Alphonso Davies had the perfect chance to make history as the first Canadian man to score a goal at the World Cup, but was unable to beat Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois from the penalty spot. Follow along for live updates from the Canada vs. Belgium game:
Where: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Ar-RayyanHow to watch: TSN and CTVKAI PFAFFENBACH/ReutersAlphonso Davies had the perfect chance to make history as the first Canadian man to score a goal at the World Cup, but was unable to beat Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois from the penalty spot.
The miss was the only blemish on an otherwise bright opening 15 minutes for Canada, which got onto the front foot to attack Belgium, the world’s second-ranked team.With Cyle Larin, the Canadian men’s national team’s leading scorer with 25 goals, starting on the bench Wednesday, Jonathan David gets the assignment to spearhead Canada’s attack against Belgium.
But everyone on this Canadian team is excited at the prospect of becoming the first player from this country to score in a men’s World Cup match. In the team’s only other appearance, in Mexico 86, the team went scoreless in three round-robin defeats to France, Hungary and the USSR. Their entrance was greeted by huge cheers and chants of “Ooh-ah-Canada” from the Canadian supporters, a huge crowd of whom — clad in red and white — are located behind one of the goals. The stadium is still mostly empty but gradually filling up. At a previous 10 p.m. kick off here, few Qataris seemed to be present, perhaps because these late starts — while convenient for fans in North America and Europe — mean games end past midnight local time.
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