Panama, the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinalists, made their long-awaited debut in the tournament at the Nicaraguan capital city Managua. The two-headed striking monster of Luis Tejada and Blas Perez that hounded so many opponents in the Gold Cup was on its game tonight. Tejada scored the first of what promise to be many Panama goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a header in the eighth minute. Panama got unlucky to relinquish the lead after an own goal just over ten minutes after grabbing the lead, and the 1-1 scoreline would persist into halftime.Five minutes into the second period, Perez latched onto a ball in the area off a header from Tejada. Perez pop the ball up with his right foot, spun and swung on a volley with his left foot, and drove the ball into the net, leaving the crowd dissatisfied. Nicaragua would respond to the 2-1 deficit by putting two balls into the back of the Panamanian net, but both were disallowed for offsides. The Canaleros held on for a 2-1 victory in what would appear to be the most difficult of their four fixtures in Group C. Panama are level on points with Nicaragua with a game in hand.
Nicaragua 3 pts +1
Panama 3 pts +1
Dominica 0 pts -2
Goals:
Panama
Luis Tejada 7
Blas Perez 50
Nicaragua
Roman Anibal Torres 19 OG
Match Reports:
Highlights:
Due to the withdrawal of the Bahamas and the imbalanced schedule of CONCACAF that would have had Nicaragua play Bahamas on Matchdays Five and Six, the fixtures for Group C have been altered.
7 October 2011
Panama at Dominica
11 October 2011
Nicaragua at Panama
11 November 2011
Dominica at Nicaragua
15 November 2011
Dominica at Panama
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