A very interesting World Cup game is going to be between Canada and Croatia. In the first game of the tournament, the Canadiens played very well against Belgium. They had a chance to score a penalty but Alphonso Davies missed the opportunity. Although they controlled the ball 46% of the time, the Canadiens had 22 shots and 3 were on target with an xG rating of 2.63. They became the first team in over 40 years not to score a goal after having over 20 shots and a spot kick in a single match.

The same good words can't be said about Croatia because their performance versus Morocco was poor. With controlling the ball 65% of the time, the Croatians had only 5 shots and 2 of them were on target with an xG rating of 0.52. Four years ago Croatia played in the World Cup final, but it seems like this team isn't clicking as 37 years old Luka Modric looked like the best player on the field.

In this game, I'm taking Canada with the handicap. Manager John Herdman was confident enough with his players’ performances that he laid down the gauntlet for this Sunday's game. Croatia’s old guard will have to bring their running boots to the ground on Sunday to keep up with Canada’s speedy and hungry group of players. The biggest question for this matchup is if Luka Modric's and Ivan Perisic's experience and technical ability can overpower Canada’s sheer amount of athleticism. There's a new injury worry for Croatia as winger Nikola Vlasic was hauled off at halftime of the opener against Morocco with a calf injury, and his status for the Canada match is unknown.

Croatia struggled to create opportunities vs. Morocco, and it appears the 2018 runners-up have lost some of their edges offensively. As for their opponent, Canada was the better side Wednesday vs. Belgium despite what the score says. The Canadiens will be very hungry and motivated in this game and I'm confident that they won't lose this game.

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一场非常有趣的世界杯比赛将在加拿大和克罗地亚之间展开。在锦标赛的第一场比赛中，加拿大人对比利时踢得很好。他们有机会进一个点球，但是阿方索·戴维斯错过了这个机会。尽管加拿大人有46%的时间控制球，但他们有22次射门，其中3次射正，xG评分为2.63。他们成为了40多年来首支在一场比赛中射门超过20次并踢进点球却没有进球的球队。

同样的好话不能用在克罗地亚身上，因为他们对摩洛哥的表现太差了。克罗地亚人65%的时间控制着球，只有5次射门，其中2次射正，xG评分为0.52。四年前，克罗地亚队参加了世界杯决赛，但现在这支球队似乎没有发挥出应有的作用，37岁的卢卡·莫德里奇看起来是场上最好的球员。

在这场比赛中，我要拿加拿大的弱项。主教练约翰·赫德曼对球员们的表现充满信心，他为本周日的比赛下了战书。克罗地亚的老将们将不得不在周日的比赛中拿出他们的跑鞋，以跟上加拿大快速而饥渴的球员群。这场比赛最大的问题是卢卡·莫德里奇和伊凡·佩里西奇的经验和技术能力能否压倒加拿大的运动能力。克罗地亚又有了新的伤病问题，边锋尼古拉·弗拉西奇在首场对阵摩洛哥的比赛中场休息时因小腿受伤被换下，他在对阵加拿大的比赛中是否会受伤还不得而知。

克罗地亚在对阵摩洛哥时很难创造机会，2018年的亚军似乎失去了一些进攻优势。至于他们的对手，加拿大在周三对阵比利时时表现更好，不管比分如何。加拿大人在这场比赛中会非常渴望和积极，我有信心他们不会输掉这场比赛。