Led by a brace from Andrej Kramaric, Croatia overturned Alphonso Davies’ opening goal and beat Canada 4-1 on Sunday, a result that eliminated the North Americans at their first World Cup in 36 years.
Davies scored Canada’s first World Cup goal after 68 seconds, but the team’s first appearance at football’s showpiece event will culminate on Thursday with a duel against Morocco, who unexpectedly share the top spot in Group F with the Croats after a shock 2-0 win at Belgium. before.
Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer also scored for Croatia, who lost to France in the 2018 World Cup final.
Canada suffered their second straight defeat of the tournament in a match where they took the lead on a header from Davies, who appeared alone in the heart of the box after Tajon Buchanan’s cross from the right. Davies missed a penalty in the 1-0 loss to Belgium.
After being surprised by the initial Canadian momentum, Croatia gradually took the lead and exposed the defensive fragility of John Herdman’s team.
Kramaric and Livaja turned things around before the break by scoring after 36 and 44 minutes respectively. Kramaric signed the third at 70 and Majer sentenced to discounts.
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