2024 Copa America: Panama Vs Amerika Serikat, Opportunities For Hosts To Secure Fase Tickets Fall

The United States has the opportunity to win tickets for the knockout phase faster (Instagram/@usmnt).

JAKARTA - The second match of Group C of the 2024 Copa America will bring together Panama vs. United States. They will meet on Friday, June 28, 2024, at 05.00 WIB at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Ahead of the meeting later, the United States was quite favored because of a more qualified record. The hosts even had a great opportunity to secure the ticket to the knockout phase first.

Before facing Panama, the United States opened the first match of the group phase with brilliant results. Facing Bolivia, they won 2-0 in front of 47 thousand supporters.

In fact, the host's performance was also so impressive. The captain, Christian Pulisic, only needed three minutes to open the scoring before Folarin Bolagun doubled the score at the end of the first half.

The victory also made a historic record for the coach, Gregg Berhalter. The result was the 44th victory as the manager of the United States. The record is the third most after Jurgen Klinsmann (55) and Bruce Arena (81).

On the other hand, the United States is also the favorite party because they have a good record. Meeting Panama, the United States has won 18 times out of a total of 26 meetings and only lost on penalties at the last meeting.

Shifting to the Panamanian camp, they actually brought less qualified capital in the match later. You see, before meeting the United States, they even had a 1-3 defeat in the inaugural match against Uruguay.

Panama was overshadowed by bad results when clashing against the United States. The defeat against The Yanks could put Panama at risk of being eliminated early if in another match Uruguay managed to win against Bolivia.

Therefore, the spirit of rising from defeat and high focus is clearly needed by Panama in the match later. Moreover, the match is predicted to be tight because the United States also has a mission to make maximum offerings in front of its own supporters.