{"id":361021,"date":"2026-07-04T20:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=361021"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:39:21","slug":"canada-stares-down-hardest-opponent-yet-in-saturdays-world-cup-match-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/canada-stares-down-hardest-opponent-yet-in-saturdays-world-cup-match-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada stares down hardest opponent yet in Saturday\u2019s World Cup match &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Canada and Morocco are each making history on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but one team\u2019s story might be ending Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian team is about to face its highest-ranked opponent up to now within the tournament, trying to keep its World Cup dreams alive as competition narrows to 16 remaining teams.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco, currently sitting sixth in FIFA world rankings and currently on a 33-game winning streak, has broken many records this tournament, becoming the highest-scoring African nation in tournament history and setting a record amongst African teams for many World Cup victories with eight.<\/p>\n<p>Their advancement from Group C was also just the third time an African nation has reached the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Canada and Morocco last faced off against each other through the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Dec. 1, 2022, as Morocco took the 2-1 win in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada forward Tajon Buchanan (11) tries to get his foot on a pass during first-half Group F World Cup soccer motion against Morocco on the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 1, 2022.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Canadian head coach Jesse Marsch has tipped his hat to Morocco\u2019s play up to now, saying prior to Canada\u2019s training session Wednesday that preparing for the match has been \u201clike a gory, horrible nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get every day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you will never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, I don\u2019t want to observe them play. They\u2019re too good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Marsch doesn&#8217;t consider the underdog Canadians ought to be counted out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to be here and we expect to be here,\u201d Marsch added. \u201cSo we all know that everyone\u2019s going to put in writing us off and in that&#8217;s a chance. But in the long run, we&#8217;re focused on trying to essentially be our greatest for this match and deliver the perfect performance of our lives, and that can provide us a likelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Sports<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11944258_6a4910185ff22\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11944258\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11944258\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11944258_6a4910185ff22\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Team Canadau2019s historic run at the World Cup\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"montreal\",\"sports\"],\"keywords\":[\"short-clip\",\"global-news-morning-montreal\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"News\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\/Soccer\",\"Sports\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\"],\"tags\":[\"2022 FIFA World Cup\",\"2026 FIFA World Cup\",\"Al Thumama Stadium\",\"Alphonso Davies\",\"Association football\",\"Canada\",\"Canada men's national soccer team\",\"Doha\",\"FIFA Men's World Ranking\",\"FIFA World Cup\",\"Jesse Marsch\",\"Mohamed Ouahbi\",\"Morocco national football team\",\"Netherlands\",\"Penalty shoot-out (association football)\",\"Qatar\",\"Single-elimination tournament\",\"South Africa\",\"Stephen Eustu00e1quio\",\"Tajon Buchanan\",\"Tournament\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Team Canada\u2019s historic run at the World Cup'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/lxhw8xpodr-m7iepa1nwv\/patrice_june30.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">5:36<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Team Canada\u2019s historic run on the World Cup<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following Morocco\u2019s shootout victory over the Netherlands Monday night, head\u00a0coach Mohamed Ouahbi said that \u201cCanada might be a tricky opponent for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe want to rest up, we want to come back back fresh. We should be telling ourselves, \u2018Nobody will stop us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Alphonso Davies got his first taste of this yr\u2019s tournament in Canada\u2019s Round of 32 matchup against South Africa, coming off the bench for the ultimate quarter-hour and sparking an instantaneous change of pace that led to Canada\u2019s game-winning goal. Marsch has yet to substantiate Davies\u2019 role in Saturday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>Canada can be set to wear their all-black kits, which they&#8217;ve been undefeated in when worn within the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is about for 1 p.m. eastern.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada and Morocco are each making history on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but one team\u2019s story might be ending Saturday. 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