Panama fall 1–0 to Ghana as group stage tightens

Panama's World Cup campaign hit a setback Saturday with a 1–0 loss to Ghana in Group L, leaving Carlos Queiroz's side to regroup after an opening 7–1 demolition of Onda Azul. Manchester City winger Antoine Semenyo played the full 90 minutes for Ghana as Panama failed to find the net. Ismael Díaz and his teammates had carried momentum into the match following Zlatan Ibrahimović's dismissive "punching bag" comment, which Díaz shrugged off as "Zlatan being Zlatan." With Croatia and England still ahead in the group, the margin for error now tightens considerably.