Good day and welcome to Sportstar’s reside protection of the FIFA World Cup Group F match between Croatia and Canada, occurring on the Khalifa Worldwide Stadium.
Predicted XI
Croatia: Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic
Canada: Borjan; Laryea, Johnston, Vitoria, Miller, Davies; Buchanan, Hutchinson, Eustaquio, Larin; David
Quantity crunching
Croatia’s goalless draw with Morocco on MD1 ended its run of scoring in 11 consecutive World Cup matches. Solely as soon as has it failed to attain in consecutive video games on the identical version of the event, doing so in its first two group video games in 2006.
World Cup kind
Croatia: Drew 0-0 vs Morocco
Canada: Misplaced 0-1 vs Belgium
PREVIEW
Canada had simply misplaced its first World Cup match in 36 years, outplaying Belgium for a lot of a 1-0 defeat, and an emotional John Herdman revealed within the on-field interview what he had simply informed his gamers throughout a postgame huddle.
“I informed them they belong right here. And we’re going to go and F Croatia,” the coach stated with a smile, utilizing a single letter to keep away from a televised profanity. “That’s so simple as it will get.”
His phrases reveberated all the way in which to Zagreb as Sunday’s Croatia-Canada sport approached.
Croatia’s 24 Sata (24 Hours) tabloid ran a fullpage picture of a unadorned Herdman with Maple Leaf flags over his mouth and personal components and a headline that translated to: “You’ve got the mouth, however do you might have the (guts) as nicely?”
Commenting Saturday on Herdman’s phrases, Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić used the phrase “respect” 13 instances in a 90-second span.
“This manner of placing phrases collectively just isn’t an indication of respect,” he stated by way of a translator. “The best way we play, the way in which we behave and the way in which we respect all others are the explanations we’re worthy of respect.”
Sitting subsequent to Dalić, winger Ivan Perišić stated merely: “I second the top coach and I can not look forward to the match to start.”
Talking earlier than Dalić, Herdman used humor in an try to defuse tensions.
“Once you get a textual content out of your spouse telling me it’s essential to begin understanding earlier than you get residence, yeah, you suppose you already know one thing’s occurring,” Herdman stated, noting the newspaper picture was of a trimmer midsection than his personal.
“My spouse’s coming after you guys,” he informed a reporter from that Croatian paper, laughing. “She needs she bought that man. I’ve bought a bit extra of a stomach than that. I’ve been consuming an excessive amount of.”
On Thursday, Herdman had defined what his intent was.
“You say these issues in an impassioned second making an attempt to encourage your staff in a huddle, and whenever you’re requested the query what you stated in that huddle, yeah, it was what I stated,” he stated.
“It’s not massively respectful to Croatian individuals and the Croatian nationwide staff. I perceive very nicely the place they’re at on the world stage. However in that second, you’ve taken your males to that subsequent place,” he added.
Taking part in Croatia for the primary time, Canada might be eradicated with one other defeat.
Croatia, which misplaced the 2018 last to France, is the world’s Twelfth-ranked staff and opened with a 0-0 draw in opposition to Morocco. Star Luka Modrić, taking part in what is probably going his final World Cup at age 37, put a first-half shot over the crossbar.
Canada has performed simply 4 World Cup video games in its historical past and nonetheless is trying to find its first purpose. The Canadians outshot the Belgians 21-9 however gave up a Forty fourth-minute purpose to Michy Batshuayi from an extended cross on a counter. Alphonso Davies had an opportunity to place Canada forward within the eleventh minute however his penalty kick was saved by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
“We all know precisely what our slingshot is and we’ve bought to be able to assault that throughout totally different video games now as a result of, as I say, the duvet’s off from Canada,” Herdman stated. ”I feel individuals come into this sport, the subsequent video games respecting us a little bit bit extra.”
Captain Atiba Hutchinson, at 39 the one member of the present roster alive when Canada went 0-3 on the 1986 World Cup, could make his a hundredth worldwide look Sunday — Julian de Guzman is second with 89.
Midfielder Jonathan Osorio is wanting ahead to dealing with the final World Cup’s runner-up.
“We prefer to play the most effective,” he stated after the Belgium match. “We’re excited for the problem”.
-AP
When is the FIFA World Cup match between Canada vs Croatia?
The FIFA World Cup Group C match between Canada and Croatia will begin at 9:30pm IST on the Khalifa Worldwide stadium.
The place to look at the reside telecast of Canada vs Croatia within the FIFA World Cup 2022 in India?
The reside telecast of the Group C match between Canada and Croatia can be accessible on Sports18 in India.
The place to look at the reside stream of Canada vs Croatia within the FIFA World Cup 2022 in India?
The reside stream of the Group C match between Canada and Croatia can be accessible on Voot, Jio Cinema in India.
