Reminder: Tomorrow there will be a post for the 5am EST game, plus *one* post for the remaining three games at 8am, 11am, and 2pm.
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After 36 years Canada returns to World Cup #WorldcupQatar2022
Belgium vs Canada pic.twitter.com/oqUzsHMx1I— ijeuru (@ijeuru9) November 23, 2022
It seems this guy has… a history?
Only one man can save us from 20 minutes of stoppage time
Luckily he’s refereeing Canada vs Belgium on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/J2ORrazSHs
— Andy Castell (@AJ3) November 21, 2022
SportsMole:
Canada will play their first World Cup fixture in 36 years when they face Belgium at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium on Wednesday.
For Belgium, this represents the final chance for a lot of their ‘Golden Generation’ to win a major tournament.
Belgium boss Roberto Martinez is also now under pressure to produce for the nation, as defeats in Euro 2020 and the previous Nations League’s finals have caused discontent among supporters.
They qualified with consummate ease once again during UEFA qualifying, averaging over three goals per game, but they often underperform when it really matters at major tournaments, such as their defeat against Italy in last summer’s European Championships…
Shalimar
The Belgium “Golden Generation” unfortunately never came up with any center backs.
SiubhanDuinne
Go Canada!!!
billcinsd
@Shalimar: Well Alderweield and Vertonghen were pretty good, but maybe a touch before the GG
HumboldtBlue
Oooo, that’s gonna be a PK
What a terrible penalty, Courtois was all over that.
Alison Rose
Awwwww damn.
billcinsd
@HumboldtBlue: and a fairly easy save for Courtois, keeping Canada scoreless in WC history
Alison Rose
Dang, Canada had like three chances in about 12 seconds right there
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne: Same!
HumboldtBlue
@billcinsd:
Yup, poorly taken.
HumboldtBlue
Canada has had all the dangerous chances.
Omnes Omnibus
Two countries that put mayo on too many things.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus: en fuego today
HumboldtBlue
Goal for the wafflers against the run of play.
Alison Rose
Dang it! Canada has had so many chances, this almost seems unfair. Meh.
Steve in the ATL
@Alison Rose: poutine eating and “schedule” and “project” mispronouncing bastards
eclare
Damn.
Alison Rose
Sad for them. Only the second time Canada has been in the Cup. But they looked good for most of the match, so they might do a bit better in the other two…or at least against Morocco.
West of the Cascades
Such a disappointing loss for Canada – I thought they were the better team, and were indisputably denied a second PK in the first half.
pajaro
Tough loss.
My 7 year-old grandson asked me why I was rooting for Canada. I said, “because they are our neighbor, and they are very nice neighbors.”
NorthLeft
Canadian here. It was a thrilling game and our guys worked very hard and created many good chances, but finishing those chances has always been an issue.
We will look back on this as a missed opportunity not only to score (Canada has never scored a goal in the World Cup), not only to get a point (Canada has never earned a point in the World Cup), but to get a shock win and potentially move to the next round.
DANG!
Kineslaw
That was a disappointing loss. Canada looked better than Belgium in all areas except putting the ball on target at the net.
Burnspbesq
Belgium did OK considering they were playing 11 vs. 12 for the entire 90 minutes. The penalty and the Meunier and Onana bookings were 100 percent bullshit.
Speaking of Meunier and Onana, Bobby certainly got those substitutions right.