Croatia v Ghana: World Cup 2026 – live

Key events John Brewin on Football Daily duty? Yes please. Croatia probably need a draw against Ghana to secure a spot in the last 32, but attacker ⁠Ivan Perisic is confident in his side’s record against African opposition. The 2018 runners-up and 2022 third-place finishers have three wins and a draw against ⁠African World Cup ⁠foes since 2014, ​including their third-place victory over Morocco. “That’s something that we commented on,” Perisic said. “And we played against many ⁠teams in the past 10 years, and all of the results were positive. So I believe that this is going to be the same this time ⁠as well, and that we will be playing a very good match, just like we ​did against the other teams.” England and Ghana ‌enter the final Group ‌L matchday on four points, while Croatia have three and Panama are already eliminated. The question is ‌whether this remains the same Croatia side of the last decade. After a 4-2 loss to England, Croatia narrowly defeated Panama 1-0 on Ante Budimir’s 54th-minute goal. Perisic is 37 and captain Luka Modric is 40. And even manager Zlatko Dalic admits the performances have looked unfamiliar. “We need to raise the level of our play,” he said through an interpreter. “We’re ‌not what Croatia can be. So we haven’t shown the best we can, but tomorrow is the opportunity to do so. We never made so ​many mistakes in some of the passes or when we were in the possession of the ball. …