The day continues and, at 5:00 p.m., in Toronto, the Panama team will make its debut in the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The canal team faces its second participation in a World Cup, after its historic presence in Russia 2018. Eight years later, it will seek to improve its performance.
On this occasion, Panama will face Ghana in a duel that promises to be intense and physically demanding during the 90 minutes. The canaleros will try to achieve their first victory in the history of the World Cups, a result that would allow them to keep alive their aspirations of advancing to the next phase or, at least, fighting for one of the tickets as best third place.
For its part, the African team faces this match aware that it is a key match in its aspirations to advance to the next round. Therefore, they will seek to impose conditions from the beginning and avoid any margin of error in their World Cup debut.
Both teams arrive with the hope of starting their participation in the tournament on the right foot. a triumph could represent an important step in the fight for classificationin a group in which each point will be decisive to define the teams that will advance to the direct elimination phase.
Follow minute by minute of the match between Panama and Ghana, corresponding to the first day of the 2026 World Cup.