if there’s not a starting position, i’m sure he’ll be coming off the bench. but there’s no guarantees stephen eustaquio will start against belgium at this point.”
eustaquio was able to play more than 120 minutes total during his time at the world cup and was on the field for the lone goal against croatia.
a world cup’s worth of injuries
canada’s time in qatar both started and ended with injuries.
superstar left-back alphonso davies, who scored canada’s
first ever men’s fifa world cup goal, was close to missing the tournament all together after injuring
his own hamstring while playing for bayern munich in the german bundesliga just a few weeks before the world cup started.
“the medical team assessed him and it wasn’t great news to be fair, the timing of his return was going to take anything up to 14 days,”
herdman said. fortunately, davies was able to recover in time for the first world cup match against belgium.
canadian goalkeeper milan borjan also added that he had “
felt something in his abdomen” following a 2-1 win over japan the week before the world cup.
eustaquio looks towards nations league
the 25-year-old from leamington, ontario plays for fc porto, part of the primeira liga in portugal. he scored against atletico madrid during a champions league matchup only weeks before the kickoff of the world cup.
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