Corluka crows over England exit

Croatia defender Vedran Corluka has revealed it was a 'pleasure' to prevent England from qualifying for Euro 2008.

Corluka played a key role in Croatia's 3-2 victory at Wembley on Wednesday, a result that allowed Russia to move above England and clinch second spot in Group E.

The right-back feels England paid the price for overconfidence and not giving enough respect to their opponents.

And he was thrilled that Croatia kept their focus and proved they deserved to go through ahead of England.

"England got exactly what they deserved because they were unbelievably arrogant to us," the Manchester City man told The Sun.

"Their behaviour was a disgrace. We arrived at Wembley as the group leaders but England never recognised our ability or our quality.

"But on the night we showed that we are a better team than them.

"It has been a special pleasure to kick England out of the European Championship."