England vs Croatia LIVE: Minutes until kickoff in Dallas

With great respect, everyone in attendance listens to and sings their national anthems.

England and Croatia have stepped onto the pitch at Dallas Stadium.

England and Croatia are eagerly awaiting their 2026 World Cup debut.

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Both teams are close to kicking off the match.

Only a handful of minutes remain before England and Croatia make their debut.

Marcus Rashford is not starting this match due to a tactical decision by Thomas Tuchel.

With Luka Modric as their main figure, the Vatreni not only rely on homegrown talent but also include players born abroad.

Zlatko Dalic has a squad capable of building optimism.

Both teams are already on the pitch, going through their initial warm-up routines.

The match will be played in Arlington, at Dallas Stadium. A crowd of nearly 90,000 spectators is expected.

The match referee will be France’s Clement Turpin, with assistants Nicolas Danos and Benjamin Pages. The fourth official will be Katia Itzel Garcia, and the reserve assistant referee will be Sandra Ramirez.

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be Jerome Brisard (France), with Willy Delajod (France) serving as Assistant VAR (AVAR).

England will wear their traditional white kit, while Croatia will play in their blue away kit.

These are the eleven players starting for Croatia:

Dominik Livakovic; Josko Gvardiol, Josip Sutalo, Luka Vuskovic; Josip Stanisic, Ivan Perisic, Luka Modric, Mario Pasalic, Petar Sucic, Martin Baturina; Petar Musa.

These are the starting eleven selected by Thomas Tuchel to begin the match.

Jordan Pickford; Ezri Konsa, Nico O'Reilly, John Stones, Reece James; Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Noni Madueke, Declan Rice; Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon.

Bukayo Saka, for example, is not playing because he is dealing with an achilles issue.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 PM ET.

In the United States, the match can be watched on FOX and Telemundo. It is also available via streaming platforms such as Fubo, DirecTV Stream, Sling Blue, Hulu + Live TV, and Peacock Premium.

Welcome to a new live blog here at Bolavip. In this edition, we will be providing live, minute-by-minute coverage of this intriguing match between England and Croatia in Group L of the 2026 World Cup.

Stay tuned for every key moment in this coverage!!!