In the early morning of November 28, Beijing time, the group stage of the Qatar World Cup continued, and a duel in Group H, the runner-up of the last World Cup Croatia , facing the Canadian team that returned to the World Cup after 36 years.
match background:
first round of the game, both teams performed quite well, but neither of them could win. Croatia played against Morocco , with a ball possession rate of up to 64.8%. However, Moroccan goalkeeper Bunu made a brave save many times, and the two teams finally made a blank pass.
Canada faced the last third place Belgium , and the shooting ratio of the two teams was 22-7. In the end, with the sudden inspiration of Bashuayi , Canada lost 0-1 0-1 . Croatia with
1 points against Canada with 0 points. This is a game where no one can afford to lose.
game review:
only 67 seconds into the game, Canadian goalkeeper kicked off with big feet, Buchanan crossed at a 45-degree angle on the right, Alfonso Davis jumped high in the middle, scored a header, and Canada got a fantasy start .
After scoring the goal, Canada became more and more excited. There were even fewer horizontal passes between players. As long as they got the ball, the target was only Croatia's penalty area. The last runner-up in was once overwhelmed by .
20 minutes later, Canada's physical fitness seemed to have some problems. Croatia gradually controlled the rhythm of the game. The instigation of Modric made Canada's defense lose sight of one thing.
In the 23rd minute, Brozovic made a straight pass, Livaja quickly passed the ball to Kramalic , the latter broke into the penalty area, shook the defender and flashed out of the angle, and shot at a small angle.
However, the lineman raised his head to signal offside. It can be seen that at the moment Livaja received the ball, his arm was already in offside. The balance of
game has been tilted. In the 36th minute, Perisic's straight pass turned into an assist, and Kramalic broke into the penalty area and scored at a small angle to equalize the score.
In the 44th minute, Yulanovic dribbled the ball and broke through, Canada's defense line had all lost its position, a set of loose sand, Livaja's low shot helped Croatia take the lead.
After halftime, Croatia temporarily led Canada 2-1.
The second half just started, Croatia did the same thing, Osorio dodged the angle at the top of the arc, shot hard with his right foot, and the ball almost flew out against the post.
10 minutes later, Buchanan 's powerful shot in front of the penalty area was pushed out of the baseline by Livakovic.
In the 70th minute, Croatia's simple defensive counterattack against made the Canadian defense completely panic. When 2 hit 5, Kramalic stopped the ball, passed the ball, shot, but no one defended it. 3-1, Kramalic completely killed the game .
stoppage time, Mayer formed a single shot and easily scored. In the end, Croatia was behind 0-1 at the beginning, and reversed Canada 4-1 with . After two rounds, 1 win and 1 draw. Croatia and Morocco scored 4 points together, Belgium scored 1 win and 1 loss and 3 points in the last round.
Canada lost all 2 games, the football desert country that was stormy in youth was eliminated one round ahead of schedule, but they could leave with their heads held high.
