Sterling scores to help England win Euro 2020 opener

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LONDON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Raheem Sterling's second-half goal helped England beat Croatia 1-0 in the opening match of Group D at Euro 2020 on Sunday.

This game was played at London's Wembley Stadium as the British captial is one of the 11 cities to host the event. This is the first time that England has won its opening game at a European Championship. In its previous nine appearances in the tournament, England had drawn five and lost four of its openers.

England threatened Croatia's goal early as Phil Foden and Kalvin Phillips both found the target within 10 minutes, but the Three Lions dropped their pace after 20 minutes in the second half.

Croatia improved a little after the interval but Sterling gave the 2018 World Cup runners-up a blow by sending Phillips' pass into net from close range after 57 minutes.

Scotland and the Czech Republic will play their first match of Group D at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Monday. Enditem

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