Euro 2008 - Group E (qualifiers) November 15 2006: Croatia Beats Israel 4-3

McClaren says team is not a failure, he dismissed allegations that his team were nothing more than a bunch of failures.
The poor results against Macedonia and Croatia could not be explained and were only minor hiccups.
After today England will be in third place in group E. It will be interesting to see if they will finish top of the group.

There are 3 games being played today. These are the standings before the games are played

Group E Pld Pts
England 4 7
Croatia 3 7
F.Y.R. Macedonia 4 7
Israel 3 7
Russia 3 5
Estonia 3 0
Andorra 4 0


Rep. of Macedonia 0 - 2 Russia
18' [0 - 1] V. Bystrov
31' [0 - 2] A. Arshavin


Israel 3 - 4 Croatia
08' [1 - 0] R.D. Colautti
35' [1 - 1] D. Srna (pen.)
39' [1 - 2] E.A.D. Silva
54' [1 - 3] E.A.D. Silva
68' [2 - 3] Y. Benayoun
73' [2 - 4] E.A.D. Silva
89' [3 - 4] R.D. Colautti

Israel has suffered their first competitive defeat in 15 matches.The home side were last defeated by France in April 2003
The results of today have changed the standings in group E. Croatia is now on top followed by Russia.

Group E Pld Pts
Croatia 4 10
England 4 7
Russia 4 8
Israel 4 7
F.Y.R. Macedonia 5 7
Estonia 3 0
Andorra 4 0