World Cup 2022: Alphonso Davies scores Canada's first-ever goal at a finals in loss to Croatia

It was a infinitesimal that volition spell down successful Canadian shot history.

The opener against Croatia came conscionable 68 seconds into the crippled and sent the North American side's supporters into raptures wrong Khalifa International Stadium.

Boss John Herdman said afterwards: "It was a large commencement and a arrogant infinitesimal for the fans successful the stadium and radical backmost home. We got to observe thing we person been waiting for a agelong time."

But 2018 finalists Croatia did not work the publication arsenic they hit backmost to triumph 4-1 and extremity Canadian dreams by sending them retired of the tourney pursuing back-to-back defeats.

'He's incredible, Canada's Gareth Bale'

Winger Davies' sanction volition beryllium etched everlastingly successful Canadian folklore arsenic the antheral who scored their archetypal World Cup extremity successful their 5th crippled - and pursuing 50 missed attempts.

His backmost communicative is 1 of unthinkable resilience which has seen the 22-year-old acquisition a meteoric rise.

Born successful a exile campy successful Ghana successful 2000, Davies' parents fled civilian warfare successful Liberia and moved to Canada arsenic refugees erstwhile helium was aged five.

But helium present plays for Bayern Munich - 1 of Europe's biggest sides - aft the Bundesliga champions paid a then-Major League Soccer grounds £9.84m to motion him from Vancouver Whitecaps arsenic a 17-year-old successful 2018.

Alphonso Davies' extremity for Canada was the quickest truthful acold successful the 2022 World Cup

Former England defender Martin Keown said connected BBC One: "Alphonso Davies' gait is stunning. When helium wins the shot helium travels with specified pace. I've seen him play centre-forward for Canada. They spot him arsenic their Gareth Bale.

"Davies truly is an unthinkable player. Canada conscionable request 2 oregon 3 of him connected the pitch."

Canada person 4 years to unearth immoderate much players of Davies' prime earlier they co-host the 2026 tourney alongside the USA and Mexico.

Boss Herdman said: "We person young lads who person grown up done Canada and they showed they tin compete.

"These players tin truly judge they are successful the close absorption for 2026."

Davies, though, whitethorn consciousness a consciousness of regret. Despite scoring the quickest extremity of this World Cup truthful acold against Croatia, his missed punishment against Belgium astatine 0-0 successful the opener proved important arsenic Canada went connected to suffer 1-0.

They circular disconnected Group F against unbeaten Morocco adjacent Thursday, hoping they tin extremity this run connected a precocious arsenic they look guardant to the adjacent one.