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The sunset does not reach Croatia

2022-11-27T18:56:52.072Z


Modric's incombustible talent and a double from Kramaric lead his team to appease the enthusiasm of the spirited Canada, who is eliminated


Croatia is Luka Modric.

Like him, he resists the sunset.

And he does it precisely from him, with a supernatural clairvoyance, with the float of a dancer and the determination of a guerrilla.

As long as Modric continues, Croatia has a rope, and it is not too noticeable how the team is revitalized, where only six players from their unforgettable World Cup in Russia remain.

On that certainty, they lifted the victory against the courageous Canada that leaves them first in their group and eliminates the North Americans from the tournament.

Canada has been one of the most refreshing appearances in the World Cup, in which it had not appeared since Mexico, 36 years ago.

In the first game, he seriously scared a Belgium with decadent airs but supported by Thibaut Courtois.

The Real Madrid goalkeeper saved a penalty from Alphonso Davies and his team had a second life to win the game with a goal that came from a 60-meter ball.

That night at the Ahmad bin Ali, Canada did not deflate, but continued to push Belgium and threaten their goal.

Against Croatia something unusual happened.

The Canadians scored a goal, something they had not achieved the other time they were in a World Cup.

It was Davies, whose trace can be found in all the threats in Canada, where his talent is much more evident than at Bayern.

The 0-1 move sums up a lot of the machinery that John Herdman has assembled, starting from the moment it occurred, with the party still taking off its rheum.

These people don't wait.

Larin took a ball from the goalkeeper and gave it to Buchanan, who put it on the head of Davies.

It was Canada's first goal in a World Cup.

What happened after the goal also defines this team.

After that historic milestone against the finalist of the last World Cup, they continued as if nothing had happened.

Always on the attack, with Davies on the left wing, Buchanan on the right, with the area always in his sights.

But with the same problem as against Belgium: they don't finish what they are about to finish.

They always have the goal further away than it seems.

Croatia woke up more slowly, with a runrún of diesel.

They began to find Modric and the world seemed clearer.

Every time the ball reaches him, the light turns on.

At first, it was subtle brushstrokes, flickers in midfield.

He looked out over the Canadian grid, touched the ball, and a teammate found himself in a small wasteland.

Modric doesn't move fast, but he does before anyone else.

From their accurate and delicate pecks, Croatia was unraveling the insistent enthusiasm of Herdman's men.

Thus they sent the first ball to the net.

Modric dodged a wall with the outside and the ball ended up reaching Kramaric, who scored a goal that VAR erased for offside.

But Croatia was already there, and touch that touch was melting Canada, with the security of a group that maintains formidable confidence in their control of the game.

This is how the goals were falling, the first two also with a very Modric touch.

In the first, Perisic assisted Kramaric between the legs of a defender, like the Real Madrid player assisted Benzema in the Champions League against PSG, and the striker scored the first of his two goals.

In the second, the assistance of the spout went from Juranovic to Livaja.

The party was from Croatia, but Canada kept up the enthusiasm.

And the mistake.

They have one game left in this World Cup, on Thursday against Morocco, and then in 2026, when they will host Mexico and the US. Croatia will remain in Qatar, which, also on Thursday, can send Belgium back home Courtois and Hazard, third in Russia, closer to sunset that does not reach Modric.

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Classification

Group F

PT

P.J.

PG

PE

PP

1

CRO

4

two

1

1

0

two

SEA

4

two

1

1

0

3

BEL

3

two

1

0

1

4

DOG

0

two

0

0

two

Group F

PT

P.J.

PG

PE

PP

1

CRO

4

two

1

1

0

two

SEA

4

two

1

1

0

3

BEL

3

two

1

0

1

4

DOG

0

two

0

0

two

Source: elparis

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