Wales and Panama drew 1-1 in Friendlies. The fixture is part of the Friendlies 1 stage in the 2017 season. The full-time result capped a Wales vs Panama meeting in Friendlies with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Wales and Panama. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
FriendliesRecorded meetings: 0 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Cologne are favourites to sign Mikey Moore on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, with talks at an advanced stage amid interest from several clubs for the 18-year-old winger who spent last season with Rangers. Hull City are set to beat Rangers and Cardiff City to sign 20-year-old midfielder Jens Hjerto-Dahl from Tromso.
Phil Parkinson says Wrexham will take encouragement from their narrow 1-0 defeat to Liverpool, and insisted they still know where to improve. Teenager Rio Ngumoha scored the only goal at Yankee Stadium in New York, while Wrexham went closest through Kieffer Moore late on. Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward was forced to make early saves against his old club as Parkinson felt Wrexham were loose to start.
There was a furious backlash on Wednesday to FIFA's controversial plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a private subsidiary. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
Nico Williams has been left out from Spain's starting lineup for the 2026 World Cup final against Argentina. Nico Williams entered the 2026 World Cup as one of Spain‘s most highly anticipated talents and one of the most dangerous wingers in the world. However, for today’s championship clash against Argentina at MetLife Stadium, the Athletic Bilbao standout will have to wait for his opportunity from the substitutes’ bench. Williams will miss out on the starting eleven due to a calculated tactical decision by manager Luis de la Fuente. While the explosive winger has fully recovered from his recent injury, the Spanish boss has opted to stick with the core lineup that successfully navigated the knockout rounds to reach the final. Instead, De la Fuente has handed the starting nod to Alex Baena on the left flank. This tactical setup leaves Spain with Lamine Yamal patrolling the right wing and Mikel Oyarzabal leading the line at center forward, maintaining the exact attacking trio that started the previous matches, including the semifinal victory over France. A World Cup filled with obstacles for Williams Throughout Spain’s recent competitive cycles, including their title runs in Euro 2024 and the 2025 UEFA Nations League, Williams has been indispensable as a dynamic threat down the left flank. His partnership with Lamine Yamal previously gave La Roja one of the most exciting young wing duos in international soccer, but with both stars entering this World Cup carrying injuries, the Spanish attack occasionally looked static and predictable. Nico Williams #17 of Spain is fouled by Nicolas de la Cruz #7 of Uruguay. After being managed carefully as a second-half substitute in Spain’s opening three group matches, Williams suffered a heavy knock against Uruguay that aggravated his underlying muscular issue. The setback proved costly, forcing him to watch from the sidelines as an unused substitute during the knockout victories over Austria and Portugal. While he finally made his return to action with brief cameos off the bench against Belgium and France, he has struggled to find his usual rhythm or impact the scoresheet. In total, the winger has appeared in five matches during this World Cup campaign but has logged just 76 minutes on the pitch, a frustrating reality far below what was expected of him before the tournament kicked off.
Football report Nick Ames answered your questions about Kane’s captaincy, Tuchel’s future, and England’s team psychology ohfffs asks: How many good performances did England manage in this World Cup? There was a really good half against Croatia and a good start against Mexico, but most of the rest was pretty poor. They were limp against Panama, dreadful against Ghana, just about hung on against Mexico and were very lucky to get past Norway. We know England can qualify but looked at objectively England were pretty underwhelming throughout.Nick says:“Good” is subjective but let’s say it means “controlled the game”. One thing I’d say is that – at club level too – there’s this expectation among fans for 90-minute performances that in reality only come around every so often. Most teams nowadays are good, brilliantly drilled, and will have their moments in a game. You would expect Croatia, Mexico, Norway and even DR Congo all to cause a few problems. You’d expect Ghana to spoil given Carlos Queiroz was in charge. So I’m not overly surprised these games were quite patchy. Spain or Argentina will win the World Cup and I’m not sure either will look back and say that, in terms of control, they really put it together over a consistent run of matches – although Spain’s masterclass against France was an exception. They’ve simply been better in the moments that mattered.Ultimately it stops with him. I can’t really look much further on this one. Maybe Messi’s cross shouldn’t be met by 5ft 9in Martinez with Stones jumping in front… maybe Bellingham should see the danger more quickly and be out to block Fernandez. But players are not going to get everything 100% right if you’re asked to park the bus for 40 minutes, especially not against a team with such cunning and craft. And ask yourself this – apart from Dan Burn maybe, how many of these England players are really used to manning a rearguard action at domestic level? It was one thing doing this with 10 men against a Mexico team whose one idea was to cross the ball badly. Quite another here. And even if shoring up the back line, why not retain some ball-carrying threat from wide, which would also have the effect of giving Argentina’s attacking full-backs something to think about? We could go on forever.I think Tuchel should stay, there is little point rolling the dice again when little broader vision is evident in any case. It’s not quite enough of a flop to cut ties now. But make no mistake – he was brought in to win things, nothing less, so if England do not win Euro 2028 then his appointment has been a failure. Continue reading...
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