Croatia sealed second spot in Group L of the World Cup while Ghana progressed in third place, with both sides facing a potential round-of-32 tie against either Colombia or Portugal.Croatia’s 2-1 win against Ghana means they travel to Toronto on July 2 for a meeting with whoever finishes second in Group K out of Colombia and Portugal. Ghana, meanwhile, will go to Kansas City on July 3 where they will face… whichever of Portugal and Colombia finishes first in their group.Petar Sucic gave Croatia the lead in Philadelphia in the 31st minute with a low effort from 30 yards out, the first goal Carlos Queiroz’s side had conceded at this tournament.But Ghana came back in the second half, with Derrick Luckassen drifting in at the back post from a set piece to turn home. A long wait followed for a VAR check, before the officials decided that the offside Kwasi Sibo had not impacted the play. That temporarily took Ghana up to second.Parity did not last long, however, with Nikola Vlasic heading Zlatko Dalic’s team back in front in the 83rd minute from a corner to re-establish his side’s place in the table.Matt Slater, Carl Anka and Rebecca Stauber analyse the key talking points.What next for the teams in Group L?England finished top of group L and will play their last 32 opponent in Atlanta on July 1. Who the opponent is remains to be seen but The Athletic’s projector makes Senegal (51 per cent), DR Congo (42 per cent) or Algeria the most likely.The bracket puts the winner on course to play a round of 16 game against either Mexico or Ecuador in Mexico City on July 5.Runners-up Croatia will most likely play either Colombia or Portugal (the second team in Group K) in Toronto on July 2, with Spain a likely round of 16 opponent.Ghana finished third and will play whichever of Colombia or Portugal tops Group K in Kansas City on July 3.Panama finished bottom and are eliminated.Semenyo’s difficult World Cup continuesThere are dozens of top-level players who are having to watch this World Cup from home due to injury or managerial selection, but arguably few players have been missed as much by their side as Mohammed Kudus. The forward suffered a hamstring injury for Tottenham Hotspur in early January and then suffered a quadricep issue that ruled him out of selection for Ghana.A Ghana team without Kudus means there is a heavier focus on Semenyo to spearhead his country’s attack and the Manchester City man has found it difficult during the group stage.Had Kudus been fit, Queiroz would have been able to play two tricky, direct wingers on either side of his 4-1-4-1 formation. Without him, teams find it far too easy to throw two defenders at Semenyo whenever he gets on the ball.(Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)The 26-year-old had 21 touches of the ball in the first half against Croatia, but only one inside the box. Queiroz is a defensively pragmatic coach and rarely risks sending more than two players ahead of the ball. This means Semenyo can go for long periods without receiving possession in dangerous positions. But he is nearly always required to beat multiple players to get his team going.