OHH CANADA! Where did it ALL go front for Canada vs. Croatia? 👀 | ESPN FC

On ESPN FC, the crew delve deeper into Croatia’s convincing 4-1 win over Canada, to officially eliminate the Canadians.
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[@drazenbicanic3590]

Yesterday they were too old, and today they are too experienced

[@argo9495]

Most pundits are idiots

[@radonicdrobac2483]

Exactly. I prefer it when everyone underestimates us. Croatia play best like this

[@szz8869]

Croatia is too talented for Canada.

[@unenutero4389]

@@szz8869 But not talented enough to beat an experienced and developed team.

[@banmate6]

@@unenutero4389 Like Argentina or Germany or England or Holland? Teams Croatia has beaten deep in tournaments. 😀

[@thomaselers7416]

Congratulations to Croatia, they played superb. 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@ssekandiallan3981]

I love Croatia play styles, fr Uganda🇺🇬

[@1988josip]

Great prophet of God in Uganda, prophet Kakande, we honor Jesus for his life,Jesus bless you brother.

[@dominikJAX]

I actually never imagined canadians being that rude in comments and on/off the pitch , coach said things that should not say on tv, players never shook hands after the loss , the coach also never gave his hand to the croatian coach. And acros the youtube the fans from canada were really toxic. Glad they are out of the tournament , they really can’t behave. Shame on Canada

[@unenutero4389]

There were plenty of rude Croatians as well. That said, I was quite disheartened to hear some of the Canadian team did not shake after the match. That's not good at all.

[@smallusaurusrexizzaldinask4427]

stop whining, It is sports bud. If you've ever played a sport you'd know what teams say to get ready for the game. Ur not the mom of Canada so stop acting like it. Touch some grass bud

[@dominikJAX]

@@smallusaurusrexizzaldinask4427 i am the mom of canada , little kids who lost at a game and didnt wanna shake hands with another team , canada needs a spanking

[@smallusaurusrexizzaldinask4427]

@@dominikJAX Hey I was watching the Portugal vs Uruguay game while you were thinking about me, and replying. You should enjoy the world cup, it only happens every 4 years. Stop worrying about me. I don't even know who you are lol. Live your life bud

[@bijou201]

@@unenutero4389 You heard? Dude, Canadian manager did not have a post match handshake. The first and the only one in history of WC. That's very rude, disrespectful and noobish. It comes from a manager who uses F word to by far superior team - on tv before the match. That's for a locker rooms. Not only he is very irrexperienced and need to learn a lot - he is very unprofessional. No reason to do that. And I'm curious, who didn't shake after the match? Canadian goalie (who was born is Croatia) said they did all a handshake. TV showed it as well. Managers are first one to shake. That's a must.

[@antepa112]

To be honest us Croatians were happier that we got 4 past Borjan cause everyone in Croatia hates Borjan because of the idiotic things that he said.

[@pepe.sanchez]

100% true. Shame Canadian press doesn't explain the whole story and just make Borjan seem the victim.

[@sean367]

You guys won at ethnic cleansing as well .congratulations.

[@antepa112]

@@sean367 No? Lol. I don't know what you're talking about. The only people who wanted to do ethnic cleansing are ustashe who were nazi puppets. Croatia was divided at that time

[@pepe.sanchez]

@@sean367 nice non sequitur. Keep trolling

[@genarovandergoghsaar]

@@sean367 We won at war. We were occupied and attacked , as you probably know. Still haven't learned anything from this loss - plus, are you sure that you as , probably ,british want to go to discussion about ethnical cleansing?

[@Marco-fn6kg]

when i heard the pre game guys saying perisic couldnt get into the canadian team i lost it 😄😄

[@Siwashable]

What shocked me the most is that canada scored a goal vs Croatia... that was their world cup! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Otto-1943]

Croatian players should celebrate goals in Diego Simeone style of front of Canadian manager 😂

[@decode3667]

I saw many times where they made Modric mad & it ended bad for the other teams but I guess it's Croat dna to play so good once they get mad, they become more focused & skillful.

[@sentaveliki425]

Literally we only play good when other team scores or someone pisses us off

[@DavorHorvat]

Croatians were motivated more by the political statements of your goalkeeper whose family took part of genocide and ethnic cleansing then run away in front of justice then played victims like most of those monsters did. M. Borjan thought it would be great idea to play victim-hood card with his social network post were he pointed out how he was a refugee but the truth is they were "refugees" in same way how Nazis who run away into Argentina after WW2 were, running from responsibility, justice and prosecution. Also in the process M. Borjan also claimed that part of Croatia where he is from is Serbia just like Slobodan Milošević and his fascists did in 90s while killing, looting, burning doing war crimes. Luka's Modrić (captain of Croatian team) grandfather was stopped as unarmed civilian near his home on ways to feed his cattle and shot, just like many, only because he was Croatian by the same people like M. Borjan family that now pretend to be victims and "refugees".

[@tomislavoreskovic3158]

100% true comment. Modrić his family and thousands of other Croatians were killed by extremist Serbs to achieve a Greater Serbian State. Ethnic cleansing happened to our players

[@DavorHorvat]

@@tomislavoreskovic3158 Imagine if Russian born in Ukraine did the same. That he wrote on social networks I was born in Kyiv Russia. FIFA would probably suspend that player and his social network account would be banned. Bojan was also showing hand sings to Croatian fans in the match same sign that war criminals were using, equivalent to Nazi hand in the air. Why does FIFA allow this kind of behavior by player participating in their tournament is beyond comprehension. Especially when they are always virtu signaling against discrimination and racism but player showing fascist hand sing is obviously ok to them.

[@Marie0575]

Experience was the difference between the two. Croatia and Luka Modric are too good.

[@dertfert745]

You mean the team that had never won a world cup game lost to the team that made it to the finals last time? Wow, I bet it was because of some off the pitch banter. Definitely not because of a difference of ability.

[@KlepacMovies]

"Where did it all go front for Canada vs Croatia?" Editor needs to go🤣

[@thomaselers7416]

Yessss

[@mixfcb1086]

Canada play exciting football, but their defense is horrendous

[@haaland5303]

That what cost them.. The so call Exciting football they playing.. they don't got the stamina or enough quality player to maintain the pressure ..

[@alainbellemare2168]

You mean absent

[@fringe_minority]

Well their coach is womans football coach. Different tactics I bet

[@nddn1842]

Canada? I thought it was some african team.

[@nabilellaji6509]

Such a naive style of play. Won't win a point playing this way.

[@tovartovarski5522]

7-1 for Croatia would have been the realistic result today

[@unenombre5840]

Only reality disagrees.

[@tovartovarski5522]

@@unenombre5840 3-4 100% chances missed by Croatia. Which match did you clown watch?

[@powderskier5547]

@@unenombre5840 Sorry but the 7-1 sounds right to me

[@enockgabriel6331]

dude if the game carried on that would have happened. they never i mean NEVER switched off after equalising😂😂

[@bizzobrigante1588]

@@tovartovarski5522 not missed.. they were denied by goalkeeper

[@arghyadogra5995]

' I've got a ticket for that as well, Canada-Denmark semifinal',Craig Burley is too much.

[@saintsrow2631]

Thank you Canada !🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@Siwashable]

Canada was largely overhyped here... I told my fellow citizens they'd fizzle... couldn't build anything out from the the back.. very poor defending... They had 5 mins of fame. CONCACAF qualifications are a bit of a joke. Even Mexico is just ok...

[@buzzerbeaterbuzzerbeater9001]

There is Carlo Ancelotti... There is Arsene Wenger... There is Jose Mourinho... And then there is the Canadian Soccer Investment Banker äh National Coach of this Maple Leaf Sirup

[@tommystpatrickghost4264]

Canada played like rookies. Horrible positioning, horrible passes especially from the back. It’s like they were warned never to clear the ball. It was so frustrated to watch !! Still Canada keep your head up. That team that beat you were finalist last world cup. They picked that midfield and defense apart like a video game.

[@rutokelavra819]

they ARE Rookies

[@Egg-um]

They are rookies though…

[@rottenorange7179]

Its literally the first world cup Canada has been in 36 years!

[@mimma6992]

Go Croatia 🇭🇷🎀🇭🇷

[@SS7SSeaSS]

I would say that Croatia should have shut down Canada and shut them out.

[@donaldmoss3326]

No comparison. Croatia is masterful. Canada is amatour like.

[@TheSpookyDuke]

It's simple. Our team started playing at the expected level after first 20 minutes.

[@ericflynn7593]

Atiba killed us. So slow and wasn’t focused. Herdman should have pulled him after 20 mins for Kone. Still would’ve lost but could’ve been a lot closer. Herdman firing up Croatia with his comments didn’t help either. The manager deserves the brunt of the blame.

[@TheKnight886]

Hahaha lol This clowns said They be qualifying What happen now hahaha

[@choephak54321]

Well played TEAM 🇨🇦 . it's always good to see some new teams in World Cup.

[@nissarpa1259]

Once a team give control to the croatian midfield to take control then it's game over for the opponent team, england learned that in the last world cup semi final. Hope the english have learned that 😜

[@MENSA.lady2]

Canada should stick to ice hockey, that way they have a chance of a trophy.

[@RDASoccer]

Class, experience and composure wins out over hype and hustle every time. Canada was out on their feet at the end, completely run into the ground. A simple thing that you learn at a young age is that the ball is faster than the player. Pity Canada refused to learn that…..

[@hammstnb]

The Canadian coach forgot where was for a minute, thinking he was in a hockey game perhaps when he made the comments. The maple leafs mayb be good, but their soccer team needs more time . Just hope it would be another 20-40 years thou hahah.

[@unenombre5840]

Canada's coach is british and the leafs suck.

[@hammstnb]

@@unenombre5840 HAHAHA SIKE

[@syed21habib]

They cands play awesome..

[@purpleking159]

I hope Croatia beats Belgium to top the group, then we can possibly avoid Spain but you must beat the best to be the best. Canada got F'd.

[@GIBBO4182]

It went wrong in the first game! They were by far the better team, and should’ve won!

[@Siwashable]

but they didn't win, they didn't score... sounds like you're almsot making excuses.. not a good team.

[@tuncotunkic459]

Next customer is Belguim :)

[@ani4226]

I guess it was poor performance from Belgium last game then Canada better

[@drazenbicanic3590]

Canada reminded me of the old sub-Saharan national teams. They gather their great players scattered around the world and let them play ball instead of football. Today, some African countries have reached the EU and SA in terms of responsibility in the game. Morocco positively surprised me, I expected that at certain moments their system would fall apart and that they would then suffer heavily. They maintained the two game system, they have grown up and you should always count on them in the future.

[@nabilellaji6509]

Morocco is basically a european team from Africa. Almost all the players are playing in Europe's biggest teams so as moroccans we had lots of hopes despite the difficult group.

[@princecole9783]

Canada made a wrong decision to play A.Davis out of position for so long. His poor technique in midfield stifle their creativity and flow going forward. When he scored his goal the whole Canada team thought he was going to win them the game and the got caught out. Canada tactics was poor. Croatia was a better all round team who were effective in the right areas of the pitch.

[@suntanglory]

I wont necessarily say its went wrong for Canada. Its there first world cup appearance since 86,played so impressively against the second ranked team Belgium, they can learn a lot from the experience and build on that..

[@Siwashable]

Belgium stinks.. I don't think they are even top 15

[@val4803]

Belgium? 2nd ranking? The one that lost to Morocco?? Those rankings are useless meaningless numbers. Learn from experience? It'd take years, probably decades, to get Canadian soccer to the stable international level.

[@powderskier5547]

LOL Croatia smacked them, their coach is nothing but a fool

[@unenombre5840]

Sadly Canada's defense is all MLS and they still can't finish against top sides. One pass to many or fumbles in the box. Oh well, take lessons from it and move on.

[@advance333]

Canada football focuses on individual 1 on 1 skill rather than teaching the kids how to play the team game at an early age. Generations of Canadians will continue to play like this unless something changes at the grassroots level.

[@kartikkantheti5690]

Canada will only get better. Love my team. You will see them again in 2026 playing better and more attacking football in Toronto

[@BC-th3mx]

Lol if national teams “only got better,” Scotland & Wales would be superpowers, been playing as long as anyone 😂

[@Acimir_main]

0:20 Kramaić

[@coffeem8011]

I don't think the comment made a difference in the result. The reason you don't make that comment public is because now the Croatian fans will be relentlessly teasing you for it.

[@kirpalsangha9428]

Your dreaming if Canada was going far ....

[@vduk]

no no keep saying how we are too old, how you going to beat us.. keep that talk, dont switch now you plebs

[@thunderwplf1078]

It's Kramarić not Kramaić

[@chrisb1297]

They still can't spell Kramarić correctly at the beginning of the video. Amateurish.

[@croexpress2167]

I was releifed after canada scored

[@trungnguyentai5916]

4 year later! WC 2026 is became co-host!

[@alexmanai1953]

Canada play exiting football but also very naive football, its all attack no defense

[@corneliusg4905]

Canada got f’D😂

[@alainbellemare2168]

Herdman won t be here in 4 years

[@genarovandergoghsaar]

Canadian Goalkeeper, as well as Trainer did 50% of the job for us. Next time be less political and more sportly. Still, good game canada.

[@ezraezra2928]

Honestly, Canada will bounce back in 2026 as a host. We don't want them to suffer Qatar's shame.

[@asruluveira]

nothing go wrong. crotia are just too good. please dont compare overrated Kdb to modric ever again

[@zeljo112]

The only luck is that canada didn't get 7 goals, as it should have

[@alainbellemare2168]

Ran out of gas and talent

[@darylwilliams7883]

Canada versus Croatia. Pretender versus Contender. We have a long way to go yet, and it shows. It hurst to admit that, but the Canada against Croatia was a different team than in CONCACAF.

[@bernardmwansa2174]

won't you cry for the referee cos he is brown and the one who officiate d the Canada vs Belgium is from Africa. God has done you justice for you canada

[@brando7266]

0-5 alltime at the world cup ,but at least they finally scored a goal, and morrocco hasn't given up a goal in their 2 games

[@TheIInWin]

Proud of Team Canada, proud of this coach, proud of Phonzie, proud of all FANS and Canadians around the world! We will be back again in world cup 2026!!!

[@Siwashable]

By default...because they are cohosts... they aren't in the discussion when it comes to actually going into the knockout stages... CONCACAf is garbage and finishing first in it means nothing.

[@TheIInWin]

@@Siwashable your opinion is not relevant to my level of pride and the fact that Team Canada will still be participating in wc 2026.

[@Siwashable]

@@TheIInWin and your opinion is?

[@Siwashable]

@@TheIInWin Canada sucks. They qualified in concacaf

[@diktrom6629]

Just advise for canadian team : Shout your mouth and show your skills on the fields and than maybe in 30-40 years will be in football on the place where Croatia is now. Good luck. Ooh yeah and do not put serbian faschist on the goal.

[@TagusMan]

Drake curse.

[@MaciasAnthony]

Under Rated Comment 🤣⚡️

[@rajkaranvirk7525]

That curse is literally broken

[@TagusMan]

@@rajkaranvirk7525 Not for Canada. They played "Started At The Bottom" for Canada in the stadium before the Belgium game, and Eustaquio quoted that song in the press conference the day before the Croatia game where Canada had their nosses rubbed in it. The Drake curese lives.

[@rajkaranvirk7525]

@@TagusMan I mean it is, Raptors won the championship with drake attending every game in the finals in 2019

[@MrX-wd8cm]

Canada are the worst team in the WC.

[@geeterdun5966]

no

[@MrX-wd8cm]

@@geeterdun5966 LOL Canadian coper

[@acidburnisive]

Oooooh Canada....😂 and you guys are talking noonsense. Money can't buy a talent. We are too old and too experienced😂 wrong. We know the game. 😁🇭🇷

[@reigniv4044]

Since when is 78 second 2 minutes Weird

[@maxxiong]

It's considered "the second minute". It's always rounded up in soccer.

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

0-60s is 1 minute 61-120s is 2 minutes All the way like that

[@thomaselers7416]

Because it's 18 seconds into the second minute, simple!

[@reigniv4044]

I heard all y'all but I don't agree. 2 mins is 120 secs, 78 second is a min and change.

[@maxxiong]

@@reigniv4044 This is a notational convention. You can disagree with a convention, but you cannot say that someone following the convention is wrong.

[@thegoddess9847]

😀😃😂🤣

[@MotoLife94]

🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@tomislavoreskovic3158]

As a Croatian Canadian i was proud of both teams before coach Herdmans comments following the Belgium game. Croatia is the better team and it was emphatically and deservedly stamped during the game!! Croatia F'ed Canada.

[@tovartovarski5522]

🇭🇷F-ed 🇨🇦! Big time!

[@smallusaurusrexizzaldinask4427]

Try playing us in hockey and only losing 4-1. Canada is great at many sports and in soccer we are rising

[@djesidjenis4576]

In hockey it would probably be 44-1 for Canada😂😂. Good luck to them, will be better next time🇭🇷🤝🇨🇦

[@tovartovarski5522]

🇭🇷f-ed🇨🇦! Big time!