Alphonso Davies needed only 68 seconds to write his name into history as Canada’s first goalscorer at a men’s World Cup. But a dream opening spiralled rapidly into a nightmare when the fastest goal of the tournament so far was made irrelevant by strikes from Andrej Kramaric (twice), Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer.
Croatia vaulted to the joint-lead of Group F and sent Canada crashing out of their second World Cup finals, nearly four decades after their mostly forgettable debut.
