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Originally Posted by Rutuu
They always had to beat Morocco and at least get a draw against Croatia.
Losing 1-0 to Belgium after Croatia and Morocco tied far exceeds my expectations of our chances of getting to round 2.
Belgium is the second ranked team in the world. They were missing a key player, but their subs are no slouches. Canada didn't wall up and hope like we see opposition do to Team Canada when we play the Swiss / Germans in hockey. Canada was pressing for an equalizer.
Step one is score a goal.
Step two is get a WC point
Step three is win a game
Getting out of the round is within grasp as well as the three goals above. Pretty awesome.  |
I agree, except I think the win may be as likely to come against Croatia (my former fave WC side) as against Morocco. Croatia are not spring chickens, and Canada has attacking pace. Just need to keep running at them (and actually scoring this time).