Croatia inches closer to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup after a come-from-behind win over Canada.
DOHA, Qatar – Croatia absorbed an early blow before revving into gear at the FIFA World Cup with two goals from Andrej Kramaric, securing a 4-1 victory over Canada on Sunday, November 27, that moved it a point away from the last 16 and dashed its opponents’ knockout-stage hopes.
Kramaric doubled his tally after the break and Lovro Majer netted in stoppage time to wrap up a victory that moved Croatia to the top of Group F on 4 points. It now needs only a draw in its final game on Thursday against third-placed Belgium, which is a point behind, to guarantee a knockout spot. Croatia’s hackles were up going into the match after Canada coach John Herdman had said his side were going to “eff” them, a pithy comment that undoubtedly supplied the script for his counterpart Zlatko Dalic’s team talk.
A long clearance from the keeper eventually found its way to Tajon Buchanan, who shaped a superb cross from the right into the box where Davies was arriving like an express train to rise high above his marker and head powerfully down into the net. The Croatians had the ball in the net after 26 minutes through Kramaric only for the linesman’s flag to cut short their celebrations, but that was a temporary reprieve for Canada.
Herdman rang the changes at halftime in an effort to claw back the initiative and substitute Jonathan Osorio curled an effort just wide shortly after the restart.
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