AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Croatia bounced back strong and knocked Canada right out of its first World Cup in 36 years.
The 2018 runners-up got two goals from Andrej Kramaric on Sunday in a 4–1 victory over a Canadian team that has been eliminated after two matches in Qatar.
Alphonso Davies scored Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal one minute into the match but Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer also scored for Croatia, which lost to France in the final four years ago in Russia and opened with a scoreless draw against Morocco.
Luka Modric, the 37-year-old captain who runs the midfield for Croatia, is still looking for his first goal of the tournament in what is likely his final World Cup….