Ball – broken right leg: goalkeeper Crépeau ‘fails’ Qatar (Canada)

Canada’s major victim at the 2022 World Cup: Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau (Los Angeles, USA), a regular substitute for Milan Burgan in the US national team, fractured his right leg in the early hours of Sunday, but it was just that. It was already run and failed the test in Qatar.

And the injury spoke in the American Football League final, which his club, the cup that the California team was discussing with the Philadelphia Union, after scoring a 2-2 draw in 90′ and 3-3 after extra time, with a team from Los Angeles to become champion in kicks Weighting (3-0).

Klein Acosta (28 minutes) led Los Angeles on the scoreboard (1-0), Daniel Gazdag tied for the Penn State team in the 59th minute (1-1), Jesus Murillo scored 2-1 and the Californians (83) won. ‘) But Jack Elliott (85 min) made it 2-2. In overtime, drama, two goals … as compensation: Jack Elliott scored two goals and made it 2-3 for Philadelphia Union at 120 + 4’, but Welshman Gareth Bale saved Los Angeles from defeat in the eighth minute of ‘disputes, with 3-3 at 120’ + 8!

This fateful move came in a confrontation between Crépeau and Jamaican Cory Burke (Philadelphia Union), and at that time (116) received the expulsion (red card) of the Canadian: it was the usual substitute goalkeeper for Los Angeles FC, American John McCarthy, who came (instead of sacrificed Opoko (Ghana) to save the penalty shootout for Los Angeles.

The match took place on Saturday evening, the fifth (Sunday morning in Portugal) without knowing how severe the injury was then sustained by Crépeau, who advanced on Monday evening, L’Équipe had already undergone surgery, Sunday.

Canada is coached by John Herdman and will play in Group F of the World Cup in Qatar, where it will face Belgium, Croatia and Morocco.