Group LFull time
Final · Jun 27MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
Goals
1 goal
The market saw itPolymarket
The stakes
Full time: England 2-0 Panama — a Group L result now baked into the table.
- storylineEngland chasing the ghost — Tuchel's gambleWon a thriller 4-2 vs Croatia (June 17). Kane brace (tying Lineker's 10 England WC goals), Bellingham and Rashford also scored. Top of Group L — but the defense leaked twice, the one worry.
The two sides
EnglandDecades of near-misses, hungry again
Six decades of heartbreak and Harry Kane just equalled the England World Cup scoring record in a chaotic 4-2 win — if he breaks it and lifts the trophy it is the most poetic ending in the sport.
PanamaPure-joy underdogs, just here to scrap
Lost all three games in 2018 and cried tears of joy anyway — now back, out-playing Ghana for their first-ever World Cup point. The underdog story with zero cynicism, impossible not to love.
Who plays where
England
- Arsenal ×2Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice
- Man City ×2Phil Foden, John Stones
- Real Madrid ×2Jude Bellingham, Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Barcelona (loan from Manchester United)Marcus Rashford
- Bayern MunichHarry Kane
- ChelseaCole Palmer
Panama
- BesiktasAmir Murillo
- San Diego FCAnibal Godoy
- UNAM PumasAdalberto Carrasquilla
- Universidad de ConcepcionCecilio Waterman