European champions looking to return Canada to a World Cup

Canada is 90 minutes away from qualifying for the Octagonal Final of the World Cup qualifying round for Qatar 2022, after beating the Haitian team by the slightest difference in the first leg of the second qualifying round of Concacaf, so their dream of returning to a World Cup is still alive by the hand of one of their best generations in their history, in the one that has some players who achieved titles in European football last season.

The selection of the country of the maple leaf seeks to dispute only the second World Cup in its history and return after its only participation in the edition of Mexico 86, but first he will have to consolidate his ticket to the final octagonal, when they “receive” the Caribbean team next Tuesday, June 15 at Toyota Park.

The Canadian team dreams of returning to a World Cup alongside its great stars, as players like Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David and Cyle Larin lifted titles in the last European season with Bayern Munich, Lille and Besiktas, respectively.

These are the Canadian players who won titles in Europe and are looking to return their national team to a World Cup:

Alphonso davies

The main reference for the Canadian team is the 20-year-old player, who after a season in which he won practically everything with Bayern Munich, endorsed his title in the Bundesliga during the season just season. So far, the full-back has 22 appearances for his national team and during the present World Ranking he registers 4 annotations and 5 assists in 5 games.

Jonathan David

The Canadian became Ligue One champion along with Lille, who beat PSG to stay with the French league and has been a benchmark with his team, scoring 15 goals in the same number of games, while in the tie, the attacker has scored 4 goals and has given 3 assists.

Cyle Larin

23 goals in 45 games was Cyle Larin's record last season, in which won the double with Besiktas by winning the league and cup in Turkey. Larin scored the goal with which Canada beat Haiti and adds 6 goals during the tie.

First and only qualification to the final round

In case of maintaining its advantage over Haiti, the Canadian team would advance to the Concacaf Octagonal Final, which it would only mean its second appearance in the final round of the tie, because only in the process towards France 98, the Canadian squad was in the Final Hex and since then, he has not managed to return in search of a World Cup ticket.