Everything will come down to the final cycle.
Croatia defeated Canada tonight (Sunday) 1:4 and arranged for us a particularly exciting ending to the fifth house in the Qatar World Cup, when three teams will compete for two tickets to the round of 16.
The amiable Canadians were definitively eliminated.
It took the North Americans 68 seconds to score a historic goal, the first ever in the World Cup.
Alphonso Davis' super-fast 0:1 caught Croatia off guard, until finally the world runner-up took control of the game on the way to a turnaround.
Already in the first half, it was Andriy Kramrich (36) and Marko Livaya (44) who gave the Croatians a lead, in the 70th minute Kramrich completed a brace and another goal by Lobro Mayero, the substitute in the 94th minute, closed the story of the game and that of the Canadians in the tournament already after two games.
As mentioned, following Morocco's surprise win over Belgium earlier, the Croatians have set up a three-way battle for a place in the next stage, with any result but a loss sending them there.
Croatia with an explosion over Canada, photo: Getty Images
Modric and Miller confront, photo: Reuters
Alphonso Davis.
A quick and first goal in the World Cup for Canada,
Canada is going home, but can take a lot of good things from Qatar,
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