Ghana’s Caleb Yirenkyi scored a 95th-minute winner to deny Panama their first-ever World Cup point in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n
With six minutes added on at the end of match of few chances, Brandon Thomas-Asante raced down the left, beat his marker, and squared the ball for Yirenkyi, who tapped in. <\/p>\n
The result was harsh on Panama, who had matched the four-time African champions in only their fourth World Cup appearance since their debut in 2018.<\/p>\n
Ghana’s next game is against Group L leaders England in Boston on Tuesday (21:00 BST), while Panama will hope to end their losing World Cup record when they face Croatia in Toronto on Wednesday (00:00 BST).<\/p>\n
Panama almost took the lead inside the first two minutes but Cecilio Waterman’s strike was tipped over the bar by Ghana keeper Lawrence Ati Zigi.<\/p>\n
In the second half Panama’s Cristian Martinez hammered a shot against the side-netting when only a few yards from goal.<\/p>\n
And in the closing stages, goalkeeper Orlando Mosquera, up for a late set-piece, headed the ball to team-mate Ismael Diaz who nodded straight to Benjamin Asare, Ghana’s second-choice keeper.<\/p>\n
Head coach Carlos Queiroz had brought on Asare at half-time after Zigi suffered an injury when he landed awkwardly in the first period.<\/p>\n
Queiroz’s side created little before scoring what was the latest winning goal so far at this summer’s World Cup, and will probably need to improve if they are to get a positive result from their next match with England.<\/p>\n