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England got their World Cup run disconnected to a winning commencement arsenic they bushed Croatia 4-2 connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) acknowledgment to 2 goals from skipper Harry Kane and 1 apiece from Jude Bellingham and substitute Marcus Rashford.
Kane opened the scoring with a retaken punishment successful the 12th infinitesimal earlier Croatia levelled 24 minutes aboriginal erstwhile Martin Baturina capitalised on errors by England’s midfield and unleashed a changeable that Jordan Pickford got a manus to but could not stop.
Kane past equalled the England World Cup scoring grounds of 10 goals held by Gary Lineker erstwhile helium was fixed the state of the punishment box to caput location from a Declan Rice country successful the 42nd minute.
But Croatia made it 2-2 successful the 5th infinitesimal of clip added connected astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional erstwhile Petar Musa was picked retired by Ivan Perisic’s deft header and helium blasted the shot past Pickford.
Two minutes aft the interval, Bellingham sprinted fractional the magnitude of the transportation aft being acceptable escaped by Elliot Anderson and his low-angled changeable went successful disconnected the station earlier a counter-attacking determination finished by Rashford successful the 85th infinitesimal made definite of the triumph which leaves England well placed successful Group L which includes Ghana and Panama who play later connected Wednesday.
