Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the World Cup semi final between Croatia and England. We'll bring you all the action as it happens in Moscow. Kick off is at 7pm.

One question against this Croatia side is their fitness. How much of a toll did the extra time periods in the wins over Denmark and Russia take out of them? They haven't offered much yet.

Of course, the likes of Modric and Rakitic will get a grip of things at some point and England need to be prepared for that. This is a time for calm heads, even as they have the lead.

This has been an excellent start by England. Not only do they have the lead, but they are in complete control. We thought Croatia would dictate things, but that hasn't been the case.

MAGUIRE.... WIDE! Again, the Leicester City centre back gets on the end of the corner kick delivery. This time he guides his header across the goal and wide of the far post.

It's England who are pressing for a second goal. Croatia have yet to really get going. Southgate's side are the ones on top and you wouldn't bet against them scoring a second.

MAGUIRE HEADER! Young drives a corner kick from the left side into the penalty box, with Maguire getting on the end of it. However, he crashes his header over the bar. The freekick was given anyway.

England look so lively whenever they win the ball in the centre of the pitch. They have players like Alli, Lingard and Sterling as willing runners in behind. So much movement.

This is perfect for England now. They can now sit back and then hit out on the counter attack where they can cause Croatia some real problems. What a start for the Three Lions.

Just for a moment, it looked like Young might be in a spot of bother. He covering the cross at the back post under pressure from Vrsaljko. He just about gets the clearance away.

Here's a stat for you - England have now scored more goals at this World Cup than any other England side at any other previous World Cup. They have 12. The previous record was 11.

England couldn't have asked for a better start. Neither side had really taken a grip of the contest, but Trippier has given them the lead early on. It was a wonderful freekick from the wing back.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Croatia 0 England 1 (5 mins - Kiern Trippier). A dream start for England! Incredible! They have the lead within five minutes. It's Trippier! His first ever England goal. He finds the top corner of the Croatia net with a lovely freekick effort! Subasic couldn't get there!

Alli gets brought down about 20 yards out from the Croatia goal by Modric and this will be a chance for England. Who will take it? Trippier and Young are standing over it right now.

This is one of those sporting events where two countries have been brought to a standstill. Of course, there has been a lot of focus on England, but this is also a huge deal for the hugely passionate Croatia.

An early lecture for Lingard from the referee. The Manchester United attacker was quite late with an early tackle on Rakitic and so the man in the middle is having a quick word.

The atmosphere in Samara for the quarter final between Sweden and England felt strangely subdued, but tonight feels like more of an atmosphere befitting of the occasion.