AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Croatia bounced again sturdy and knocked Canada proper out of its first World Cup in 36 years.The 2018 runners-up obtained two targets from Andrej Kramaric on Sunday in a 4-1 victory over a Canadian staff that has been eradicated after two matches in Qatar.Alphonso Davies scored Canada’s first-ever World Cup objective one minute into the match however Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer additionally scored for Croatia, which misplaced to France within the closing 4 years in the past in Russia and opened with a scoreless draw in opposition to Morocco.Luka Modric, the 37-year-old captain who runs the midfield for Croatia, remains to be on the lookout for his first objective of the match in what is probably going his closing World Cup.Croatia and Morocco, which precipitated one other upset at this yr’s match by beating Belgium 2-0 earlier Sunday, each have 4 factors in Group F. Belgium has three factors and nonetheless has an opportunity to advance.Canada, nevertheless, earned no factors from its first two matches and might’t advance even when it beats Morocco on Thursday in its closing match. Croatia and Belgium will play on the similar time.Davies, who performs for Bayern Munich, headed a cross from Tajon Buchanan simply out of goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic’s attain 1 minute, 8 seconds into the match. The objective had the swath of red-shirted Canadian followers chanting “Can-a-da! Can-a-da!” at Khalifa Worldwide Stadium.“I’m disenchanted within the end result. It was not straightforward,” mentioned Davies, who had a penalty saved within the opening loss to Belgium. “We did our greatest, we fought the complete sport. We’re trying ahead to the following sport and hopefully we get some factors.”Kramaric appeared to attain one other for Croatia within the twenty sixth minute however he was dominated offside. His second likelihood counted about 10 minutes later, making it 1-1.Livaja put Croatia in entrance with a blast from exterior the penalty field within the forty fourth minute, Kramaric added his second within the seventieth and Majer scored in stoppage time.Canada opened the match with a 1-0 loss to Belgium. Afterward, coach John Herdman stirred a little bit of controversy when he recounted his post-game message to his gamers, utilizing the primary letter of a profanity to explain how they’d beat Croatia.In response, Croatia’s coach hit again at his English counterpart the day earlier than the match.“This manner of placing phrases collectively is just not an indication of respect,” Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic mentioned. “The best way we play, the best way we behave and the best way we respect all others are the explanations we’re worthy of respect.”Canada was additionally eradicated within the group stage of the staff’s solely different World Cup look in 1986.___
Croatia downs Canada 4-1 at World Cup on Kramaric’s 2 targets
