On This Day – 25th June
It was in this day two years ago that England thrashed Panama 6-1 in their second match at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Harry Kane helped scored twice, centre back John Stones also hit a double and Jesse Lingard also scored in a blistering first-half performance.
England eased up on the tournament debutants in the second half. Harry Kane completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot on 62 minutes to put England six goals ahead.
Panama scored a consolation goal after 78 minutes to score their first ever World Cup goal. They had lost 3-0 in their first game but a ruthless first half display from England prevented a shock result.
The win put England through to the knockout stages where they went on and beat Colombia on penalties. They followed this up with a 2-0 win over Sweden before losing 2-1 to Croatia in extra-time in the semi-final.
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