Group LFull time
Final · Jun 23BMO Field, Toronto
Goals
1 goal — watch every replay below
- 54'A. BudimirGoal of the match▲ 459
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: Croatia 1-0 Panama — 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.
PanamaPure-joy underdogs, just here to scrap
Lost all three games in 2018 and cried tears of joy anyway — now back, out-playing Ghana for their first-ever World Cup point. The underdog story with zero cynicism, impossible not to love.
Who plays where
Croatia
- Manchester City ×2Mateo Kovacic, Josko Gvardiol
- AC MilanLuka Modric
- HoffenheimAndrej Kramaric
- PSV EindhovenIvan Perisic
Panama
- BesiktasAmir Murillo
- San Diego FCAnibal Godoy
- UNAM PumasAdalberto Carrasquilla
- Universidad de ConcepcionCecilio Waterman