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Canada – Morocco live: FIFA World Cup 2026, 1/8 finals: result, comments and updates

by OmarAli
World Cup

Team news: Davis still benched; one change for Moroccopublished at 17:04 Moscow time

Canada – Morocco (18:00 BST)

Canada captain Alphonso Davies is still not fit enough to make his first start at the 2026 World Cup as he is again on the bench today.

The 25-year-old Bayern Munich striker came off the bench against South Africa in the round of 16 and made his first appearance at the tournament.

Manager Jesse Marsh makes three changes to the Canadian squad that started last Sunday, with Luc de Fougerolles, Nico Sigur and Ali Ahmed replacing Derek Cornelius, Nathan Saliba and Liam Millar.

Canada XI: Crepeau; Johnston, Fougerolles, Bombito, Laria; Buchanan, Sigur, Eustachius, Ahmed; J. David, Wesleyan

Spare parts: Choiniere, Cornelius, P. David, Davis, Goodman, Jones, Larin, Millar, Nelson, Osorio, Saliba, Schaffelburg, St. Clair, Waterman

Canada XIImage Source, BBC Sport

Morocco made one change: defender Redouane Khalhal replaced Chadi Riad, who suffered a knee injury in the round of 16 match against the Netherlands.

Morocco XI: Bunu; Hakimi, Diop, Khalkhal, Mazraoui; Bouaddi, El Ainaoui; Diaz, Unahi, El-Hannus; Saibari

Spare parts: Amaymouni-Ehguyab, Amrabat, Belammari, El-Kaabi, El-Murabet, El-Ouahdi, El-Kajoui, Rahimi, Riad, Saadan, Salah-Eddin, Sbay, Tagnaouti, Talbi, Yassin

Morocco XIImage Source, BBC Sport

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