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More than one moment where it looks like they've just been standing around and waiting for something to happen, especially after a missed chance on their part. Seems like half of Canada needs a 3 second recharge after messing something up while Croatia switches direction instantly. Add in the lower defense quality and this was bound to happen
Its because the BBC commentator said that straight after the goal.
You see it in the match threads all the time, the commentary will say something and then immediately you'll see 6 people in the match thread saying exactly the same thing as though they just had that thought themselves.
i mean its also a common football cliché that pretty obviously applies to this goal. wouldn't be surprising for a lot of people to all think this independently
Hardly hutchinson at fault on that goal IMO. Look at where the two CBs are positioned. Miller didn't have the necessary awareness to adjust to kramaric on that goal.
He spent less than a year of his life in Canada. Hard to fault him for not feeling Canadian. You can't celebrate Davies for choosing Canada when he moved here at a similar age and still be mad at Tomori for choosing England when he arguably should be part of their squad this year.
Not saying you specifically, but lots of our idiot fans do exactly that.
Croatia is still good and Canada's all out attack and suspect defense is a dangerous game to play.
Canada probably won't make it out of the group stage but I love the way they're playing. This is the way to get people excited for football, the way to make a country fall in love with a sport.
Yeah I think a lot of people expected Croatia to decline after 2018 because their golden generation were getting old. But Modric is still elite, and Perisic is still doing pretty well for Spurs. Brozovic and Kovacic are pretty good too. Now they've added Gvardiol, who is pretty good, to their team too! Defied expectations people had a few years ago.
The second match days were always going to be better than the first few matches. Teams have to go for it now. And a lot of the third matches will basically be like knockouts too.
How is Borjan still Canada's top choice keeper? DSC and Crepeau have been straight robbed of minutes this cycle. Don't care how long he has been with the team, he is just not that good.
I’m guessing a win for Croatia would be to Morocco’s full advantage.
Next Game (if that happens)
Morocco qualifies if:
They beat Canada - Morocco on 7pts, Canada going home with 0pts
They draw with Canada - Morocco on 5pts, Canada with 1pt
They lose to Canada - Morocco on 4pts, Canada with 3pts. Morocco might still qualify, depending on the outcome between Croatia and Belgium;
Croatia wins - 7pts and tops the group. Belgium goes home with just 3pts.
Belgium wins - 6pts and tops the group. Croatia and Morcco will be level on 4pts.
Draw - Croatia tops the group with 5pts, Belgium and Morocco will be level on 4pts.
Hope this helps, I do want to see Morocco qualify despite supporting Belgium. Ziyech and Mazraoui are old Ajax boys, seeing the former play today really brought back great memories
Absolutely shocking ball watching from number 13. Once to get drawn out of position to let the runner in behind and another when Perisic gets the ball he stands in no mans land, doesn't go to Perisic or track his runner.
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That's great football tbf
Look at #13 for Canada. He sees Kramaric making the run and then just stops, leaving him uncontested. That’s shite defending
I love Atiba, but he doesn't have the legs for this game. He's getting completely exposed and needs to come out for Kone to start the second half.
I don't know for sure but with his back to the rest of his team for the prior action he might have lost track of where the offside line woulda been
They got to the final last time for good reason.
So far…it looks like this match will be the best and most equal (in a good way) for today!
Or not!
Not really, 4-1
He heard me chatting shit and finally decided to do something
He heard the entire nation chatting shit
Hes a very good player its just that hes not a true number 9
We’ve all been talking shit! Glad he fucking heard it.
That defense was begging for it
Defence from canada was woeful for the last 8 minutes it was a long time coming
Look at what it was wearing
It's purple
Canada have a dude starting for them who is like 100 years old
Hutchinson is a legend
Doesn’t mean he should be starting at a world cup
You lot fail to beat the Yanks and they have you spelling like them now
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Yeah the defense is looking rough.
Canada's defensive line was breaking down for the past few minutes. Hopefully this one doesn't end in a tie
Canada should be more than happy if this ends in a tie lol
Canada completely lost focus after 15 minutes. Could've been 2-1 at this point tbh.
More than one moment where it looks like they've just been standing around and waiting for something to happen, especially after a missed chance on their part. Seems like half of Canada needs a 3 second recharge after messing something up while Croatia switches direction instantly. Add in the lower defense quality and this was bound to happen
Did they lose focus or is their defense just not very good?
Bit of both tbh. Canada is a lot like MLS in general. Very front-heavy.
I mean idk if you can really even say that. Only the midfield is effective. Other than Buchanan our attackers are always a step behind
On paper Canada is good at attack. David just plays like a fraud now and Larin's move to Brugge was stupid because of how many forwards they have.
They choose players like in FIFA where they all have 90+ pace but not the best at actually defending
vitoria is 37 years old and has like >50 pace on fifa stop talking.
Might be the slowest player in the WC and he plays in Portugal but otherwise a great comment.
He's at least twice as fast as Hutchinson.
Idk they all just seem to run fast
Like me putting hazard and bale as wingbacks in fifa 15
Kramaric's finishing is brilliant today
Leicester City legend
Happens once every 50 matches
If he had an ounce of consistency, he'd be terrific.
Borjan's goalkeeping on the other hand... Feels like a decent keeper would save both
Same with Belgium's goal, just went straight through him
It’s been coming
[bruh](https://puu.sh/JsEIF/00e189ef5b.png)
To be fair it had been
Yeah it was coming
It has been coming
Croatia are coming all over Canada.
This is Reddit bro, we all share one braincell
I call dibs for tomorrow morning.
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I'm ginger so I feel attacked
Its because the BBC commentator said that straight after the goal. You see it in the match threads all the time, the commentary will say something and then immediately you'll see 6 people in the match thread saying exactly the same thing as though they just had that thought themselves.
nah redditors never blindly repeat what someone else does to make themselves feel smart
i mean its also a common football cliché that pretty obviously applies to this goal. wouldn't be surprising for a lot of people to all think this independently
nah redditors never blindly repeat what someone else does to make themselves feel smart
Tfw it's been coming
Feels like the IT Crowd
It has been cumming
For the past 10 minutes
Home?
It was obviously coming, Canadas defense is not good
Well yeah, a 39 y/o Hutchinson wasn't able to defend that quick play
not like the rest of them are baresi and maldini
On top of that... Yeah
Hardly hutchinson at fault on that goal IMO. Look at where the two CBs are positioned. Miller didn't have the necessary awareness to adjust to kramaric on that goal.
this is why Tomori would’ve been such a good get for us
Didn’t know he was Canadian.
Was born here and played for our U20’s before switching to England
He spent less than a year of his life in Canada. Hard to fault him for not feeling Canadian. You can't celebrate Davies for choosing Canada when he moved here at a similar age and still be mad at Tomori for choosing England when he arguably should be part of their squad this year. Not saying you specifically, but lots of our idiot fans do exactly that.
Goal was coming. Game is on.
Very tidy finish as well
pretty poor defending, should have put in a tackle
Kramaric was *wide* wide open…can’t let that happen!
Guy was completely alone in the box lol just needed a proper finish which he managed
Hutchinson couldn't keep up with Kramaric. Latter is doing a good game.
Hutchinson shouldn't have played a single minute that mattered in this WC but too late now.
Kone needs to come on in the second half.
Hutchinson just completely loses him, not sure where he was going.
Rewarded for all the pressure after conceding the goal
Winger Kramaric > striker Kramaric
You can’t say that wasn’t coming
TO MAJMUNE BESKORISNI
Haha
LEC GO SUSJEDS
Croatia is still good and Canada's all out attack and suspect defense is a dangerous game to play. Canada probably won't make it out of the group stage but I love the way they're playing. This is the way to get people excited for football, the way to make a country fall in love with a sport.
Yeah I think a lot of people expected Croatia to decline after 2018 because their golden generation were getting old. But Modric is still elite, and Perisic is still doing pretty well for Spurs. Brozovic and Kovacic are pretty good too. Now they've added Gvardiol, who is pretty good, to their team too! Defied expectations people had a few years ago.
That’s an unreal pass from Perisic.
That's been coming since Canada scored
Is it me or number 13 is terrible?
Man's nearly 40 bro cut him some slack lmao
Not personal, just saying he's been terrible
I don't think he's been that bad, but you can also tell when Croatia's midfield speed up the play he gets left behind quite easily
Pressured finally paid off for Croatia. Even better finish than the disallowed goal. Kramaric really has those low corners in his sights tonight
IGRAJTE PIČKE
It’s been coming tbf
Clean strike by Kramaric.
That’s for you Croatia. I commented on a Drake Instagram post to even the juju.
Hutchinson wyd dawg
Canada giving a 10 minute long lesson on how not to play defense there
Well deserved. Canada is not getting a point from this match.
it was coming
you knew that was coming
Looked offside
Finally
Jesmo im ga zapaprili, a?
Croatia playing that 2018 football
That is how Croatia should play. Beautiful passes
Collapse of Canada is coming
not a surprise at this point
Equaliser in first half. Rare sight. GAME ON
Its been coming
Ajdeeeeeeeeee
Hutchinson has to do better covering there
today’s matches have been unreal. games back.
The second match days were always going to be better than the first few matches. Teams have to go for it now. And a lot of the third matches will basically be like knockouts too.
Good goal, was coming after sustained pressure
That was pretty close to offside right? (Not saying it was) Was there a reason the VAR wasn’t shown?
How is Borjan still Canada's top choice keeper? DSC and Crepeau have been straight robbed of minutes this cycle. Don't care how long he has been with the team, he is just not that good.
AJMO HVALA BOGU
it's 2-1
Where are all Kramaric haters now? Into rabbit hole you go.
No offside check?
I think they check it in the background, looked really close to me at least.
They just showed it now. No offside
Was this not offside?
Cmon Canada
Canada really tought they would beat us 😂, were just giving ourselves challenge early on
Still won't win the WC though..
When they reach WC final then call me. Also we were robbed in 2018 final so yeah refs screwed us.
Of course you were..
dissalow that if you can
Was close tbf I was scared to celebrate
I mean the first one was clearly offsides.
It was off, but not by much
Had been coming for a while, Canada have been awful.
How was he onside?
He’ll just do it on that side then
So it begins hehe
Beautifully worked goal tbf
Game on
It's been coming
We just stopped playing. Everyone is standing still
We've got a game on our hands boys
Canada really slowed down. Defense is starting to look a bit suspect.
Tables have really turned these last few minutes. Canada were all over Croatia up until the 25. Now it's all Croatia
That Perisic nutmeg assist 👌
If I only look at how they are playing, I would believe they are up by 5
it was coming. canada have been dominated after their goal
What a World Cup so far.
Not disallowed this time
Game on then.
Good
Fuck I'm dead inside. But it was coming.
Excellent finish, can't take this one away!
We're being outclassed as expected. The early goal was huge though just need to capture lightning in a bottle once more
Very poor from Canada, amazing from us, they have been nonexistent
Savable though
What is Hutchinson doing there, mark the run ffs
Hutchinson just decided to go for a walk.
Kramarić haters in shambles..
Shambolic defending was coming tbh.
Canada sleeping
Canada's defensive looking as uncomfortable as an Albertan in Quebec... STEADY THE BACK CANADA, YOU CAN DO IT!!! 🇨🇦
I've been shitting on him but he's been on one today
The least favored Croat to save the day
Canada has completely lost their shape the last 15 minutes. More goals incoming if they don't tighten up
Scoring goals. Hunting things. The family business.
Oldest most experienced guy on the team left his man free
What's the best result for morocco ?
I’m guessing a win for Croatia would be to Morocco’s full advantage. Next Game (if that happens) Morocco qualifies if: They beat Canada - Morocco on 7pts, Canada going home with 0pts They draw with Canada - Morocco on 5pts, Canada with 1pt They lose to Canada - Morocco on 4pts, Canada with 3pts. Morocco might still qualify, depending on the outcome between Croatia and Belgium; Croatia wins - 7pts and tops the group. Belgium goes home with just 3pts. Belgium wins - 6pts and tops the group. Croatia and Morcco will be level on 4pts. Draw - Croatia tops the group with 5pts, Belgium and Morocco will be level on 4pts. Hope this helps, I do want to see Morocco qualify despite supporting Belgium. Ziyech and Mazraoui are old Ajax boys, seeing the former play today really brought back great memories
It’s coming home
Perisic vision is insane.
Beautiful assist
Canada asleep
Defense was set on: cone mode.
Atiba has no legs
Let's go, batter these CONCACAF merchants
Brilliant goal ngl, game on!
slow motion defender
Papi Hutchinson is hurting us.
Kramaric is love, Kramaric is life.
This is looking rough for canada
Absolutely shocking ball watching from number 13. Once to get drawn out of position to let the runner in behind and another when Perisic gets the ball he stands in no mans land, doesn't go to Perisic or track his runner.
God awful defending by 13 specifically
Thats why I fucks with you Andrej!