Canada’s Alphonso Davies offers his take on first game loss at World Cup
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Canada Soccer has not made Davies available to the Canadian media since he arrived last Friday from Germany, although he did do an interview with TSN on Sunday.
Alphonso Davies took to social media Thursday to provide a brief take on Canada’s 1-0 loss to second-ranked Belgium at the World Cup.
“A disappointing result against a top team in the World Cup. We got two more games to go, we go again on Sunday!” wrote the Bayern Munich star. “Thank you to all the fans for their support.”
The 22-year-old from Edmonton was front and centre Wednesday at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in nearby Al Rayyan. He had a chance in the 11th minute to score Canada’s first-ever goal at the tournament but his penalty kick was saved by Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Asked by beIN Sports after the game what was going through his mind when he stepped up to the penalty spot, Davies provided a more general answer.
“For me, it was knowing that it’s the biggest stage in the world, yeah, just play my game. Don’t change anything about how I play. And defend and attack with the team.
“In all, I was a little bit disappointed but we’re definitely, definitely proud of how we played today.”
Canada Soccer has not made Davies available to the Canadian media since he arrived last Friday from Germany, although he did do an interview with TSN on Sunday.
Davies also shared his emotion on making his World Cup debut.
