Day 11 Recaps: England Thrash Panama, Japan and Senegal Stay in First, Poland Crash Out

The final day in the tournament with a triple-header of matches, today brought us the last of the second round of the group stage matches. Panama-England kicked things off, and it was a delight for the viewers who love seeing goals. England provided 6 of the 7 goals of the game, the first coming in the 8th minute when John Stones headed it past Panama keeper Jaime Penedo straight from a corner. England got another goal in the 22nd from Harry Kane's converted PK. The PK was caused by Panama defender Fidel Escobar, who pushed down Jesse Lingard in the box two minutes earlier. Lingard got his goal when he curled the ball into the top, far right corner after a brilliant return ball from Raheem Sterling in the 36th. Four minutes leader, Stones headed in another close range ball after Penedo made a great block from Sterling's header. In the first minute of added time in the opening half, Kane forced another PK by being fouled in the box, and got his second from the converted PK. Kane got his hat-trick in the 62nd, when Ruben Loftus-Cheek's shot deflected off Kane's heel, fooling Penedo, putting him wrong-footed while the ball rolled into the right side of the net. Felipe Baloy got the lone goal for Panama in the 78th, when his head met the ball from a Ricardo Avila's free kick, by getting the ball over English keeper Jordan Pickford. England and Belgium are now moving on and are tied for first. Panama and Tunisia are eliminated.

Japan and Senegal, two teams that were surprisingly in the top half of Group H, faced off next. Sadio Mane gave Senegal the lead in the 11th minute, when, after a failed clearance, Youssouf Sabaly's shot was blocked by keeper Eiji Kawashima, only for the rebound to bounce off Mane's knee and into the net. Japan tied it up in the 34th, when Yuto Nagatomo left it for Takashi Inui, after getting to a chipped through-ball, and Inui coolly curled it past Senegal's Khadim N'Diaye into the low, far-right corner. In the second half, Japan's Yuya Osako missed a chance for an easy tap-in, and then Inui blasted a shot that hit the top of the crossbar. Seconds later, it was 2-1 Senegal when Moussa Wague blazed a shot into the top netting following a low cross from Sabaly. Japan equalized seven minutes later when Inui cut a ball to Keisuke Honda, who tapped it in to an empty net after N'Diaye failed to clear. The 2-2 result keeps both teams tied in first place.

Poland and Colombia desperately needed a win and three points to have a chance of moving on to the next round. In the 37th minute, Juan Cuadrado's low close-range cross was blocked out by Poland's keeper Wojciech Szczesny. Three minutes later, Juan Quintero whipped a cross inside the box that Yerry Mina headed in, beating Szczesny to the ball. Poland tried to get Robert Lewandowski chances in the box with long chances, but to no luck, unfortunately. In the 58th, Lewandowski had a chance, but his final touch was lacking, and keeper David Ospina covered the ball. Colombia would give Poland a 2 goal deficit in the 70th when Quintero threaded a pass between two defenders to Radamel Falcao, who shot close range with accuracy into the net. Colombia would make the game a rout when Cuadrado found himself one-on-one, after brilliant through-ball from James Rodriguez, and he got it past Szczesny in the 75th. Colombia are now in third, one point behind Japan and Senegal. Poland, with the loss, are eliminated.

Poland headed into the World Cup ranked as one of the top ten teams, failed to score a goal in the first two goals and were ultimately eliminated after today's loss