Panama vs England Highlights 🌎🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup

The former New York Red Bulls defender Fidel Escobar, he comes into the team along with the left-back Jorge Gutierrez and the striker they call Tommy Gol, Thomas Rodriguez. Out of the team go Ramos, Fajardo and Blackman and this team has approaching 600 caps between them. A lot of experience, they're very very well coached, tough to beat and they're looking for their first ever World Cup point. Five changes by England, including a World Cup debut for the former Liverpool defender Gerard Kwanzaa, who plays at right back here with Rhys James out injured. Bukayo Saka, Morgan Rodgers and Marcus Rashford get their first starts of this World Cup. Nico O'Reilly is recalled and Declan Rice, who's on a yellow card, is rested to avoid a possible suspension for the knockout stages. The day they won the World Cup back in 1966, Bellingham looking to chest that down and turn. They will get a corner here England and this is why you need Harry Kane higher up the field. He draws so much attention, so Bellingham, Elliot Anderson sit deeper and those two ahead of him. Here's Rashford, who was on the mark in the opening game against Croatia and he wants another one. World Cup record's good. It's a start from England. They isolate Rashford here. Martinez comes over to help, gets it on his stronger right foot and a difficult save here as it skids across this wet surface. Well done down to his right by Mosquera. Another cross through a ball by Bellingham, which this time Saka does keep him to play. Goes past Gutierrez, carrying a bit of an Achilles on the way into this World Cup, which probably explains why he didn't start the first couple of games, but ready to go now. Did the hard part getting to this ball and Harry Kane, you see a pull straight into an offside position and Pickford a very, very good punch and Bellingham was fouled. He's been fouled quite a bit so far. They know what he can do if Cook on again. Harvey does well in the middle of the pitch and there might be something here for Jose Luis Rodriguez and Pickford has to stretch to beat that away. Just on the break, Panama looked like they have a threat. You know, these breaks have been interesting, Ian, because it's impacting teams differently and it just felt like Panama were just ready to go more than England were. Anderson helps it on. Here's Morgan Rogers, Saka. Speedy run from him. Goal kick. I really like this from England. Jordan Pickford-Pink playing quite direct. Ends up falling. Played into Morgan Rogers and Saka runs by his defender. The right call there by the referee, but it's okay to be a little direct and switch it up a little bit. This one's drawn in and would drop into the runners-up position in the group. Still plenty of time. Riley looking to just flick that on. With a back header, back header. Anderson to play. Rashford with the header. Couldn't keep it down. Good spell of pressure here. Ultimately, it comes to Elliot Anderson who clips a little ball in. Rashford up high. Really important to put off Rashford there. Here he is again. Gets across and Kane is in there. That's for sure. I think it is going to be Rashford. It's a good effort. Very good effort. Just narrowly past the post. How narrowly? Well, I could see from his facial expression it wasn't quite it. Kane is in there. He doesn't know when it deflects. Somehow over the bar and onto the roof of the net from Andrade. How did that stay out? Extraordinary. I thought this was going to hit the net six times, Ian. The first one comes in. Cordova makes a mess of it. It falls. You think Kane's going to turn and slot at home. It ping-pongs around. Cordova goes to clear and somehow hits Andrade. Bounces off him and over the bar. That seemed to defy mathematics. Does he just touch the ball there with his elbow? Yeah, a little bit. Mark Clattenburg, what do you think about that? Normal. It would have been accidental. Thanks a lot. It's Fajardo. Somebody up there, I think, liked Panama serving that break. 13, the most of all the players, but I guess the counterpoint of that is he keeps on trying and he's going to try again here. It's Rashford. On and on he goes and it's into the side netting. The angle was always too difficult. Kane's disappointed. He wanted that pull back. Kane's disappointed and Marcus Rashford is as well. As this ball turns over, he does all the hard work. This ball has to go across the goal mouth. You cannot miss it to the near post. So many good things happen across the goal mouth. You can score. One of your teammates can score. It can get deflected in for an own goal, but you can't miss it to the near post. Rodriguez looking to pin one. Oohs and aahs from the Panama fans. And it's not just frustration now for not scoring for England. They've got to be careful. They could lose this game. Rodriguez, who's been excellent, comes inside on his right foot. Certainly had Jordan Pickford's attention. Ultimately a little wide. Showing the screen, but they really are trying hard Ian. Here's Kane. Will he get it right? Great save. Mosquera. The save he would have expected to make, but it was traveling. Rashford. O'Reilly. Here comes the crossing. Kane is there again. Immaculate control. Now Kwanzaa. And then Anderson towards the back post. Good defending Escobar, I think it was. Stubborn resistance from Panama. And the first real big chance. Bellingham slides it down the side for Harry Kane. Strikes it well. Too close to Mosquera, but the first real involvement in the penalty area for Harry Kane. A good test, but ultimately kept out. After a 65 million dollar move from Chelsea. And they managed to get the goal at last to Bellingham. Once the action restarted, Panama switched off and Bellingham cashes in. Relief at last for England. Well that's a mood changer. There was so much confusion leading up to this. Ultimately gets played in quickly by Saka. Bellingham being held just throws his left foot at it off the toe. Mosquera can't see it. And you just felt it was going to take something bizarre or something special to finally get England on tune here. Jude Bellingham the man to do it. One nil to England. It's the third World Cup goal for Jude Bellingham. And he struck at a vital time there as the frustration was mounting. It did look to be honest with you as though Jorge Gutierrez the left-back should have won that ball. But he was looking at Bellingham and not the ball. And Bellingham was looking at a couple of the Panamanian players. Escobar keeps it in play. Harvey now plays it back. There's room here and the shot is wide from Murillo who had time and Well initially I thought he was offside on this pass. It was certainly close. Landsman decided to keep his flag down. Ends up being a big chance. Yeah England had switched off there. Rather in the way I fancy after that incident in the center circle that Panama's constant too many signs of the breakthrough until it actually happened. Bellingham's running to space in behind again here. Rodgers is waiting in the middle. Kane's waiting in the middle. Kane 2-0. England put away and Harry Kane yet again. 82 England goals for Harry Kane. That's why England will remain wild about Harry. Well the first England goal brought relief. This time it brings joy. Really good job here creating space and you see how clever Harry Kane is with his movement. The ball's clipped in. He starts at the back post. Cuts across Andrade. Once he gets his head on it you're just waiting for it to hit the net. That man has done it again for England. 2-0 to England. Fantastic goal from Harry Kane. That's a goal and an assist by the way for Jude Bellingham and what that goal means is that Harry Kane. Kane did well there. SA. Rodgers was bulked in his run and wants a decision in his favor. It looked like he was breaking in behind. It will only for Andrade. This is very smart from Andrade because Rodgers was gone and he just reaches and pulls him down. Still Rashford just couldn't quite get the shot away. Spence they're tired. Now Panama. Tired legs, tired minds and Rashford scuffs his effort behind and looks thoroughly fed up with himself. He's worked really hard tonight and created a lot of great opportunities. This ball comes in. Panama falls asleep at the back post. This ball's hard to hit. You have to really... Morgan Rodgers. Still Rodgers. Oh it's clever movement here from England. Madhuweke was there and it could have been three very easily. The cross for a ball. The flag has stayed down here as well and Panama do have their goal. Jose Fajardo. But the flag does go up in the end. He looked suspiciously offside. He stayed down and Panama are going to be denied what would have been a wonderful moment for them. We'll check it again here. Very close and it felt very close in person or in real time feel like just a step offside. What a finish by the way. He can't believe it and it has been confirmed as offside. Oh that's sad for the Panamanian supporters. It really is and I think the efforts they put in at this World Cup. They just wait to hear who the third place team will be that they will meet in the round of 32. That game would be in Atlanta on Wednesday. The time to blow the final whistle. We're going to bring you coverage of that Croatia-Ghana game in a moment or two. 2-0 here to England. They will top this group. They will play a third placer.