Panama manager Christiansen to consider resignation after goalless World Cup

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/panama/OWKqbCfi/"]Canaleros ‌[/a]had gone into their third game, against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]‌England[/a], already eliminated after back-to-back losses in their ‌first two games. Although they sometimes looked strong ‌on the counter-attack, the Central American side ultimately lost 2-0 to the Group L leaders, following earlier ‌1-0 defeats by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ghana/nNBjHale/"]Ghana[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a].[/p][p]"[b]I ⁠need time to ‌analyse all that has happened, the six years in Panama,[/b]" ​he told a press conference when asked about his future as manager. [/p][p]"I have ​to talk to many people, especially my family who has suffered because of my absence.[/p][p]"[b]Panama has ⁠been very ​strong in defence ... but you have to remember which teams we were playing. Today was particularly difficult, it was tough, England pressed intensely.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="7bc35080-e4f0-46c3-9aba-cde50fc43f84" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgyCzGr6hxM" social-type="youtube" /][p]Christiansen has overseen 94 matches in charge of Panama, [a href="https://www.transfermarkt.com/thomas-christiansen/leistungsdatenDetail/trainer/36659/verein_id/3577/datum_zu/2020-07-22/datum_ab/2026-06-28" target="_blank"]winning 45 and losing 27[/a]. [/p][p]"[b]We stood very ‌well on the pitch in the first half and we didn't give them too many opportunities to play in the middle, it was more on the outside. I am proud of how the team played under my direction. Although we played well, we didn't get points, we didn't get goals,[/b]" Christiansen added.[/p][p]"I think if we had games ‌like this every month, well of course ​we would get better with that intensity, that ‌speed."[/p][p]"[b]We had hoped to get some points but it didn't work out. We couldn't manage it for this World Cup, it was a shame, but the important thing is ⁠we recover and ⁠we are ready for ‌what comes next.[/b]"[/p]