The Latest: Trippier gives England 1-0 lead over Croatia

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Wednesday at the World Cup (all times local):9:06 p.m.

Kieran Trippier has given England a 1-0 lead with a fifth-minute free kick in the World Cup semifinal against Croatia.

Trippier scored with England's first shot of the game, curling the direct free kick over the wall and into the top-right of the goal.

It's Trippier's first goal for England.___9 p.m.

England and Croatia's World Cup semifinal has kicked off.

England got the game started at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium. It's the first World Cup semifinal since 1990 for England, which won the World Cup in 1966. Croatia is chasing its first World Cup final after its only previous appearance at the semifinal stage ended in defeat to France in 1998.