World Cup Round of 32 live updates: Canada stuns South Africa to advance plus latest results and news

Stephen Eustáquio produced the most important second in Canadian males’s soccer historical past on Sunday.

Eustáquio scored a 92nd minute objective to give Canada a 1-0 win within the World Cup Round of 32 over South Africa. Eustáquio buried the shot after a headed clearance fell proper in entrance of him on the high of the penalty field.

Read more on Canada’s stoppage-time stunner.

Stephen Eustáquio scored deep into stoppage time to raise Canada to a dramatic 1-0 victory over South Africa on Sunday within the opening match of the World Cup knockout stage. Captain Alphonso Davies made his event debut after lacking your entire group stage with a hamstring damage and instantly supplied a lift as Jesse Marsch’s facet survived to preserve its title hopes alive.

Is that the winner?! It’s Stephen Eustaquio!

Canada’s assaults have petered out and South Africa has been the extra harmful workforce over the previous couple of minutes. There are 5 minutes of added time.

Will we get a objective or head to further time?

Appollis forces a save however the shot was at all times going broad. South Africa nonetheless solely has one shot heading in the right direction as we enter the ultimate 5 minutes of the sport earlier than added time.

Davies’ addition has made a direct influence. Canada is already a lot extra harmful down the left as Jonathan David has a shot from a good angle parried away by Ronwen Williams.

Davies formally enters within the seventy fifth minute and takes the captain’s armband.

Can Canada’s star flip the tide in his World Cup debut?

Here’s one other angle of the play and Mbokazi’s clearance. If South Africa wins this recreation, this might go down in Bafana Bafana lore.

Is it one of these days for Canada? The Canadians strike shortly on the counter however Tani Oluwaseyi’s shot is deflected and then in some way cleared out of play by Mbekezeli Mbokazi.

The finest likelihood of the second half up to now comes within the 62nd minute from South Africa’s Oswin Appollis. His shot from the highest left of the field simply slices broad to the correct.

The begin of the second half hasn’t regarded a lot totally different than the primary up to now. It’s been an underwhelming begin to the Round of 32 by 54 minutes.

Canada wants to be higher within the last third and South Africa would do nicely to be much more progressive in its assaults.

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Canada had the higher probabilities — by far — however couldn’t give you a objective.

OK, so one thing did materialize for Canada off a nook kick. however some scrambling defending and an unbelievable goal-line clearance by Aubrey Modiba retains the sport scoreless.

With simply minutes remaining within the first half, it’s going to be a shock if it isn’t 0-0 on the break. Nothing is materializing.

South Africa doesn’t play a fairly model of soccer, nevertheless it’s been its most harmful when it assaults immediately at Canada. Those strikes haven’t amounted to a lot … but.