goal by Batshuayi, Courtois saves a penalty – Corriere.it

Sometimes even history has a weight: if you’ve never scored a goal at the World Cup (after all the second participation for Canada, the first 36 years ago) and you are facing a goalkeeper who has already mesmerized 12 opponents out of 73 that presented themselves in front of him on the diskette, it may be that you feel that weight on your shoulders. Alphonso Davies, the star of the Canadians, full-back for Bayern Munich, born in a refugee camp in Ghana, had the opportunity of his life after 10′ but took a bad penalty that you didn’t have to be Courtois to dismiss.

The decisive episode. why Canada dominates, attacks the game leaving the red furies totally unprepared with Big Lukaku agitating in the stands (the Inter striker should return for the third match against Croatia), he can complain about a penalty not given to Witsel and a grotesque offside whistled, for the wrong chances in series and does not score. Which he does somewhat randomly at the end of the first half Batshuayi, quick to pick up a very long ball from Alderweireld (who then argues with De Bruyne) and beat Borjan (than Courtois). That will be enough. But not very much for the golden generation of Belgium, now on its last chance and which does not seem animated by optimism (Hazard: We are less strong than four years ago, he – not in shape -, for sure), while Canada , before running out of energy, makes a great impression. Running, speed, high pressing lined up by coach John Herdman, English, childhood among public housing that seems to come out of a film by Ken Loach, a former primary school teacher, above all the former coach of Canada women with whom he won the bronze medal at the Olympics. Martinez makes four substitutions and leaves De Ketelaere on the bench for 90′. Maybe it won’t be good later.