Group LFull time
Final · Jun 23Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: England 0-0 Ghana — 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.
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
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
Ghana
- Leicester City ×2Jordan Ayew, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
- Manchester CityAntoine Semenyo
- TottenhamMohammed Kudus
- VillarrealThomas Partey