Group LFull time
Final · Jun 17
Goals
6 goals — watch every replay below
- 12'Harry Kane▲ 1.9k
- 36'M. BaturinaGreat goal▲ 3k
- 42'H. Kane▲ 3.5k
- 45+5'P. MusaGoal of the match▲ 6.7k
- 47'Jude Bellingham▲ 3k
- 85'Marcus Rashford▲ 6.2k
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The stakes
Full time: England 4-2 Croatia — a Group L result now baked into the table.
- storylineEngland chasing the ghost — Tuchel's gambleWon a thriller 4-2 vs Croatia (June 17). Kane brace (tying Lineker's 10 England WC goals), Bellingham and Rashford also scored. Top of Group L — but the defense leaked twice, the one worry.
The two sides
EnglandDecades of near-misses, hungry again
Six decades of heartbreak and Harry Kane just equalled the England World Cup scoring record in a chaotic 4-2 win — if he breaks it and lifts the trophy it is the most poetic ending in the sport.
CroatiaSmall nation, finalists, aging stars
A country of 4 million and one of the great footballing generations — two finals built around friends who grew up together, with 40-year-old Modric conducting almost certainly his final World Cup.
Who plays where
England
- Arsenal ×2Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice
- Man City ×2Phil Foden, John Stones
- Real Madrid ×2Jude Bellingham, Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Barcelona (loan from Manchester United)Marcus Rashford
- Bayern MunichHarry Kane
- ChelseaCole Palmer
Croatia
- Manchester City ×2Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol
- AC MilanLuka Modric
- HoffenheimAndrej Kramaric
- PSV EindhovenIvan Perisic