Croatia vs Canada FIFA World Cup 2022 highlights: CRO come from behind to thrash CAN 4-1

Croatia vs Canada FIFA World Cup 2022 highlights: Croatia punished Canada's leaky defence after the latter took the lead in just the second minute of the match.

Croatia vs Canada FIFA World Cup 2022 highlights: Croatia absorbed an early blow before revving into gear at the World Cup with two goals from Andrej Kramaric securing a 4-1 victory over Canada on Sunday that moved them a point away from the last 16 and dashed their opponents' knockout-stage hopes. The 2018 runners-up had fallen behind after 68 seconds at the Khalifa International Stadium when Alphonso Davies thumped a header into the net, but a potentially grim evening turned in their favour with two goals late in the first half.

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• Nov 27, 2022 11:28 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: FULL TIME! Croatia 4-1 Canada

  Croatia have shown that there is still life in their golden generation. Canada have shown why they were considered minnows when this World Cup started after making Belgium sweat in their first match. Their defence is quite a different world compared to their attack but this has been an encouraging tournament for them. There is no doubt that whatever it is their football hierarchy is doing, it is doing pretty well. 

• Nov 27, 2022 11:25 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: GOAL! Croatia lead 4-1

  90+4 mins: Miller gives the ball away in his own half, he is the only man who is back for Canada and Orsic races away with the ball with Majer beside him and only the Canadian keeper to beat. Orsic squares it Majer finishes. Game over, although that was the case a long time ago. 

• Nov 27, 2022 11:23 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: Chance from distance for Canada!

  Hoilett let's fly from well outside the box and it fizzes past the goal. The referee has added six minutes of stoppage time. 

• Nov 27, 2022 11:20 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Triple substitutions for Croatia

  86 mins: Zlatko Dalic takes out all his superstars in one move. Perisic, Kovacic and the yellow-carded Modric taken off for Orsic, Palisic and Majer. 

• Nov 27, 2022 11:17 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: Modric sees yellow

  84 mins: A bit of argy bargy between him and Kamal Miller and both of them get yellow cards for that. 

• Nov 27, 2022 11:15 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Croatia almost score a 4th

  80 mins: A lot of ping pong inside the box and somehow Croatia's final shot is right at the Canadian goalkeeper. They are flying now. 

• Nov 27, 2022 11:01 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: GOAL! Kramaric makes it 3 for Croatia

  70 mins: Perisic's cross rolls accross the field unchallenged and Kramaric turns it in. Canada's defence is pedestrian now and Croatia are punishing them for it. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:57 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: 66 mins gone, Croatia 2-1 Canada

  Canada had got a free kick just outside the box but Alphonso Davies drove that right into the wall. That was about six minutes ago and since then, Croatia have dominated the ball. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:51 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: Chance out of nowhere for Canada

  56 mins: David Osorio lets fly from the edge of the box and it is tipped over the bar Likavokic. That shot came out of nowhere really. Entertaining end to end action and somehow, it remains Croatia 2-1 Canada. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:45 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: Croatia knocking on the door

  53 mins: Modric with some nifty work down the right and squares the ball in. Kramaric takes the shot and it is saved by the Canadian keeper. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:41 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Now a chance for Croatia!

  51 mins: First Perisic's cross from the right and that fell into an empty spot and bounced away to Sosa, who promptly sends it back in. This was a more dangerous ball and just out of reach for Kramaric. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:39 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: BIG CHANCE FOR CANADA!

  48 mins: Canada have made an aggressive start, as they did in the first half as well. Osorio picks the ball after a dangerous looking cross is not effectively cross, drives towards the right and into the box before letting fly a rip-roaring shot that just misses the far post. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:35 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: Two changes for Canada

  Stephen Eustaquio goes off for Ismael Kone and Cyle Larin goes off for Jonathan Osorio. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:21 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: HALF TIME! Croatia 2-1 Canada

  Well, that was fun. Canada hit Croatia with a sucker punch right at the beginning but the 2018 runners-up have looked far better than they did any point during their previous game against Morocco since then. The tables have turned to the point that it is safe to say that Canada could concede a real truckload of goals if their defence keeps getting pierced in this manner. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:19 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: 5 mins of added time

  Canada would want far lesser than that. Croatia break after Canada faf around near their final third, Kamal Miller's last minute sliding tackle intercepted the squared pass which almost certainly would have been turned into goal otherwise. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:14 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: GOAL! And now Croatia lead!

  44 mins: Fantastically worked goal, Croatia are purring now. Canada's shaky defence is causing them all sorts of issues. Livaja is in all kinds of space at the edge of the box and finds the bottom left corner. 

• Nov 27, 2022 10:07 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: GOAL! AND THERE IS THE EQUALISER

  36 mins: No offside this time, a neat finish from Kramaric and Croatia have drawn level. It is nothing less than they deserve. Perisic plays Kramaric through, the Croatian No.9 is pretty much unmarked and he puts it past Dominik Livakovic.  

• Nov 27, 2022 10:01 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Positives for Croatia

  31 mins: The Canadian defence is shaky and Croatia are controlling the game now. That little shy at the net came at the end of one of many attacking moves that they have managed to piece together pretty well since going behind. 

• Nov 27, 2022 09:57 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: CROATIA FIND THE BACK OF THE NET!

  27 mins: BUT IT'S CALLED OFFSIDE! Andrej Kramaric is threaded a through ball and he runs into the box from the left. He places it to the far post and the ball rolls in but then the linesman has raised his flag for offside. 

• Nov 27, 2022 09:55 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: 23 mins gone, Croatia 0-1 Canada

  Croatia should be winning the game in midfield but instead, they are giving the ball away too much. Alphonso Davies managed to snaffle it away quite easily and drove forward. But he ended up running into Croatian traffic and the attack fizzled out.

• Nov 27, 2022 09:46 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Croatians attack

  15 mins: The Croatians star are hogging possession now. They had got a corner in this phase of attack that they find themselves and Canada are somehow keepin them out for now. But it does look like a goal is coming soon…

• Nov 27, 2022 09:42 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: 10 mins gone, Croatia on the edge

  There is no doubt that the relatively elderly Croatians were just looking to settle into he game nicely but the young rockets of Canada had none of it. This is what Opta had to say about Davies's goal: “Alphonso Davies' goal after 68 seconds is the fastest goal in a group stage match at the World Cup since Clint Dempsey scored after 29 seconds against Ghana in 2014. Concacaf'd.”

• Nov 27, 2022 09:32 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: GOAL! CANADA TAKE THE LEAD ALREADY!

  Goal in 68 seconds! Alphonso Davies had a penalty and Canada had a number of chances to score in their first match against Belgium but couldn't. Here, they needed just 68 seconds. Borjan sprays it far and wide to the right, Buchanan calmly pings the ball into the box and Davies rises high to turn it in. How about that for a start. 

• Nov 27, 2022 09:31 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: KICK OFF!

  Here we go then, Croatia are in their traditional red and white checks, Canada in all black. 

• Nov 27, 2022 09:29 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: The players walk out!

  Well here they come, Luka Modric leads out Croatia, Atiba Hutchinson has the captain's armband for Canada. 

• Nov 27, 2022 09:22 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Canada's danger

  Like Belgium, Croatia are not the side they were back in 2018, with much of that squad either retired or dropped or in the squad but at the wrong side of 35. Canada, on the other hand, are filled with players that enough pace to leave most defenders behind. Croatia will have to be extremely careful about not allowing their opponents stretch them. 

• Nov 27, 2022 09:09 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: Effect of Morocco's win

  Morocco toppled the mighty Belgium. Wonder if the Red Devils took their star man Kevin de Bruyne's comments about them being too old now to contend for the World Cup to heart just before this game. A 2-0 win and Morocco sit pretty at the top of the table with four points in two games. 

• Nov 27, 2022 08:59 PM IST

  CRO vs CAN FIFA World Cup 2022 Live: Canada squad

  Borjan; Johnston, Vitoria, Miller; Laryea, Hutchinson, Eustaquio, Davies; Buchanan, Larin, David

• Nov 27, 2022 08:57 PM IST

  FIFA World Cup 2022 Live score: Croatia squad

  Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Livaja, Kramaric, Perisic

• Nov 27, 2022 08:43 PM IST

  Croatia vs Canada Live score: Hello and welcome!

  Croatia are looking for their first win of this tournament and a way to ensure that their fate stays somewhat in their hands. Morocco have emerged as the surprise favourites to go through after their victory over Belgium. It could very well come down to a battle between Belgium and Croatia but a defeat for Luka Modric's side could actually allow Canada and Morocco to go through ahead of the seasoned nations. Group F has turned into a real humdinger.