England and Croatia Live Updates: 9 September 2009

England (5) vs Croatia (1)

England are through to the World Cup 2010 in South Africa after this comfortable win.

90 minutes: The final whistle came from referee and celebration started among the England players and fans.

87 minutes: Time is running out for Croatia.

85 minutes: John Terry shown yellow card for an unnecessary tackle.

82 minutes: David Beckham came off the bench to replace Lenon, while Lampard went off the pitch and Milner came in.

78 minutes: Wayne Rooney has now found the net as he scored the fifth goal. England fans can start celebrating for the occasion of getting into world cup 2010 finals.

74 minutes: England is going to have a sweet revenge of their Euro 2008 qualifying defeat by the same opponent.

72 minutes: Eduardo scored for Croatia.

70 minutes: Croatia has a corner.

Brian Robson and Allen Shierar are seen in the stand celebrating England's success.

67 minutes: England got another goal thanks to Lampard and is leading 3-0 in the game.

50 minutes: Croatia has got another good chance and it threatened English defense.

47 minutes: Croatia got a chance, but nothing happened in the end.

We will be back with the second half action.

45 minutes: It is now half time in the match.

43 minutes: The match is closing to half time.

40 minutes: England is playing much better than Croatia, but the visitors are desperately trying to decrease England's lead.

33 minutes: Croatia is trying to create chances, but England is still in control of the match.

30 minutes: Eduardo had a long range shot, but nothing happened.

22 minutes: There was a little chance for Croatia thanks to a silly mistake of English defense, but nothing happened in the end.

20 minutes: England is still dominating in the match.

18 minutes: Steven Gerrard scored the second goal for England.

13 minutes: Another good chance for England, but Croatia keeper was up to the mark.

10 minutes: England is dominating the match totally. Rooney has been excellent so far.

7 minutes: England scored from penalty thanks to Lampard after Lennon earned a penalty.

5 minutes: The match has started. England is in attacking mode, not neither side could score yet.

England needs a draw now to qualify for world cup 2010 finals as Ukraine drew with Belarus today in the other match of world cup qualifying round.

Firs Eleven of England and Croatia
England: Green, Johnson, Terry, Upson, Ashley Cole, Lennon, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Heskey.
Subs: Foster, Brown, Bridge, Milner, Defoe, Beckham, Crouch.

Croatia: Runje, Srna, Krizanac, Simunic, Pranjic, Mandzukic, Vukojevic, Pokrivac, Kranjcar, Eduardo, Olic.
Subs: Subasic, Drpic, Cale, Rakitic, Petric, Leko, Klasnic.

You know that England and Croatia will face each other in a very important match of world cup 2010 qualification. The match kicks off at 20:00 BST and 19:00 GMT. In this entry, we will be giving you live score and updates of the match. So, be with us and enjoy the live updates of this crucial match.