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Sterling strikes to give England opening win over Croatia

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June 13, 2021 England's Raheem Sterling in action with Croatia's Josip Brekalo Pool via REUTERS

Raheem Sterling scored his first goal at a major tournament to give England a 1-0 win over Croatia in their Euro 2020 Group D opener on Sunday.

England started brightly in front of around 20,000 fans in the sun-drenched Wembley Stadium, with forward Phil Foden rattling the far post and a long-range volley from midfielder Kalvin Phillips forcing Dominik Livakovic into a low save.

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