Euro 2020: Modric Scores A Screamer As Croatia Secures Round 16 Ticket Alongside England


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Euro 2020: Modric Scores A Screamer As Croatia Secures Round 16 Ticket Alongside England By Omolagba Oluwayemi Luka Modric curled home a magnificent finish as Croatia shrugged off a slow start to Euro 2020 to beat Scotland 3-1 on Tuesday and reach the last 16 in style, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Nikola Vlasic and Ivan Perisic were also on target for Croatia in a victory that lifted Zlatko Dalic's side up to second in Group D on four points. Croatia next face the runner-up of Group E where Sweden, Slovakia, Spain and Poland are all still jockeying for position in Copenhagen on June 28. Meanwhile, England clinched first place in Group D with a 1-0 win against the Czech Republic after Jack Grealish drove down the left and chipped the ball towards the back post in the 12th minute for Raheem Sterling to head in. The Manchester City midfielder scored England’s only other goal at the tournament in the opening win over Croatia.Both England and the Czech Republic had already advanced to the round of 16 before the match.
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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