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Live: Matildas hope to redeem themselves in second Panama friendly — live By Marnie Vinall Topic:Sport The Matildas face Panama in their fourth and final game of this June/July international window. The series against S...

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By Marnie Vinall

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The Matildas face Panama in their fourth and final game of this June/July international window.

The series against Slovenia and Panama is the first under new coach Joe Montemurro as Australia prepare for the Asian Cup on home soil next year.

Follow along all the action through ou live blog below.

By Marnie Vinall

By Marnie Vinall

Just a breezy six yellow cards in a very physical game that the Matildas lost to Panama 1-0.

Panama stunned the home crowd when it took a 56th-minute lead through 19-year-old substitute Sherline King in Saturday's wet and windy friendly.

The Matildas, ranked 15th in the world, pushed hard for an equaliser, and it looked set to arrive in the 96th minute when a goalkeeper's save fell at the feet of Michelle Heyman.

But her reflex left-foot strike from point-blank range sent the ball over the crossbar, with Panama's players celebrating wildly upon hearing the full-time whistle just moments later.

It marked the Matildas' first loss under new coach Joe Montemurro, who had led the side to a 3-0 win and 1-1 draw against Slovenia in his previous two matches in charge.

By Marnie Vinall

Hello soccer fans and welcome to tonight's blog for the Matildas' clash with Panama, the second in the two-game series.

In the first, Australia went down to Panama 1-0 (but they did play four debutants, have their third string goalkeeper called upon and were missing a good slew of stars).

Still, they'll be looking to improve upon that tonight.

We'll have rolling coverage of all the action. Let's get to it!

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