Norwich City defender Jose Cordoba started for Panama as they suffered a painful late 1-0 defeat to Ghana in their World Cup Group L opener in Toronto.
The Canaries centre-back was named in Thomas Christiansen’s back line at BMO Field, but Panama were denied a first point of the tournament when Caleb Yirenkyi struck in stoppage time. Ahram Online’s match facts listed Cordoba in the Panama starting XI and confirmed Ghana’s 90+5-minute winner.
Cordoba now faces a sharp Panama reset
For Norwich supporters, the result is a mixed one. Cordoba getting World Cup minutes is valuable in itself, especially after a strong domestic season in which he became one of the more compelling parts of Philippe Clement’s squad. The sting is that Panama were close to a result that would have changed the shape of the group immediately.
The next task is Croatia on June 23, before the bigger English spotlight arrives against England four days later. That gives Cordoba little time to dwell on the opener, and Norwich fans will be watching closely to see whether he can turn a bruising first night into a tournament that still sharpens him for Carrow Road.
ReadNorwich has already tracked the full Norwich City World Cup schedule for every Canary involved. Cordoba’s response now becomes one of the more interesting Norwich subplots of the group stage.
