November 28, 2022 (Jack87 News) – The last World Cup’s runner-up Croatia, battled Canada at the Khalifa Stadium in the early morning of November 28. In this game, Alfonso Davis scored with a header in the opening two minutes of the match with his first World Cup goal in team history. After that, BK8 Kramaric scored twice for Croatia, a big reason they bagged a landslide victory. Canada, having a group record of one wins one tie, and two losses, ended up being eliminated early.
In the early part of the first half of the game, only one minute passed, Canada made its first attack with midfielder Lalin stopping the high-altitude ball and giving it to Buchanan on the right. Alfonso Davis inserted into the middle of the penalty area at high speed and rushed to the goal. Canada scored the first goal in the team’s World Cup history and the fastest goal in this World Cup. Canada led 1-0.
Not long after in the 35th minute, Bet99 Croatia started to put pressure on the frontcourt and finally ushered in a goal. The left side continued to cooperate with the conduction. Perisic made an oblique pass behind him from the corner of the penalty area that drew the game 1-1.
In the 43rd minute, Croatia scored again with Juranovic dribbling the ball diagonally from the right to the center. Before the defender blocked it, a crotch ball was passed to the center. Livaja stopped at the top of the penalty area. The ball took advantage of the trend and scored with a low shot with his right foot. Croatia overtook the lead 2-1.
As the second half started, in the 69th minute, Hutchinson’s midfield pass was interrupted, and Croatia’s offense was pushed to the left. After Perisic took the ball, he cut in and passed to the back of the penalty area. After Kramaric stopped and shook Miller, a low left-footed shot from the far corner scored which gives Croatia a 3-1 advantage.
In the latter part of the battle, Croatia scored another goal. The ball came to the midfield with a big foot clearance from the backcourt. Miller made a huge mistake in stopping the ball and directly missed it behind him. Orsic dribbled the ball into the penalty area and chose to cross. The running player rushed to push and shot successfully, and the Croatian team led 4-1 Boda8. Since then, both teams have not scored again. In the end Croatia sealed their first win in the 2022 World Cup sending Canada home.
