{"id":212363,"date":"2026-06-01T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/brazil-6-2-panama-may-31-2026-game-analysis-espn\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:09:15","slug":"brazil-6-2-panama-may-31-2026-game-analysis-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/brazil-6-2-panama-may-31-2026-game-analysis-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil 6-2 Panama (May 31, 2026) Game Analysis &#8211; ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2a051c42-4444-8263-799a-6cdd866bd8f7\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=205\">Brazil<\/a> scored four times in the second half as they continued their World Cup preparations with a 6-2 victory over <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"33e402f9-5298-59a9-7bcb-8e31e3eda3c3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=2659\">Panama<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.<br \/>Carlo Ancelotti changed 10 of his starting lineup at halftime as they proved too strong for England&#8217;s final group opponents, although there was no place in the matchday squad for Neymar, who is recovering from a calf injury.<br \/>The hosts needed just two minutes to go ahead, <a data-player-guid=\"f78d15e9-f696-dc66-52f0-b3f28e6b83e1\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/252107\/vinicius-junior\">Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior<\/a> finding the top corner with a shot from outside the box.<br \/>The lead only lasted until the 14th minute, Amir Murillo&#8217;s free kick going in off <a data-player-guid=\"e23ba36a-2422-dcd8-38cb-0931d17443ed\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/259902\/matheus-cunha\">Matheus Cunha<\/a> before his <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"6ebc2fd0-35d3-733b-5666-b75035a3bce9\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=360\">Manchester United<\/a> colleague Casemiro headed in a cross from\u00a0Vin\u00edcius to restore their advantage before the break.<\/p>\n<p>After a raft of halftime changes, Bournemouth&#8217;s Rayan stretched the advantage eight minutes into the second period with <a data-player-guid=\"2d31993f-f92c-630d-a27b-9919656dcce7\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/234715\/lucas-paqueta\">Lucas Paquet\u00e1<\/a> adding a fourth on the hour.<br \/>Brentford&#8217;s <a data-player-guid=\"b45856db-7abf-3a50-bdaf-251ea427b2b1\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/301894\/igor-thiago\">Igor Thiago<\/a> added a fifth from the penalty spot three minutes later after being fouled by <a data-player-guid=\"97869cf8-1c1f-4605-58e8-9c08eae4bb05\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/191806\/orlando-mosquera\">Orlando Mosquera<\/a>.<br \/><a data-player-guid=\"b1b52333-79d5-e68e-a375-22d0e2574863\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/272224\/danilo\">Danilo<\/a> found the bottom corner from Lucas Paqueta&#8217;s through ball to add a sixth before <a data-player-guid=\"6742c647-5f1f-87c7-d939-a2d1dd8015cd\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/285452\/carlos-harvey\">Carlos Harvey<\/a> reduced the deficit late on for Panama.<br \/>Brazil complete their warmup games against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"1326a2f9-1a26-1d6d-67b2-bb34d1c726ce\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=2620\">Egypt<\/a> in Cleveland on Saturday ahead of their opening World Cup game against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"a6945df8-27b1-9615-af13-7379154954b9\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=2869\">Morocco<\/a> on June 13.<br \/><em>Information from PA was used in this recap.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTFA4Q1o4VWlLTDdMM3pZbnpqb2pXSGtQZEthWEVWbVpjMzdDb2p3TlRaWlpaNENtQktmZHdXNVJHQUpuaE1aMUlkQ3dWVy1vbTBNRDB1eE5Bd0hvT2g2YUJBUTBPVQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil scored four times in the second half as they continued their World Cup preparations with a 6-2 victory over Panama in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.Carlo Ancelotti changed 10 of his starting lineup at halftime as they proved too strong for England&#8217;s final group opponents, although there was no place in the matchday squad 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