All the supporters of the teams that go to the World Cup have, more or less, the dream of seeing their country lift the World Cup. But for Alphonso Davies, the expectations for his country, Canada, are far from a title.

The Bayern Munich winger spoke to Onefootball and said what he hopes for the Canadian national team, given how representative the North American nation is in the world of football. For athletes, the difficulties facing more powerful rivals make the expectation different: that of not being beaten.

“Obviously to go to a tournament, the objective is to win it. And we know it will be difficult for Canada. We don’t have the World Cup experience that the other teams have. I say go out there and play with confidence, but we don’t want to go to a World Cup and lose every game five, six to nil,” Davies said.

Canada’s only appearance at the Cup was in 1986, in Mexico. At least in this World Cup, the country has avoided being beaten in the games it has played. Eliminated in the group stage, the home side lost 1-0 to France and twice lost 2-0 to Hungary and the Soviet Union.

But in 2022, the team’s mission will be different. In its first phase group, Canada will have Croatia, current world champions, and Belgium, semi-finalists in Russia in 2018, against whom it will make its debut on the 23rd. And it will also have Morocco in its group. .

“We want to play competitive games with opponents. That doesn’t mean we’re going to go out there and win every game, obviously not, but we’re going to do our best. It’s the only thing we know how to do, it’s to believe in yourself and give the best of yourself”, completed the side.

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