VIDEO: After making history, Canadian star Alphonso Davies opens up at World Cup
It appears that Alphonso Davies’ goal against Croatia, the first for Canada at the men’s World Cup, left a mark in more than the Canada Soccer record book.“When I headed it down and I ran to the corner flag, I looked to my left and I just saw all my teammates running towards me,” Davies said Tuesday. “Yeah, it was a great feeling. We’ve waited for this moment for a long time and it finally came and we were happy.
“My parents are people of few words, they don’t really say too much. But it really showed on their face,” he added.The 41st-ranked Canadians turned heads in a narrow 1-0 loss to No. 2 Belgium before Davies scored 68 seconds in against No. 12 Croatia, only to see the 2018 tournament runner-up rally with four straight goals for a 4-1 win that knocked the Canadians out of contention for the knockout round.
Davies started off slowly Tuesday, choosing his words carefully. But he began to open up when he was asked if he was enjoying himself at the tournament. The 22-year-old from Edmonton was then asked if he felt pressure in having 6.6 million followers on TikTok, 5.1 million on Instagram and 491,900 on Twitter watching him.
Still, Davies was savvy enough to consult some of his more experienced teammates at Bayern Munich on how to handle the World Cup experience.
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