Cycle 2
18:00
27/11/2022
Croatia
0
:
0
Canada
Report by Paz Hasdai, messenger of Walla!
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Croatia
After being stopped only in the final of the previous World Cup against France, the world runner-up opened the World Cup in Qatar with a dismal and 0:0 game against Morocco, which it doubtless deserved.
Zlatko Dalic's team only kicked five times on goal against the Moroccans and Dalic also admitted that "they lacked courage" in this game.
The Croats suffered from a terrible lack of punch, when Andrej Kramaric, who was placed on the wing, did not show up.
Despite this, Dalic is not expected to change his lineup, with Mislav Orsic expected to come off the bench again.
Coach Dalic complained again about the early match time in the 0:0 against Morocco: "The Croatian team deserves respect from everyone. We earned it with our performances, our behavior and our results - not only now but throughout history. It's not honorable that they put us at noon, we are runners-up The world champion. England, Spain, France or Brazil would not be treated this way. This is not the right attitude towards Croatia. We will arrive ready to play football against Canada, but we deserve respect."
Was weak in the first game.
Perisic (Photo: Reuters)
Canada
One of the impressive teams of the first round was Canada, except that Alphonso Davies missed a penalty in the frustrating 1:0 against Belgium and missed an opportunity to score a historic goal for the Canadians, who did not score and lost in the three games they played in their only World Cup so far (Mexico 1986).
Canada kicked as many as 22 times at the Belgian goal in the previous match, but only found the frame three times.
To add a punch to the front, Kyle Larin may start this time on the edge in place of Junior Hollitt who was weak in the previous game.
Coach John Hardman said after the loss to Belgium that his team would come to "fuck Croatia" and in response a tabloid in Croatia published a large picture of him on an entire page when he is naked and only maple leaves cover his mouth and his humble limbs, with the caption: "You have a mouth, But do you also have the eggs?".
Herdman addressed this at the press conference and jokingly said to the Croats: "My wife follows you, she would be happy to have this guy. I'm fatter than the guy you presented there."
About the meeting he said: "We have a bit of a game waiting for us, a bit of a test for us."
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Trivia
* The two teams have never met, but Croatia has played three times in the World Cup against rivals from North and Central America.
In her debut match, she beat Jamaica 1:3 in 1998 and four years later lost 1:0 to Mexico, who also beat her in the 2014 World Cup (1:3).
* Croatia have lost just one game in their last 17 games since Euro 2022.
She had 11 wins and five draws.
* Canada is still without points and without a goal in the four games it has played in the World Cup so far.
All the games, by the way, were against opponents from Europe.
* Canada's last win over a European opponent was more than 11 years ago: 0:1 over Belarus in a friendly in March 2011. Since then they have had 13 unsuccessful attempts.
The composition of the groups
Referee:
Andres Matonte (Uruguay)
Stadium:
Khalifa (El Wokhara)
Croatia coach: Zlatko Dalic
The game setup
4:3:3
1d.
Libakovich
22 J.
Juranovic
20
Gabriel
6d.
Luburn
19b.
mare
8 m.
Kovacic
10 to
Modric
11 m.
Brozovich
13 n.
Vlasic
9a.
Kramaric
4a.
Frisic
Substitutes bench:
Canada Coach: John Hardman
The game setup
5:3:2
18 m.
Burian
22 r.
to the lion
4 k.
Miller
5s.
Vittoria
2a.
Johnston
19a.
Davis
11t.
Buchanan
13a.
Hutchinson
7s.
Ostacchio
20 c.
David
17 k.
to Erin
Substitutes bench:
sixth house
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Belgium
1
1
0
0
0-1
3
2
Morocco
1
0
1
0
0-0
1
3
Croatia
1
0
1
0
0-0
1
4
Canada
1
0
0
1
1-0
0
The final round of Group V will be held on Thursday, when Croatia will meet Belgium at 17:00 and at the same time Canada will play against Morocco.
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