O Canada, the wait remains. Alphonso Davies had the chance to score his nation바카라s first-ever World Cup goal, to grab a quick lead on Belgium. As Davies readied for the spot kick in the 11th minute after a hand ball, red-clad Canadian fans at the other end of Ahmed bin Ali Stadium buzzed in anticipation for a moment decades in the making. (More Football News)
바카라You바카라re carrying the weight of a nation: 36 years of waiting 바카라 longer than 36 for our first goal,바카라 coach John Herdman said.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois guessed correctly to dive right and batted Davis바카라 attempt with his forearm. The ball bounced away, and the Canadians never got any closer to scoring.
Despite dominating the world바카라s second-ranked team in Canada바카라s first World Cup match since 1986, the Canadians fell to Belgium 1-0 Wednesday night as Michy Batshuayi scored on a quick counter in the 44th minute. Davies did not speak with media after the game.
바카라He바카라s our star player. He바카라s one of the best players in the world. He바카라ll move on and he바카라ll have another chance and he바카라ll bury it,바카라 midfielder Jonathan Osorio said. 바카라There was also the best goalkeeper in the world in net he had to put it past.바카라
Courtois had studied video of Davies.
바카라He shot twice that side, so that바카라s why I decided to go that way,바카라 Courtois said.
A large part of the crowd of 40,432 in the Arabian desert stadium supported Canada. Many waved the Maple Leaf and they proudly sang 바카라O Canada바카라 before the match.
바카라Goosebumps,바카라 Osorio said. 바카라Times are changing in this country for this sport. I was little bit surprised. It바카라s not a close trip from Canada to get here. It shows you how much support we have, how much the fans love football, how much people love football in Canada. This is a change in the history of this sport in this country. It felt like a home game. And I think Belgium felt like an away game.바카라
Players brought along the sword they carried around Central America and the Caribbean during qualifying, which is inscribed 바카라Nihil timendum est (Fear nothing).바카라
Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield spoke with the team before the match. Atiba Hutchinson, at 39, became the oldest non-goalkeeper to start a World Cup match.
Even though Canada dropped to 0-4 in the World Cup, players felt proud and felt they had momentum going into Sunday바카라s game against Croatia, the losing finalist in the 2018 World Cup. Croatia opened with a 0-0 draw against Morocco.
바카라They walk away proud, I바카라m sure, proud of the feeling that we바카라re a football nation,바카라 Herdman said. 바카라We came into that game with a couple of goals. The first goal was to play fearless, and the second goal was to entertain. We had some other goals, which were to create some firsts, but we weren바카라t quite up to those moments.바카라 He gathered players on the field after the final whistle.
바카라I was really passionate in the circle,바카라 Herdman said, recounting what he told them. 바카라I thought that was a big step for this country. We deserve to be here. You바카라ve shown that. You바카라ve shown that you can live here.바카라
