Tim Vickery

But that's the idea.

But it only leaves you two men in the central midfield.

And one of them is Casemiro, he's 34.

And in that first half, Panama had more possession and as many shots.

And Panama just weave their patterns all around Bruno and Casemiro.

And that was a real worry.

I've always been concerned about this formation, especially getting into the extreme heat when you want to run less.

And here, this was a cool night.

It's late autumn, cool night.

And Bruno Guimaraes and Casemiro, they were outnumbered and outplayed.

Halftime, different formation, three in central midfield, all former Premier League players.

Fabinho comes on for Casemiro.

Danilo Santos, who was at Forest, and Lucas Paquita, who was at West Ham.

It just works.

The three in midfield, it's more compact.

They've got more control.

And suddenly, bang, bang, bang, the chance of being created, the goals are going in.

So Ancelotti came, he confessed, he came away with that game, scratching his head with doubt.

What are we going to do?

What happens now?