Goals and Highlights: Croatia 4-1 Canada in World Cup Qatar 2022

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CROATIA 4-1 CANADA

CROATIA GOAL

Majer sends the ball into the net to make it 4-1.

Add 6 more minutes.

Orsic, Pasalic and Majer came on.

Modric, Kovacic and Perisic came on.

Croatia changes

Miller of Canada and Modric of Croatia have been cautioned.

Kovasic's shot from outside the area went wide.

Milan Borjan's save to prevent the fourth goal.

Cavallini and Adekugbe in

Hutchinson and David come out

Canada changes

GOAL CROATIA

Andrej Kramaric controls the ball and smashes the shot low and wide of the goalkeeper to make it 3-1 and set them on their way to victory.

Milan Borjan made a good start to ward off Canada's danger.

Hoilett enters and Laryea leaves, Canada change.

Petkovic in, Livaja out, Croatia change

David's mid-range shot and Canada came close to an equalizer.

Diagonal delayed, penalty on the move that Andrej Kramaric hits and the goalkeeper saves.

Osorio's shot from outside the area goes wide.

Enter Osorio and Koné

Larín and Estáquio come out

Canada changes.

The second half begins between Croatia and Canada.

CROATIA 2-1 CANADA

Mateo Kovacic's shot from outside the area goes over.

Add 5 more minutes.

GOAL CROATIA

Marko Livaja's mid-range shot straight into the net to make it 2-1.

GOAL CROATIA

Andrej Kramaric's cross-shot inside the box to level the score 1-1.

Marko Livaja's powerful shot at the near post is deflected for a corner by Canada's goalkeeper.

They claimed a penalty in favor of Croatia but nothing was penalized.

Andrej Kramaric's goal disallowed after he had already hit it cross and underneath.

They claimed penalty in favor of Croatia, but nothing is sanctioned.

Gradually Croatia begins to have control of the ball and Canada begins to retreat.

CANADA HAS SCORED ITS FIRST EVER FIFA WORLD CUP GOAL 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/aF2CBvGUFz — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) November 27, 2022

Davies can't hit it in the face of defensive pressure, but it was out of bounds before.

A cross to the near post is blocked by the Canadian goalkeeper.

CANADA GOAL

Davies appears inside the box with the hammer blow and Canada wins it by the minimum difference.

The game between Croatia and Canada begins.

The anthems of Croatia and Canada are now playing.

We are minutes away from the start of the game between Croatia and Canada.

10 Junior Hoilett

14 Mark-Anthony Kaye

16 James Pantemis

21 Jonathan Osorio

24 David Wotherspoon

6 Samuel Piette

3 Sam Adekugbe

15 Ismaël Koné

25 Derek Cornelius

23 Liam Millar

8 Liam Fraser

1 Dayne St. Clair

12 Ike Ugbo

26 Joel Waterman

9 Lucas Cavallini

25 Luka Sucic

24 Josip Sutalo

7 Lovro Majer

18 Mislav Orsic

17 Ante Budimir

15 Mario Pasalic

3 Borna Barisic

13 Nikola Vlasic

2 Josip Stanisic

5 Martin Erlic

16 Bruno Petkovic

26 Kristijan Jakic

23 Ivica Ivusic

12 Ivo Grbic

18 Milan Borjan, 5 Steven Vitória, 4 Kamal Miller, 2 Alistair Johnston, 7 Stephen Eustáquio, 13 Atiba Hutchinson, 19 Alphonso Davies, 22 Richie Laryea, 17 Cyle Larin, 20 Jonathan David, 11 Tajon Buchanan.

1 Dominik Livakovic, 20 Josko Gvardiol, 6 Dejan Lovren, 19 Borna Sosa, 22 Josip Juranovic, 11 Marcelo Brozovic, 8 Mateo Kovacic, 10 Luka Modric, 9 Andrej Kramaric, 4 Ivan Perisic, 14 Marko Livaja.

These are the games that have been played and are yet to be played in Qatar 2022.

Japan 0-1 Costa Rica

Belgium 0-2 Morocco

Croatia vs Canada

Spain vs Germany.

A few minutes ago, the Canadian National Team took some time to get to know the field where they will be looking for their first victory in this tournament.

Do or Die 💪#WeCAN pic.twitter.com/1pliFKMiOM

— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) November 27, 2022

Despite not being Croatian, some Arabs have decided to support the current world runner-up.

🟥⬜️💪 #CROCAN #FIFAWorldCup #Vatreni pic.twitter.com/fL43yWXRB1

— HNS (@HNS_CFF) November 27, 2022

After Morocco's surprise win, here's how the group is going:

1. Morocco | 4 points | +2
2. Belgium | 3 points | -1
3. Croatia | 1 point | 0
4. Canada | 0 points | -1

In the first match of this group on this day, Morocco pulled off the upset and defeated Belgium, opening up the opportunity for Croatia and Canada, whichever wins, to advance to the next round.

Canada and Croatia will be looking for their first World Cup win after a disappointing performance in the first match. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the Group F game.

Do not miss a detail of the match with the live updates and commentaries of VAVEL. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and lineups for this Croatia vs Canada match for the World Cup Qatar 2022 on VAVEL US at Internacional Jalifa Stadium, in Doha, Qatar.

This is the start time of the game Croatia vs Canada of November 27th in several countries:

Argentina: 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Bolivia: 12:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Brazil: 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Chile: 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Colombia: 11:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Ecuador: 11:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

United States (ET): 11:00 AM on Fox and Telemundo

Spain: 5:00 PM

Mexico: 10:00 AM on Canal 5, Azteca 7, TUDN, ViX Plus and SKY Sports

Paraguay: 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

Peru: 11:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Uruguay: 1:00 PM on ESPN and Star +

It is worth noting that this is Canada's first participation since the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, so it will be the first official clash between these two nations, but it will also be the first duel in history because they have never met in friendly matches.

If there is a player who has a huge thirst for revenge for what happened in the first game, it is the Real Madrid player Alphonso Davies, who missed the penalty against Belgium that could have given them the victory, at least partially in the first half and missed it; reason why he has a personal revenge with the mission to do things much better.

The man of talent for both recovery and generation and for the definition of plays with his good mid-distance shot is the Real Madrid player Luka Modric, who must have a greater participation with the ball and, as he himself said, they must improve collectively to be able to think about the victory, remembering that they are the current runners-up of the world.

18 Milan Borjan, 5 Steven Vitória, 4 Kamal Miller, 2 Alistair Johnston, 7 Stephen Eustáquio, 13 Atiba Hutchinson, 19 Alphonso Davies, 22 Richie Laryea, 20 Jonathan David, 10 Junior Hoilett, 11 Tajon Buchanan.

1 Dominik Livakovic, 20 Josko Gvardiol, 6 Dejan Lovren, 19 Borna Sosa, 22 Josip Juranovic, 11 Marcelo Brozovic, 8 Mateo Kovacic, 10 Luka Modric, 9 Andrej Kramaric, 4 Ivan Perisic, 13 Nikola Vlasic.

Belgium 1-0 Canada, Date 1, Wednesday 23 November

Croatia vs Canada, Date 2, Sunday, November 27, 2010

Canada vs Morocco, Date 3, Thursday, December 1, December 1

Morocco 0-0 Croatia, Date 1, Wednesday, November 23

Croatia vs Canada, Date 2, Sunday, November 27

Croatia vs Belgium, Date 3, Thursday, December 1, Croatia vs Belgium, Date 3, Thursday, December 1

After the results obtained on the first matchday, neither country is assured of a place in the next round and with a loss they could be eliminated. In the case of Croatia there is a bigger margin considering that they already have a point, but they will close against the strongest rival in Belgium; while Canada shined in their debut but lost, but now they need to win to stay alive for the last matchday.

Canada's technical director, John Herdman, who became the first coach in the world to direct a World Cup in both the women's and men's categories, said he was very happy with his pupils for the way they played against Belgium, even though they did not win the game and lost by the minimum difference, but he highlighted the work they did throughout the 90 minutes, especially in the first half when they dominated their opponents.

"With a performance like this, I am proud of what they did, really proud. They showed that they can play here. I'm not going to criticize them because when you beat Belgium you can't complain too much. Sometimes it's your night and sometimes it's not."

At the end of the game, he indicated that their way of playing will be analyzed by their rivals but that they will not change it because it is the way they have approached the games since the CONCACAF qualifiers and, in addition, he emphasized that the squad, beyond being sad, is strengthened by the good face they gave in their presentation at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

"The teams will know what we do and how we go about our business, if we can be more ruthless in that attack we will get something out of these games. The group is wide open."

Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic stressed that while his team was dominant for much of the game, they lacked more creativity in the end zone to have been able to pull out a much better result than a 0-0 draw, which was the third scoreless draw so far at the World Cup.

"A tough game, we expected it, the opponent was good and compact, they prepared for us, they stood on the block, everyone was behind the ball. We knew that and "had a hand" a little bit, it seems to me that most of the players were afraid of mistakes, there was very little depth and vertical balls. We didn't know how to realize the situations we created, but we played with possession and control of the game. We lacked more determination and verticality.

Regarding whether the first match will help them to face Morocco, the coach argued that their focus is to score as many points as possible:

"I don't know how much more or less it can be, we know we have to win four or five points to get through the group."

The Croatia vs Canada match will be played at the Internacional Jalifa Stadium, in Doha, Qatar. The kick-off is scheduled at 11:00 am ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL US.