Hello and welcome to Eurosport's coverage of England's first game of the European Championships, against Croatia. I'm Ciaran Baynes and I'll be following the match with you.

GOAL FOR ENGLAND! Sterling scored from point blank range after Phillips beat a man from the right flank and then slipped him in.

Grealish is warming up. It will be interesting who he comes on for. Foden would be the most obvious if they are to keep the same shape.

Modric shoots low from 25 yards. Not a great hit but Pickford was very careful to block the ball before gathering.

Good strength from Kane 30 yards out turning him man but he just failed to play in Sterling.

More panicky play, Trippier's headed backpass was only just cleared by Pickford ahead of Rebic. Need to settle down here.

Rebic for the first time getting behind Mings and Stones has to snuff out the danger.

Kovacic brings down Mount in the centre circle and gets a yellow card. Team-mate on team-mate. Memories of Gerrard on Hamann 21 years ago for us older folk.

Bit of a nervous moment as Perisic closed down Mings and it looked for a second like it might loop above Pickford but he gathered comfortably above his head.

No changes for the second half, which Croatia get underway...

Good footage of the cheering drowning out the pre-match booing of the knee.

A decent half from England. Played superbly in the first 20 minutes and came so close to going in front through Phil Foden.

Good challenge from Mings to stop Perisic after the left-sided midfielder was played into the area with some slick passing.

Trippier's effort hits Perisic in the wall.

Sterling races onto a long ball and Caleta-Car covering back handles the ball as the Londoner pushed it past him. This is in Trippier range.

Walker gets down the right flank and tries to win a corner but kicks it out for a goal kick. His distribution has been very poor today. He sometimes looks a Luddite compared to the skills of his team-mates.

Sterling with a driving diagonal run from the left flank and he plays a ball into Foden's feet on the edge of the box. Foden goes down but correctly no foul is given.

A much more even contest now. Not that surprising as England cannot play at the pace they like to for all the game in this weather.

First chance for Croatia, Vrsaljko beats Trippier and puts a cross in that falls to Perisic at the far post but he shoots tamely wide.

A quick throw sees the ball bouncing invitingly for Sterling to strike from 25 yards out but he is well wide of the target.

Croatia look shaken, Gvardiol has a lot of time to put in a cross but it sails way behind the goal.

Modric plays a nice one two and then goes down over Trippier's leg but the ref waves play on.