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Panama Secures a Convincing Home Victory Against Nicaragua
Panama City – Panama showcased their dominance at the Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez by defeating Nicaragua in a match corresponding to the second round of the CONCACAF 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The match, played on June 11, 2025, saw the Panamanians dominate possession with 54% compared to Nicaragua’s 46%.
Despite a goalless first half marked by yellow cards for E. Cedeno of Panama and A. Arauz of Nicaragua, the second half was all about the home team. In the 56th minute, C. Yanis opened the scoring with a goal, assisted by A. Londono. The Panamanian lead was extended in the final minutes with goals from I. Diaz in the 88th minute, assisted by E. Davis, and a goal from E. Davis in the 90th minute, assisted by M. Murillo, sealing a three-goal victory.
Panama generated more danger in attack, with 11 total shots, 5 of which were on target, while Nicaragua only managed one shot on target out of their 7 attempts. Both teams had 5 corners in their favor. The match was also hard-fought, with 14 fouls committed by Panama and 12 by Nicaragua.
Substitutions panama: at minute 27 A. Londono came in and J. Morales went out., at minute 63 E. Guerrero came in and T. Rodriguez went out., at minute 74 E. Farina came in and F. Escobar went out., at minute 74 E. Davis came in and J. Gutierrez went out.
Substitutions nicaragua: at minute 46 B. Hernandez came in and A. Smith went out., at minute 46 B. Bonilla came in and J. Arteaga went out., at minute 59 M. Moldskred came in and A. Arauz went out., at minute 70 E. Gomez came in and O. Acevedo went out., at minute 71 S. Caceres came in and C. Reyes went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Panama
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Nicaragua
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