Honestly this Canada team should be proud. They beat both Belgium and Morocco in XG in those games but really didn’t get any luck.
Deserved the win against Belgium. (Canada 2.83 xG - 0.86 Belgium)
Croatia showed their class and Herdman got a bit of a tactical lesson in that game IMO. (Canada 0.51 - Croatia 3.16)
Probably deserved a better fate today as I don’t like either goal Borjan allowed. (XG Can 1.1 - Morocco (0.47)
Honestly I feel like it could easily be Canada instead of Morocco if that first game goes differently, but those are the margins in a short tournament. Guys like David, Davies, Kone, etc and Herdman need to take these learnings into 2026.
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