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I think a lot of it came down to conditioning. England looked weary and heavy legged by the time they reached extra time. Croatia were stronger and could impose themselves physically on England late in the game.
It was probably more down to Croatia's midfield having better positioning and passing. The younger English team were able to keep up in the first half by running a lot but that wasn't going to work for 2 hours.