Coach John Herdman says Canada achieved two of its objectives in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to Belgium, a result that earned the Canadian men plenty of praise but no precious World Cup points.
Coach John Herdman says Canada achieved two of its objectives in Wednesday'sCanada wanted to be fearless and to entertain in their return to the soccer showcase"That was a commitment from this group … We achieved a performance that we're proud of," Herdman said Thursday.
"They broke personal-best records in their physical performance. I mean that was guys pushing genuine PBs," he said. "It was actually quite special what we saw in terms of the high-intensity running and total kilometres. And then they've got to go do it again." While Herdman tried to take a glass-half full look at a contest that saw Canada launch 21 attempts on goal but put only three on target, including an 11th-minute Alphonso Davies penalty that was saved by Belgian 'keeper Thibaut Courtois, the coach acknowledged feeling a swirl of emotions right at the final whistle.
"At the same time we're here to progress through the group stage," he added. "We keep seeing we can see the final stadium right from our hotel. We're like this close to it. We had to take three points .""I remember turning to when Stephen Eustaquio nutmegged De Bruyne. The two of us were looking at each other in awe," Herdman said.
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