Croatia beat Ghana 2-1 to finish second in Group L, with England topping the group, Ghana sneaking through in third — and Scotland’s World Cup officially over.
SCOTLAND OUT AS CROATIA SEAL IT
England top. Croatia through. Scotland done.
Croatia edged Ghana 2-1 in a tense Group L finale to clinch runners-up spot behind England. Petar Sucic’s long-range strike opened the scoring before Derrick Luckassen’s volley briefly levelled things — but Nikola Vlasic’s header settled it.
Ghana progress as third-placed qualifiers. Panama finish bottom with zero points.
The brutal side effect? Scotland’s World Cup is over — they cannot make the top eight third-placed sides.

