna. It feels
:08:00. > :08:05.like the party has been put on hold, for Croatia. I would hope so, after
:08:06. > :08:08.that. The thing is, why he has brought Schildenfeld on, it's about
:08:09. > :08:09.protecting what he's got. They certainly don't want to lose this
:08:10. > :08:55.game now. Perisic, that is a trip. Extraordinary. Croatia were 2-0 up
:08:56. > :09:01.and cruising, making substitutions to try to stop themselves from
:09:02. > :09:07.losing the game. Extraordinary. Header on, Necid back on his feet,
:09:08. > :09:17.surrounded by white shirts. It's a corner to the Czech Republic. The
:09:18. > :09:18.first corner of the game. So poor defensively as well, making bad
:09:19. > :09:32.decisions. They could actually win this. In
:09:33. > :09:39.goes the corner kick. Subasic came and didn't get anywhere near it.
:09:40. > :09:52.It's another corner. A brilliant ball in from Darida. Going to take
:09:53. > :09:57.this one too. Seven white shirts in the Croatian penalty area. That in
:09:58. > :10:11.mere -- Darida with the corner kick.
:10:12. > :10:21.Kovacic, Limbersky there. Fantastic control. Necid! Just beaten in the
:10:22. > :10:28.air. Corluka away. Corluka was foul, Croatia have a free kick. That is
:10:29. > :10:33.why Schildenfeld has been brought on. What a ball that was into the
:10:34. > :10:37.area. Brilliant defending. They just can't get it right, can they, at
:10:38. > :10:49.all, in these last few minutes, Croatia? Well, the second half
:10:50. > :10:55.started 55 minutes ago. I think it's about to end. It is. The Czech
:10:56. > :11:02.Republic have taken a point from a game which seemed way, way, way
:11:03. > :11:11.beyond them. They looked out of their depth against this Croatian
:11:12. > :11:19.side for a long time, but then Pavel Vrba made two substitutions and the
:11:20. > :11:24.late penalty from Necid has earned them a vital point, but in a game
:11:25. > :11:30.which has been in I'm afraid, overshadowed by crowd trouble,
:11:31. > :11:35.Croatian supporters fighting each other and throwing flares inside the
:11:36. > :11:42.stadium. There will be repercussions for the Croatian FA and there may be
:11:43. > :11:43.repercussions for their team, because it has finished Croatia 2-2
:11:44. > :11:49.Czech Republic. STUDIO
:11:50. > :11:56.Croatia a point clear of defending champions Spain at the top of Group
:11:57. > :12:02.D. Spain will qualify for the last 16 if they beat Turkey this evening.
:12:03. > :12:05.Czech Republic with their first point on the board in quite
:12:06. > :12:12.remarkable circumstances. Vincent, you said at half-time there was no
:12:13. > :12:19.way they could come back. I know this is almost your prepubescent
:12:20. > :12:23.punditry period, but I'm not going to let you off that one! We
:12:24. > :12:29.mentioned before they did not have the pace to get out and Croatia was
:12:30. > :12:31.really dominating them, but except for the flares and everything going
:12:32. > :12:36.on, the game changed because they decided to play direct. They have
:12:37. > :12:39.got physical strikers and all of a sudden chances started to happen for
:12:40. > :12:43.them. They played to their strengths and that's way they're going to get
:12:44. > :12:49.anything out of the next few games as well. Good penalty, by the way.
:12:50. > :12:55.Very good. How much do you think the flares perhaps played a part in that
:12:56. > :12:59.at the end? The players were clearly gesturing at their own fans do not
:13:00. > :13:06.do that. You don't want to take anything away from the Czech
:13:07. > :13:09.Republic. I was disappointed they took the focus away from their own
:13:10. > :13:14.team. You can't do that sort of thing at a football match. You can't
:13:15. > :13:18.do that. That was stupid and not right. Why would you go to the
:13:19. > :13:21.stadium and do that? To go back in a certain way to the game, I think
:13:22. > :13:29.that did disturb the Croatian team and also, Modric coming off changed
:13:30. > :13:34.the whole game, for me. He was crucial when he went off, the
:13:35. > :13:36.control he had, they lost, and it gave momentum to the checks.
:13:37. > :13:44.It's an incredible point for the Czech Republic from nowhere. Yeah,
:13:45. > :13:48.it comes from nowhere, but after what you've seen and the images, you
:13:49. > :13:52.almost feel like it's a little bit of justice, not in footballing
:13:53. > :13:56.terms, but what has happened there? I do not understand it. It's their
:13:57. > :14:00.own fans against each other. I suspect they will get similar to
:14:01. > :14:04.Russia, a warning, or do you think they will go further? That was even
:14:05. > :14:08.worse than what we saw in the stadium with the Russian fans. I
:14:09. > :14:12.guess to be fair you have too warned them, because it would be all most
:14:13. > :14:18.unfair if they said no, you've got to go. But I would say that is very
:14:19. > :14:21.stupid. Sadly we've got no time at this juncture but that's it from us.
:14:22. > :14:27.For much of the game it looked like Croatia's flair would see them
:14:28. > :14:36.through to the knockout stage, but their fans' flares may have cost
:14:37. > :14:42.them dear. Goodbye. COMMENTATOR: Perisic... Perisic!
:14:43. > :14:52.1-0, to the surprise of absolutely nobody. Rakitic is onside and clips
:14:53. > :14:59.it over Petr Cech. It is 2-0 to Croatia. Curled back in dangerously,
:15:00. > :15:01.it is in. Tomas Necid,