Canada’s World Cup exit revives questions over Alphonso Davies injury management

The Guardian · 3 days ago

Canada
0

FIFA WC26
0-3
Finished

Morocco
3

Key moments

1. 20'
   Yellow card
   Redouane HALHAL (Morocco) is booked by
2. 40'
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   Achraf HAKIMI (Morocco) is booked by
3. 40'
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   Richie LARYEA (Canada) is booked by
4. 43'
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   Jonathan DAVID (Canada) is booked by
5. 45'
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   Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) is booked by
6. 45'+6'
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   Bilal EL KHANNOUSS (Morocco) is booked
7. 49'
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   Luc DE FOUGEROLLES (Canada) is booked
8. 50'
   Goal
   Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) scores!!
9. 67'
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   Cyle LARIN (Canada) is booked by
10. 82'
    Goal
    Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) scores!!
11. 90'+8'
    Goal
    Soufiane RAHIMI (Morocco) scores!!

Squads

Canada squad

• Selected
• 2 Alistair JOHNSTON
  Defender
• 4 Luc DE FOUGEROLLES
  Defender
• 7 Stephen EUSTAQUIO
  C Midfielder
• 10 Jonathan DAVID
  Forward
• 12 Tani OLUWASEYI
  Forward
• 15 Moise BOMBITO
  Defender
• 16 Maxime CREPEAU
  Goalkeeper
• 17 Tajon BUCHANAN
  Forward
• 20 Ali AHMED
  Forward
• 22 Richie LARYEA
  Defender
• 23 Niko SIGUR
  Defender
• 1 Dayne ST. CLAIR
  Goalkeeper
• 3 Alfie JONES
  Defender
• 5 Joel WATERMAN
  Defender
• 6 Mathieu CHOINIERE
  Midfielder
• 9 Cyle LARIN
  Forward
• 11 Liam MILLAR
  Midfielder
• 13 Derek CORNELIUS
  Defender
• 14 Jacob SHAFFELBURG
  Midfielder
• 18 Owen GOODMAN
  Goalkeeper
• 19 Alphonso DAVIES
  Defender
• 21 Jonathan OSORIO
  Midfielder
• 24 Promise DAVID
  Forward
• 25 Nathan SALIBA
  Midfielder
• 26 Jayden Nelson
  Forward
• Full squad
• 8 Ismael KONE
  Midfielder

Morocco squad

• Selected
• 1 Yassine BOUNOU
  Goalkeeper
• 2 Achraf HAKIMI
  C Defender
• 3 Noussair MAZRAOUI
  Defender
• 6 Ayyoub BOUADDI
  Midfielder
• 8 Azzedine OUNAHI
  Midfielder
• 10 Brahim DIAZ
  Forward
• 11 Ismael SAIBARI
  Midfielder
• 14 Issa Diop
  Defender
• 23 Bilal EL KHANNOUSS
  Midfielder
• 24 Neil EL AYNAOUI
  Midfielder
• 25 Redouane HALHAL
  Defender
• 4 Sofyan AMRABAT
  Midfielder
• 5 Marwane SAADANE
  Defender
• 7 Chemsdine TALBI
  Midfielder
• 9 Soufiane RAHIMI
  Forward
• 12 Munir EL KAJOUI
  Goalkeeper
• 13 Zakaria EL OUAHDI
  Defender
• 15 Samir EL MOURABET
  Midfielder
• 16 Gessime YASSINE
  Midfielder
• 17 Amine SBAI
  Forward
• 18 Chadi RIAD
  Defender
• 19 Youssef BELAMMARI
  Defender
• 20 Ayoub El Kaabi
  Forward
• 21 Ayoube AMAIMOUNI
  Forward
• 22 Ahmed Reda TAGNAOUTI
  Goalkeeper
• 26 Anass SALAH EDDINE
  Defender

Canada’s World Cup run ended without Alphonso Davies playing against Morocco, reviving debate over the injury that derailed the team’s biggest starComing into this World Cup, Canada’s hopes hinged on the form of their one world-class player, Alphonso Davies. This has been the case for every major competition they have entered since he made his…

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