Panama v Croatia

The full-time whistle sounds at Toronto Stadium as Croatia defeat Panama 1-0 to boost their hopes of progressing to the round of 32, while eliminating Panama from the World Cup. After a quiet first half, Croatia took the lead nine minutes after the break as Stanisic’s right-wing centre was tapped in by Budimir at the back post. Croatia should have doubled their lead minutes later, but Pasalic saw his one-on-one attempt denied by Mosquera before the Orlando City attacker skewed the rebound over the woodwork. That spurred Panama on, and Livakovic was alert to deny Murillo in quick succession before tipping Harvey’s close-range header over the woodwork. Harvey had a golden opportunity to find an equaliser in the 80th minute, but the midfielder struck the side netting following a corner. The result sees Croatia move up to third place in Group L, one point behind England and Ghana. Panama, who battled resolutely in their last two World Cup games, bow out at the group stage. Panama created eight shots, with one on target, reflected by an xG of 0.62, whereas Croatia registered six shots with two on target, highlighted by an xG of 1.66. That concludes our live commentary of this 2026 World Cup Group L contest. We hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and take care!

FULL-TIME: PANAMA 0-1 CROATIA

A promising opportunity for Panama goes to waste as Murillo skies the free-kick into the stands. I think that will be that...

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Yellow Card

YELLOW! Petar Sucic goes into the referee's notebook with a bad foul on Rodriguez 20 yards from goal. What an opportunity this is for Panama...

There will be FIVE minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half.

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Substitution

The second sees Blackman replaced by Davis. Will these changes have any impact?