Caleb Yirenkyi scored a Ninety fifth-minute winner for Ghana as they beat Panama 1-0 in a dramatic finale to this Group L conflict in Toronto.
Panama had proved greater than a match for Carlos Queiroz’s staff in what was a largely uneventful recreation as the talents of Antoine Semenyo have been stifled by the Central American aspect who have been trying to declare their first World Cup level on the fourth try.
Ghana didn’t also have a shot in a cautious first half. Nevertheless it was they who discovered the winner when Coventry Metropolis’s Brandon Thomas-Asante, on in its place, discovered area down the left and located Yirenkyi along with his low cross to pressure the ball into the web.
The important thing moments from Toronto…
2: Panama begin brightly and Waterman forces an early save.
58: Thomas-Asante comes on for Ghana and injects extra urgency.
60: Martinez shoots into the side-netting from shut vary for Panama.
65: Ayew is ready up by Semenyo for a tap-in however Ramos in some way tackles him.
90+5: GOAL! Yirenkyi forces the ball house from shut vary to win the sport.
90+9: Goalkeeper Mosquera wins a header within the field as Panama chase an equaliser.
Evaluation: Ghana punish Panama
It was merciless on Panama whose hopes of development seem unlikely provided that their remaining fixtures are in opposition to England and Croatia. For Ghana, they might want to enhance. However scoring the newest winner of the World Cup to this point is a second to cherish.
“We battled like warriors,” stated Queiroz. “We received the sport with our brains. First we needed to undergo in opposition to a terrific staff. They know easy methods to play. We knew they might management the sport. However step-by-step, our technique was to allow them to come. That is the best way to win.”
