• Canadian national team star is recovering from injury
• The winger felt the problem with his thigh during a Bayern Munich game
• The player will undergo further tests and will be absent from this Thursday’s game

Disturbing news for Team Canada. Indeed, winger Alphonso Davies, according to coach John Herdman, is absent from the friendly match against Japan on Thursday 17 November. The Bayern Munich player and main name for the Canadian team has yet to recover from a right thigh injury.

The teams of Japan and Canada are therefore playing the last friendly match of the final stretch of preparation for the 2022 World Cup. The match will take place at Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at 10:00:40 am 00 (Brasilia time) ).

According to ‘L’Equipe’ newspaper, Alphonso Davies is expected to undergo further tests by the end of this week. Recall that the full-back picked up the injury in Bayern’s 3-2 win against Hertha Berlin on November 5. The German club said at the time that there was no risk that Davies would not take part in the World Cup in Qatar.

Remember that Alphonso Davies, 22, had a health problem at the start of the year. The Canadian even stayed out for two months because of inflammation in the heart (myocarditis). He missed selection in the final straight of the North and Central American Qualifiers, and followed the historical ranking from away.

This will be Canada’s second participation in a World Cup. The first of these was in the 1986 edition, in Mexico. The Canadians are in Group F of the World Cup in Qatar. The debut will be against Belgium, November 23). Then will face Croatia (November 27) and Morocco (December 1).