Norway dampen Panama's pre-World Cup hopes

AFP  |  Oslo 

World Cup-bound saw their hopes of a morale-boosting pre-tournament win crumble after just four minutes in a 1-0 defeat to

But Hernan Dario Gomez's men will be hoping for an upturn in fortunes after this latest setback ahead of the June 14-July 15 showpiece.

At the in Oslo, Norway, who are not qualified for the World Cup, took a fourth-minute lead through

Worryingly for Panama, the visitors struggled to create scoring chances, compounding a pre-preparation that has produced draws with (1-1) and (0-0) and defeats to (2-1), (1-0) and (6-0).

kick off their campaign against in Sochi on June 18, the same day group G opponents host England.

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First Published: Thu, June 07 2018. 10:00 IST