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SPORTS Monday 28 noveMber 2022
Croatia downs Canada 4-1 at World Cup on Kramaric’s 2 goals

AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — day. beat their next opponents.
A bit of trash talk meant Alphonso Davies scored Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic
to inspire Canada instead Canada’s first-ever men’s responded the day before
motivated Croatia. World Cup goal a minute the match and he was still
Canada coach John into the match but Marko salty about it on Sunday.
Herdman had tried to Livaja and Lovro Majer also He took a dig at Herdman,
boost his team following a scored for Croatia, which a 47-year old Englishman
loss to Belgium to open the lost to France in the final who coached Canada’s
team’s first World Cup ap- four years ago in Russia team at the 2015 Wom-
pearance in 36 years — us- and opened with a score- en’s World Cup, after the
ing colorful language that less draw against Morocco. match.
Croatia took exception to. Luka Modric, the 37-year- “He is a high quality pro-
The 2018 runners-up re- old captain who runs the fessional, but it will take
sponded on Sunday with midfield for Croatia, is still time for him to learn some
a 4-1 victory over the Ca- looking for his first goal of things,” Dalic said.
nadians, who were elimi- the tournament in what is Croatia and Morocco, Croatia’s Andrej Kramaric, center, and Borna Sosa, second
nated after two matches likely his final World Cup. which caused another up- right, gesture during the World Cup group F soccer match be-
in Qatar. Canada opened the tour- set at this year’s tourna- tween Croatia and Canada, at the Khalifa International Stadium
“I have to say thank you to nament with a 1-0 loss to ment by beating Belgium in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022.
the head coach of Can- Belgium. Afterward, Herd- 2-0 earlier Sunday, both (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
ada for the motivation,” man stirred a bit of contro- have four points in Group
said Andrej Kramaric, who versy when he recounted F. Belgium has three points and quality, and no one and can’t advance even if
scored two goals on Sun- his post-game message and still has a chance to was happier about that it beats Morocco on Thurs-
to his players, using the advance. than me,” Dalic said. day in its final match. Croa-
first letter of a profanity to “Croatia once again dem- Canada earned no points tia and Belgium will play at
describe how they would onstrated power, strength from its first two matches the same time.q

Group C
2 - 0 nov 26
POL KSA
2 - 0 nov 26
ARG MEX

Group D
0 - 1 nov 26
TUN AUS
2 - 1 nov 26
FRA DEN

Group E
0 - 1 nov 27
JAP CRC
1 - 1 nov 27
ESP GER

Group F
0 - 2 nov 27
BEL MAR
4 - 1 nov 27
CRO CAN

Group G
_ - _ nov 28
CAM SER
_ - _ nov 28
BRA SUI

Group H
_ - _ nov 28
KOR GHA
_ - _ nov 28
POR URU