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#4 England's pace too much for the defense
From the moment the opening whistle blew, England was in attack mode. The pace from their forwards and full-backs was too much to handle for the Croatians. Raheem Sterling ran at the defense a lot of times on his wing. He was successful in leaving behind the defense and had shots on goal.
Marcus Rashford also caused problems with his pace, but did not create any big chance. On the wings, Chilwell and Walker did not have any problems in proceeding forward. Every other moment, a quick pass move would result in a ball rolling without direction.
It was always the pacey English players who got to the ball first. Even when Croatia had the lead, they did not manage to stop the wild pace from Dele Alli on the right wing.
The Croatian defenders couldn't outrun the forwards, nor could their forwards get a quick release on counter-attacks. Southgate introduced more pace with Jadon Sancho, and ultimately succeeded in winning the game.
Pace led to the downfall of Croatia.
