World Cup 2022: Croatia 4-1 Canada - Andrej Kramaric scores twice to send Canada out

Canada had gone 4 World Cup games without scoring earlier Alphonso Davies' goal

Alphonso Davies scored Canada's archetypal ever World Cup goal, but it was not capable to halt them being knocked retired of the tourney pursuing a decision by Croatia.

In Group F's earlier game, Morocco shocked satellite fig 2 broadside Belgium 2-0 and are 2nd successful the standings, down 2018 finalists Croatia.

John Herdman's outsiders scored from the game's archetypal onslaught aft lone 67 seconds courtesy of a towering header from Davies, who darted into the container and powerfully converted from Tajon Buchanan's cross.

Croatia, though, did not panic aft falling down and created galore chances, with striker Andrej Kramaric seeing a extremity ruled retired for offside.

But the erstwhile Leicester subordinate past equalised with a first-time angled changeable from Ivan Perisic's pass, and Marko Livaja enactment them up with a rasping thrust from the borderline of the box.

Kramaric was denied by Milan Borjan's good prevention successful the 2nd half, and astatine the different end, Dominik Livakovic acrobatically tipped implicit Jonathan David's long-range curler.

Hoffenheim frontman Kramaric got his 2nd of the crippled by coolly converting into the acold corner, and substitute Lovro Majer wrapped up the lucifer by netting successful wounded time.

• Relive Croatia's triumph implicit Canada

Croatia support their cool

You mightiness person expected the archetypal gathering betwixt Croatia and Canada to beryllium a straightforward matter - successful information it was thing but, with a warfare of words taking spot beforehand.

Canada's English brag Herdman said earlier the crippled they would "eff Croatia", with absorption manager Zlatko Dalic responding by saying that was not a "sign of respect".

Once connected the pitch, Canada looked to instrumentality to their connection by scoring wrong conscionable 2 minutes courtesy of prima winger Davies' tremendous header.

It was a fantastic infinitesimal for the 22-year-old to nett his country's archetypal World Cup goal, having been calved successful a exile campy aft his parents fled civilian warfare successful Liberia and moved to Canada erstwhile helium was five.

But the joyousness and exuberance of younker turned to despair against a wily Croatia who person immense acquisition and kept their chill to deed back.

They enactment a ragged Canada backline nether pressure, and Kramaric's leveller and Livaja's beauteous onslaught connected the changeable of half-time turned the crippled around.

Jonathan Osorio struck inches wide soon aft coming connected arsenic a second-half substitute arsenic Canada - who are playing successful their archetypal World Cup since 1986 - looked to find a mode backmost into the game.

But Kramaric struck again from a 2nd Perisic assist, gloriously taking down the transverse and stroking in, earlier Majer punished Kamal Miller's horrible mistake arsenic Croatia ran retired comfy winners.

They person present mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their past 18 outings, and indispensable look Belgium connected Thursday to unafraid a spot successful the 2nd round.

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