On his evidence, Gareth Southgate’s only concern on June 24 should be his players swerving injury ahead of their Belgium showdown.
The closest that Panama got to doing damage in their final World Cup warm-up came in the form of a string of hacks that stopped Norway adding to an early Joshua King strike.
Keeper Sten Grytebust claimed the assist straight from a goal kick as Bournemouth striker King raced unopposed past static Panamanian defenders to slot in the winner on four minutes in Oslo.
Southgate might claim that any win will do against the Central Americans in 18 days time, but he will watch this and know England should stick a bagful past this lot.
Panama’s players raced around chasing balls like their places depended on it, hacking down Norwegians at the first sign of danger.