On January 31, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Tournament continued, and the North American Division came to the 10th round of the competition. As a result, Canada swept the United States 2-0 at home to win a six-point battle. Now, Canada is not only firmly at the top of the list, but also has a 99.89% chance of qualifying for the World Cup.
Canada is the most rising team in football today, with two post-00s rising stars, Alfonso Davis and Jonathan Davy, and their strength has grown by leaps and bounds.
Prior to this match, Canada had won four consecutive World Qualifiers and remained unbeaten in the first nine rounds, leading the table by one point. In the face of the elite United States, Canada continued to march forward in the cold.
Just seven minutes into the opening, Canada seized on the opponent's defensive error, Jonathan David sent an assist, and the top scorer Larin single-handedly burst to break the deadlock 1-0. This goal boosted Canadian morale, and they also chose to take the initiative to recycle and played a defensive counterattack.
Sure enough, in order to regain the disadvantage, the United States pressed the attack in a big way, and the trident of Pulisic, Aronson and Destin took turns to fire. The data shows that the United States is completely dominant in the field, with a possession rate of 64%-36% and a 13-8 number of shots!
But football games are often so mysterious, and a good scene does not mean victory. In the 95th minute, Adecubi, who replaced Alfonso Davis, made a contribution by hitting the front of the penalty area with a dragon and hitting a curved ball with his left foot that hung straight to the bottom left corner of the goal. In the end, Canada won 2-0, playing 1 win and 1 draw in two legs.
Now, Canada has won five consecutive World Cup games and has beaten two strong teams at home, Mexico and the United States, with a point advantage of 4 points. It can be said that if there is no accident, Canada will end 36 years of waiting and appear on the World Cup for the second time.
Authoritative we Global Football predicts that The probability of Canada qualifying for the World Cup is 99.89%, with only a theoretical possibility of exit.
The rise of Canadian football is a surprise because just a few years ago, they were a weak team in the world's top 100, not as good as El Salvador, Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago, and could not even enter the final stages of the World Preliminary Round.
But today, four years later, Canada is not only in Stage 3, but also unbeaten after 10 rounds, riding the top of the table, and the change is too great.
As the fans said, the world football world is huge, and the teams are basically improving, but our national football team is standing still, or even regressing. When Canada is racing like a rocket, the national football team does not even need to do arithmetic problems, and it is very likely that it will be out on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Canada's progress is so fast, thanks to the importance of football talent, and the aggressiveness is very strong. Alfonso Davis said that whenever his teammates in the Bayern locker room teased him, he secretly vowed that he would definitely bring Canada into the World Cup, enough to compete with strong teams.