England Tops Group D In Euro 2020 Standings, Followed By Czech And Croatia

England national team managed to top the Euro 2020 Group D standings, while the Czechs and Croatia shared the second and third positions. (Intermediate Photo)

JAKARTA – England showed their class in the elimination of group D. Collecting 7 points from three matches, they are top of Group D. While the Croatian national team suffered a late heat in their appearance at Euro 2020, but in the end, they could overtake England and the Czech Republic to the round of 16 big of Group D.

As runners-up in the 2018 World Cup, Croatia opened their European Cup appearance this time with a narrow 0-1 defeat against England when they traveled to Wembley on Sunday, June 23, as reported by Antara.

A day later, Scotland's euphoria returned to the main stages of the Euros after almost a quarter of a century being immediately confronted with the fact that they were beaten by the Czechs with a score of 0-2 in front of their own supporters at Hampden Park.

In the second round of Group D, Croatia still looked slow and only picked up one point after a 1-1 draw against the Czechs at Hampden Park on Friday (18/6). Even then, they fell behind due to Patrik Schich's penalty which was later answered by Ivan Perisic.

However, the result was enough to develop Croatia's hopes of still qualifying for the last 16, at least through the path of one of the four best third-placed group stages.

In other matches, similar hopes were also turned on by Scotland who managed to hold England to a 0-0 draw at Wembley. Scotland should even be disappointed not to get the full three points because they played more aggressively in that match.

Before the third round of Group D was played, the Czechs who were at the top and England in the second place were certain to qualify for the round of 16.

The reason is that the two teams are confirmed to be at worst finishing in third place in Group D and with four points they have already surpassed Finland and Ukraine, which each finished third in Groups B and C with only three points.

Scotland was still dreaming of making history for the first time in qualifying for the knockout stages of the Euros, but that was shattered by Croatia who finally put in their best form so far at Euro 2020 and clinched a 3-1 win at Hampden Park on Wednesday.

Raheem Sterling (Photo: Twitter @sterling7)

The Hampden Park public may still be disappointed that Scotland is once again only a complement to the Euros, but at least they witnessed the beautiful goal scored by Croatia captain Luka Modric.

Croatia's victory was accompanied by another result at Wembley, where Raheem Sterling led England to beat the Czechs 1-0.

Thus, England stepped into the last 16 as winners of Group D with seven points followed by Croatia as runners-up and Czech as one of the four best third places.

Croatia is runners-up in the group because they are ahead on overall goal difference compared to the Czechs considering that they are even head-to-head and are both on four points.

In the round of 16, England will meet the runners-up in Group F, which can be occupied by France, Germany, Portugal, and Hungary.

England has so far won the most minimal group because they have only seven points and have only scored two goals compared to Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands who all picked up nine points and scored seven goals or more.

Meanwhile, Croatia will be waiting for the runners-up in Group E, which can still be occupied by all teams in the group, namely Sweden, Slovakia, Spain, and Poland. And the Czechs are still waiting for all the group matches to be completed to find out who their opponent is between the Netherlands as winners of Group C or another team winning Group E.

Here are the full results for Group D:

England 1 - Croatia 0 (Raheem Sterling 57')

Scotland 0 - Rep. Czech 2 (Patrik Schick 42', 52')

Croatia 1 - Rep. Czech 1 (Ivan Perisic 47'; Patrik Schick p-37')

England 0 - Scotland 0

Croatia 3 - Scotland 1 (Nikola Vlasic 17', Luka Modric 62', Ivan Perisic 77'; Callum McGregor 42')

Rep. Czech 0 - England 1 (Raheem Sterling 12')