{"id":28959,"date":"2026-06-18T01:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=28959"},"modified":"2026-06-18T01:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:21:44","slug":"late-yirenkyi-strike-gives-ghana-winning-start-against-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/late-yirenkyi-strike-gives-ghana-winning-start-against-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Yirenkyi Strike Gives Ghana Winning Start Against Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Late Yirenkyi Strike Gives Ghana Winning Start Against Panama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Angu Lesley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Football writer kick442.com &#8211; Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana began their FIFA World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Panama in their Group L opener, with Caleb Yirenkyi scoring a dramatic stoppage-time winner to hand the Black Stars all three points.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides produced a closely contested encounter throughout the 90 minutes. Ghana enjoyed periods of dominance and looked the more threatening side in attack, while Panama remained organized defensively and posed a threat on the counterattack.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several opportunities for both teams, neither side was able to break the deadlock during regulation time, and the match appeared to be heading towards a draw.<\/p>\n<p>However, deep into stoppage time, Ghana found the decisive breakthrough. Caleb Yirenkyi struck in the 90+5th minute to spark celebrations among the Black Stars supporters and secure a winning start for Otto Addo\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>The victory gives Ghana an important early advantage in Group L and boosts their confidence ahead of their next fixture against England. Panama, meanwhile, will seek to recover when they take on Croatia in their second group match.<\/p>\n<p>The result also means Ghana join England on three points after the Three Lions defeated Croatia 4-2 earlier in the day, setting up an intriguing clash between the two winners in the next round of Group L fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Final Score: Ghana 1-0 Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Goalscorer: Caleb Yirenkyi (90+5\u2019).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Yirenkyi Strike Gives Ghana Winning Start Against Panama By Angu Lesley Football writer&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,139,25,5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive","category-featured","category-fifa","category-football","category-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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