The Concacaf first team says goodbye…

The Croatian national team came from behind to beat 4-1 Canadasecond team eliminated from the Qatar 2022 World Cupmeeting corresponding to Group F, held this Sunday at Khalifa International Stadium.

Canadians, who finished in first place in the draw concacaf, they topped the scoreboard just at minute 2 thanks to their superb figure Alphonse Daviesfootball player Bayern Munich; however, Croats They detected the rival’s weaknesses, mainly in central defense, and they turned the tide with goals from Andrej Kramaric, author of a double, at 36 ‘and 70’, Marko Livaja at 44′ and Lovro Majer at 90+4′.

With this result, Croatia reaches 4 points and shares the leadership of Group F with Morocco; whereas, Belgium is further behind with 3 units and Canada in the background without addition and already eliminated.

The Canadian team took the lead with a “goal in the locker room”. At minute 2, Tajon Buchanan took a metered service of right for the arrival of Alphonse Davis, which appeared as a locomotive behind the Croatian side Josip Juranovic and finished with his head to burn the nets of the frame defended by Dominik Livakovic.

The Balkans took several minutes to accept the blow and, although they had a slight reaction, those led by john shepherd They did not slow down and weighed down the Croatian Marco.

At 26′, the current world vice-champion gave a first opinion of improvement and marked by Andrej Kramaric, but the goal did not go up on the scoreboard, having been canceled due to a misplaced millimeter by the Hoffenheim player.

Croatia grew up partying and planted himself dangerously in the Canadian zone, first with a point-blank shot from Marko Livaja. And then, with great participation from Ivan Pericic, half goal for Andrej Kramaric, who shot with his left foot and crossed to leave with no chance of Milan Borjan.

And the Croatian comeback was made at 44′, thanks to the two Marko Livaja, who capitalized ingenuity in branding Canadian power plants, shoot from the right that makes it impossible to shoot borjan basically.

Croatia was master of the game in the complementary part and extended the advantage to the 70′, thanks to the second goal of andrej kramaricwho controlled the ball in the area and shot between the legs of a defender and the ball went past the right post in front of the impotence of Borjan.

Croatian lace reached 90+4′, when kamal miller made a big mistake on the Canadian release, mislav orsic stole the ball and witnessed the arrival of Lovro Majer, who simply pushed the ball into the net.

Canada will complete the group stage on Thursday 1 December against Morocco in the At Thumama Stadium; whereas, Croatia will face Belgium in the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.

Case
Group F / Date 2
Croatia 4-1 Canada
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Goals
0-1 (2′).- Alphonso Davies
1-1 (36′).- Andrej Kramaric
2-1 (44′).- Marko Livaja
3-1 (70′).- Andrej Kramaric
4-1 (90+4′).- Lovro Majer

Compositions
Croatia
Dominik Livakovic
Josko Gvardiol
Dejan Lovren (Yellow, 56′)
Borna Sosa
Josip Juranovic
Marcelo Brozovic
Matthew Kovacic
(Lovro Majer, 86′)
Luka Modric (Yellow, 85′)
(Mario Pasalic, 86′)
Marko Livaja
(Bruno Petkovic, 60′)
ivan perisic
(Mislav Orsic, 86′)
andrej kramaric
(Nikola Vlasic, 73′)
TD: Zlatko Dalic

Canada
milan borjan
Kamal Miller (Yellow, 85′)
Steven Vitoria
richie laryea
(Junior Hoilett, 62′)
Alistair Johnston
Stephen Eustaquio
(Ismael Koné, 45′)
Atiba Hutchinson
(Sam Adekugbe, 73′)
Alphonse Davies
Tajon Buchanan (Yellow, 52′)
Cyle Larin
(Jonathan Osorio, 45′)
jonathan david
(Lucas Cavallini, 72′)
TD: John Herdman