Panama 0-1 Croatia: Budimir's strike keeps their qualification dream alive

 Budimir's strike from the bench brings the 1st win to Croatia in 2026 World Cup as Panama fail to move one step forward. Here's the match report.

Line-ups

Panama XI: E. Bárcenas, Orlando Mosquera, Cristian Martínez, M. Murillo, José Rodriguez, Andrés Andrade, Jiovany Ramos, César Blackman, José Fajardo, Carlos Harvey, José Córdoba

Subs: E. Davis, Luis Mejía, A. Quintero, A. Godoy, Roderick Miller, Cecilio Waterman, I. Díaz, F. Escobar, César Yanis, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Jorge Gutiérrez, Tomás Rodríguez, César Samudio, Edgardo Fariña, Azarías Londoño

Croatia XI: Modric, Perisic, Kovacic, D. Livaković, Marin Pongracic, Petar Musa, Stanisic, Josip Sutalo, Gvardiol, Marco Pašalić, Martin Baturina

Subs: Budimir, Kramaric, Pasalic, Caleta-Car, Vlasic, Nikola Moro, Martin Erlić, Kristijan Jakic, Kotarski, Ivor Pandur, Luka Sucic, Petar Sučić, Toni Fruk, Igor Matanovic, Luka Vuskovic