Canada eyes victory over South Africa in 1st World Cup elimination match - BERITAJA

The Canadian men’s nationalist squad is looking to support their FIFA World Cup dreams live and aiming for a triumph against South Africa Sunday afternoon.

Canada now enters uncharted territory, playing successful its first FIFA World Cup elimination lucifer and marking the furthest the men’s squad has gone successful a World Cup. It’s besides the first clip Canada has played extracurricular their location state for the 2026 tournament, which is astatine Los Angeles Stadium.

Canada vanished successful 2nd spot successful Group B connected Wednesday day pursuing a 2-1 conclusion to Switzerland, meaning they had to play the second-place finisher from Group A.

That spot was locked up by South Africa pursuing their 1-0 upset triumph complete South Korea successful Wednesday night’s match.

Canada’s sits 23 spots up of South Africa successful charismatic FIFA rankings, which is 31 compared to South Africa’s 54. South Africa is successful its 4th World Cup aft failing to suffice for the past three.

South Africa won the only world lucifer the 2 person played against 1 different successful a 2-0 last successful an world friends backmost connected Nov. 20, 2007.

Canada had the opportunity to decorativeness successful first spot successful Group B pinch a triumph aliases tie against Switzerland, affording the squad a week disconnected earlier playing again successful Vancouver.

“We conscionable (wanted) to proceed the power that’s taken spot present successful Canada,” Canadian caput coach Jesse Marsch said pursuing the lucifer against Switzerland, admitting that he was “disappointed” the squad couldn’t get the consequence needed to stay successful Vancouver.

However, Marsch stated he was “proud” of the players’ consequence aft going down 2-0.

“I cognize our squad has heart. … We’re going to attraction connected the positives. We’re going to attraction connected the consequence (in the 2nd half).”

Marsch has galore decisions to make for the important match, particularly deciding connected whether prima defender Alphonso Davies will lace up for the all-important match. Midfielder Stephen Eustáquio besides sat retired Wednesday’s lucifer owed to musculus tightness.

With each the firsts the Canadians are experiencing this tournament, the squad is seeking to make their people connected the large stage.

“We sewage past our group; that’s thing that we really wanted,” Eustáquio said pursuing Wednesday’s match.

“Obviously wanted to enactment successful Vancouver for 1 aliases 2 much games … but we still person a World Cup to play truthful we’re going pinch everything [we have] to Los Angeles.”

The victor will beforehand to the Round of 16. Kickoff is group for 3 p.m., EST.