Croatia finally enters its World Cup and eliminates Canada. Unrecognizable once morest Morocco on the first day, the finalist of the last edition won an essential success Sunday in Doha once morest Canada (4-1). Alphonso Davies, however, opened the scoring very early (2nd), becoming the first Canadian scorer in World Cup history. Andrej Kramaric (36th, 70th), Marko Livaja (44th) and Lovro Majer (90th + 4) then punished a Canadian selection still too limited at this stage of the competition. With two losses in two games, the Canucks are already eliminated. For the Vatreni, there will remain a “final” to play once morest Belgium to climb definitively into the eighth (Thursday, 4 p.m.).
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Davies, Canada’s first World Cup scorer
This checkered team is definitely not the one that delighted a large part of the followers in 2018, but they are finally starting to show themselves convincing. It was probably necessary to go through the express air conditioning signed Alphonso Davies, header scorer following only two minutes of play (2nd), to observe the awakening of the Vatreni. A historic achievement in more ways than one, as it crowns the Bayern left-back as Canada’s leading scorer in the World Cup. Stunned, Croatia waited for the horizon of the first quarter of an hour of play to correct their dross and fully exploit the spaces left behind by Canadians still euphoric.
Gradually, the balance of power was reversed. Marko Livaja gave the first cold sweats to the Canadian supporters who came in large numbers to the Khalifa Stadium in Doha (22nd). Four minutes later, Andrej Kramaric was denied the equalizer for an offside from Livaja at the start of the action (26th). Not enough to upset the scorer of the checkered team, author of an instantaneous recovery in the small net shortly following the half hour of play (1-1, 36th). Irresistibly, the Croats accumulated dangerous situations near the surface of a helpless Milan Borjan on a clear strike from Livaja, served following a rush from Josip Juranovic (2-1, 44th).
Croatia first in group, Canada eliminated
Upon returning from the locker room, the trend was confirmed with many technical approximations from the Canucks at all levels of the lawn. The team at the checkered flag also showed clumsiness, because it might have widened the gap before the hour mark (51st, 54th, 58th). In the meantime, only a sublime strike from Jonathan David put a little worried Dominik Livakovic to work in the second half (56th). The goal of the break finally came from Kramaric. The Croat offered himself a double of a sequence full of vista – control oriented right foot then strikes with the left foot (70th).
Overwhelmed, the Reds left gaping spaces between the lines, logically conceding a fourth goal in added time signed Lovro Majer (90th + 4). Far from it, John Herdman’s men have rubbed shoulders with the highest level of selection football, and are already taking the door, eliminated following two defeats. Among the Croats, confidence is gaining the ranks of the partners of a once once more hyperactive Luka Modric. The Vatreni occupy first place in group F, which they will have to defend at the same time as their ticket for the eighth, next Thursday once morest Belgium (4 p.m.).
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