Croatia 2- England 1 England are out of the World Cup at the semi-final stage.

Croatia will face France in the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow - in what will be their debut appearance at the final hurdle of the tournament.

This England team will get better in the future, and if this is the starting point, then there is surely promising years to come for English football.

There may not be a World Cup at the end of it - but they're restored the pride in the national team, which hasn't been present in a significant number of years.

It wasn't to be for the Three Lions, this young Three Lions group who made themselves contenders in Russia.

Mario Mandzukic scored the winning goal deep in extra time as Croatia beat England 2-1 in an utterly gripping World Cup semi-final in Moscow on Wednesday to set up a final date with France.

The Juventus forward netted in the 109th minute to complete a remarkable comeback from a shattered Croatian team and take the small nation of little more than four million people into the World Cup final for the first time in their short history.

Kieran Trippier’s magnificent early free-kick had seemingly set England on course to reach their first final since they lifted the trophy on home soil back in 1966.