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Turkey 0 Croatia 1 – LIVE! Luka Modric scores amazing goal in Euro 2016 win for Croatia

Follow the latest news from today’s Group D encounter at the Parc des Princes 

Sam Dymond
Sunday 12 June 2016 16:10 BST
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Luka Modric celebrates after opening the scoring for Croatia against Turkey
Luka Modric celebrates after opening the scoring for Croatia against Turkey (Getty)

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Welcome to the Independent’s live coverage of today’s Group D encounter between Turkey and Croatia

  • FULL-TIME: Turkey 0 Croatia 1
  • Luka Modric scores amazing long-range volley
  • The sides have now met seven times, with Croatia winning three and four games ending drawn
  • Turkey have now lost all four of their previous opening games at European Championship finals

Follow the latest news below…

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Here's the team news from the Parc des Princes...

Turkey: Babacan, Gonul, Topal, Balta, Erkin, Calhanoglu, Tufan, Inan, Ozyakup, Turan, Tosun

Subs: Kaya, Calik, Sahin, Sahan, Recep Kivrak, Koybasi, Yilmaz, Malli, Sen, Mor, Ozbayrakli, Tekin

Croatia: Subasic, Srna, Corluka, Vida, Strinic, Modric, Badelj, Brozovic, Rakitic, Perisic, Mandzukic

Subs: Vargic, Vrsaljko, Jedvaj, Kovacic, Kramaric, Kalinic, Schildenfeld, Rog, Kalinic, Coric, Pjaca

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 13:23

KICK-OFF: Turkey get Group D underway! Half of Paris was under water last week, and it may soon be again if this rain is anything to go by. It's hardly international tournament conditions, but it could prove to be good fun. 

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 14:00

2 mins: The Turkish fans inside the Parc des Princes are making quite a noise, a typically intimidating one at that, but it's the Croatia players who are making the running in the opening seconds. After Ivan Rakitic had nearly steered a sliding half-volley inside the far post, Luka Modric is absolutely poleaxed by Ozan Tufan in midfield. It's a fast and feisty beginning.5437de80-1482-4fd5-af79-f490ff309600.jpgLuke Modric may want to familiarise himself with the Parc des Princes turf. 

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 14:04

7 mins: There's been a lot of high praise thrown at this Croatia team in the build-up to these Championships, and even in these first few minutes it's easy to see why. Ante Cacic's midfield are keeping close control of the ball, and looking to open up the Turkish defence at every opportunity. So far the only answer from Fatih Terim's men is to kick their opponents on the ankles when they are able to get near them. It's a model known in England as the Tony Pulis Effect.

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 14:10

76 mins: Croatia have come with an interesting gameplan for running down the clock, and it involves Vedran Corluka needing to redress his protective headwear to stop the bleeding every five minutes. The defender is on his fourth set of bandages since taking an elbow in the first half.dae81ae9-8582-4dd1-b83d-93a3b1d36263.jpgFrom the same first aid kit as those chef plasters. 

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 15:37

81 mins: A first glimpse of Emre Mor's skill sees the teenager flick an impudent backheel into the path of Volkan Sen, and all Ivan Strinic can do to stop the substitute bursting forward is to chop him down five yards outside the box. It brings Strinic a yellow card and a chance for Turkey, but after much chatter over the ball, Caner Erkin curls a tame shot into the hands of Danijel Subasic's hands.

At the other end, Perisic misses a big chance to seal the game, but that's nothing new.

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 15:43

86 mins: Perisic won't be wasting any more opportunities in this one. The Inter Milan midfielder departs in what is a first change from Ante Cacic, and Andrej Kramaric is the forward on in his place.

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 15:45

22 mins: It will be worth keeping an eye on the individual battle between Jonny Evans and Robert Lewandowski. The West Brom centre-back signalled to referee Ovidiu Hategan in the opening moments that the striker had flung an arm in his direction, and just now the Polish forward hit the deck after an off-the-ball incident with the defender that was missed by all.

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 17:25

26 mins: After Lewandowski enjoys another spell on the turf following a challenge with Evans, Northern Ireland venture forward for the first time. Although Davis and then Chris Baird are forced back to the aforementioned West Brom man, the ball is eventually worked into the box via Evans' searching lofted cross. Wojciech Szczesny is out to claim the ball, but takes a hefty thwack from Lafferty in the process. He might want to stay on his line in future.544f1c13-2cf8-415f-89e8-f9bd418c37aa.jpgKyle Lafferty makes his mark - on Wojciech Szczesny. 

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 17:28

29 mins: A long range effort - Poland's first on-target of the match - by Arkadiusz Milik is spilt by Michael McGovern in the Northern Ireland goal, but the Hamilton stopper recovers to mop up the danger. There's a joke there somewhere.

Sam Dymond12 June 2016 17:31

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