Group LFull time
Final · Jun 27Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Goals
3 goals
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: Croatia 2-1 Ghana — a Group L result now baked into the table.
The two sides
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.
GhanaBeloved side haunted by past heartbreak
The romantics of African football — joyful, fast, forever haunted by 2010 — playing for pride, history, and the belief that African football belongs on the biggest stage.
Who plays where
Croatia
- Manchester City ×2Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol
- AC MilanLuka Modric
- HoffenheimAndrej Kramaric
- PSV EindhovenIvan Perisic
Ghana
- Leicester City ×2Jordan Ayew, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
- Manchester CityAntoine Semenyo
- TottenhamMohammed Kudus
- VillarrealThomas Partey