Panama 0-1 Croatia: World Cup Result and Key Stats

⭐ Key Players

• Matias Galarza scored an early goal in the report's separate 1-0 Paraguay win over Turkey.
• Miguel Almiron received a red card in that separate match, the report says.

Croatia's win is the central football takeaway. The score places the teams one goal apart, giving the result a narrow shape without extra embellishment. The headline stats are therefore the final score and the blank next to Panama's name: Croatia 1, Panama 0. Those figures also provide the main highlights for a match that ended with Croatia on top.

At full time, the World Cup result belonged to Croatia, while Panama had no reply. The one-goal margin keeps the score concise and leaves the final result as the clearest summary of the contest.

Vera's comments belong to a different match story. The report says he was reacting to Paraguay's reported 1-0 win over Turkey, when Miguel Almiron was sent off and Matias Galarza had scored early. The report later quotes Vera saying, "Questioning a rule or disagreeing with a referee's decision never justifies losing control the way I did." The quotation adds context to the accreditation story, but it does not alter Panama 0-1 Croatia as the World Cup result.