Adekugbe’s Canada suffer heartbreak against cruel Croatia

The Canadians gave an excellent account of themselves of their opening fixture towards Belgium, however Croatia proved to be too good for them

Samuel Adekugbe and his Canadian facet had been knocked out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after they suffered a 4-1 drubbing towards Croatia.

Canada gave an excellent account of themselves of their opening day 1-0 loss to Belgium. Buoyed by that efficiency, they had been seeking to shock Croatia of their second fixture.

The Canadians had a dream begin as Alphonso Davies gave them the lead inside two minutes. It appeared just like the Reds had been going to see out the lead until halftime, however Croatia had different plans.

The Vatreni pulled one again by Andre Kramaric within the thirty sixth minute. Then, Marko Livaja scored simply earlier than halftime to offer the Croats the lead going into the break.

Kramaric scored his second within the second half, and Lovro Majer accomplished Croatia’s four-goal haul simply earlier than halftime.

Nigerian-Canadian Adekugbe was launched into the sport within the 72nd minute, however he was unable to have an effect on the sport a lot as his side were destroyed 4-1.

The loss ensures that Canada have been knocked out of the World Cup regardless of the results of their ultimate sport towards Cameroon.

Adekugbe has Nigerian mother and father, however he was born in Canada.