Canadian men look to turn performance into points against Croatia at World Cup
Croatia will up its points total to four if it can dispatch Canada. And no matter happens in the Belgium-Morocco game in the Sunday’s other Group F matchup, one of those teams will also finish the day with four points. A loss Sunday and the Canadians can finish with no more than three points.Herdman noted that his players left it all on the line against Belgium.
“They broke personal-best records in their physical performance. I mean that was guys pushing genuine PBs,” he said. “It was actually quite special what we saw in terms of the high-intensity running and total kilometres. And then they’ve got to go do it again.”Herdman says “statistically” the Belgium outing was a “winning performance,” as was a 2-0 loss to No. 14 Uruguay in a tournament warmup last month.
“It’s those behaviours that we’ll continue to work on. That’s what the players see in the review meeting today,” said Herdman. “And we’ve got to close some gaps going into this meeting with Croatia, who are a hell of a team.” Canada head coach John Herdman, second left, looks up field during practice ahead of the World Cup in Doha, Qatar on Saturday, November 19, 2022.While Herdman tried to take a glass-half full look at a contest that saw Canada launch 21 attempts on goal but put only three on target, including an 11th-minute Alphonso Davies penalty that was saved by Belgian ‘keeper Thibaut Courtois, the coach acknowledged feeling a swirl of emotions right at the final whistle.
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