England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 after losing a sensational game against Croatia at Wembley.

England went 2-0 down when Scott Carson, in for Paul Robinson, fumbled Nico Kranjcar’s shot into the net and then Ivica Olic slipped in a second.

Frank Lampard pulled one back from the spot after Jermain Defoe was fouled, before David Beckham, winning a 99th cap, set up Peter Crouch to level it.

But Mladen Petric fired in from 25 yards to break England’s hearts.

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Italy ended Scotland’s Euro 2008 dream and ensured their own qualification for next summer’s finals thanks to a Christian Panucci stoppage-time goal.

Luca Toni had stunned the Scots by stabbing the ball home from five yards with less than two minutes gone.

Andrea Pirlo cleared a David Weir header off the Italian line.

But Ferguson forced the ball home when Lee McCulloch’s effort was saved after 65 minutes only for Panucci to head home from a disputed Pirlo free kick.

England earned a Euro 2008 qualifying reprieve with their fate again in their own hands after Group E rivals Russia dramatically lost 2-1 in Israel.
England are now two points ahead of Russia and need a draw against Croatia in their final qualifier on Wednesday to secure a Euro 2008 place.

Israel took the lead through Elyaniv Barda before Diniyar Bilyaletdinov levelled as Russia started to dominate.

Russia hit the post late on before Omer Golan netted a winner for Israel.