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00:00until jove lukic scored his first international goal in the 21st minute of this one but canada
00:06dominated they had their opportunities the best two chances falling to jonathan david and tani
00:12olowashay so is it more of the same for jesse marsh's men or will they try something different
00:18here stevie i'm not sure they'll try something different look but but i think they've got to
00:21up the pace a little bit and and be a bit more intentional with what they're trying to do i
00:26think
00:26a little tentative at times but overall i don't think bad from canada i think jesse marsh will
00:32have been pretty positive in that dressing room at half time with some of the words that he had for
00:37his players very disappointing goal to concede from them but ultimately they're absolutely in this
00:43game and the next chance that falls their way is vitally important they have to put it in the back
00:47of the net they have to be clinical and if they can get that next goal then it's game on
00:52and then go on
00:52and win this it's the fifth time in seven world cup matches that canada have been losing at half
00:57time they're yet to come back in any game to earn a point canada must turn things around here in
01:03toronto if they are to earn a first world cup point or first world cup win will there be that
01:09first home
01:11world cup goal
01:15here's demirovic with the early shot and maxim crapo tested inside the opening moments
01:22demirovic's been quiet hasn't he he's not really been in the game we've mentioned jovo lukic way more
01:29than his more esteemed strike partner in the stuttgart man
01:35can't afford to give him any space and time in the box though he was absolutely deadly
01:41lose his chance again it's a cross it's it's a target but it's a comfortable one
01:47for max cripple to make the save
01:52jovo lukic scored the goal he won more aerial duels than any other player on the pitch in the first
01:58half
02:00he is certainly taking his opportunity after coming in for the
02:03injured edin djeko djeko unable to start the game but is available on the bench
02:08the 40 year old veteran for many years at the very top of the european game
02:17he's absolutely terrific first half from lukic and i know he got that goal look but overall i thought he
02:23was excellent only playing in his third cap so no experience at this level but
02:31given his opportunity he's absolutely taking it
02:35and he gets the flick onto that one and chases that himself as coming across is
02:40nikola katic to put it out of play they will commit these defenders they'll slide they'll commit
02:46to things and canada just can they be a little bit quicker a little bit cuter
02:50a little shade towards the byline katic doing the defending lovely turn from tani oluashay
02:56the keeper got a touch to it good hand from vasil as bosnia scramble it away they felt the flag
03:01should
03:01have gone up for offside on tani oluashay out of play now for the throw it might have been it
03:06was close
03:07the first ball in him was was pretty tight but his turn right near the byline was excellent katic got
03:14caught out a long throw into the box headed away towards the back post where liam miller will go
03:19chasing richie larrea over there as well he turns under pressure from demirovich
03:26and this is diffusional oluashay got two assists in the final
03:34or the penultimate friendly for canada against uzbekistan and edmonton tani oluashay
03:40buchanan will leave this one for alistair johnston quick throw again from johnson
03:46buchanan's ball driven into the box right now bosnia meeting most of what is coming at them
04:02here's luke diffusional his first world cup made his first international start in copa america in the
04:08third place game this ball played through towards oluashay vasil comes and doesn't get there
04:12oluashay is down i guess some of the ball i think vasil i believe he gets something on it it's
04:20a
04:20horrible collision between the goalkeeper and tani oluashay hopefully he's okay oluashay looks
04:27a little disorientated on the ground and vasil is in a lot of trouble as well
04:35the pace of oluashay just gets here it's skipping up he's got to go at it with his head he
04:40gets the
04:40first touch but i think the big goalkeeper gets enough on it suggests that it's not going to be a
04:48penalty kick and he's come up the worst for where from it though oluashay back on his feet vasil still
04:58down receiving some treatment here as we take another look at what happened vasil who saved nico
05:03williams penalty in the shootout against wales in the playoff semi-final he's probably offside luke
05:08looking at it like that it's quite tight but in fairness they probably get there at the same
05:12time do they yeah but it is the goalkeeper it's more a punch onto the head of oluashay who
05:19i think knows he's going to get hurt at the last possible minute and he takes a couple of fists
05:26to the
05:26side of the head and i don't think that a foul should have been given the goalkeeper does get
05:31there of course this is a little spin and turn on katic he tries to go for a low hard
05:35one across the
05:36front vasil is down with a good save on that one too and fortunately for bosnia it falls to a
05:43defender
05:44rather than a striker in red another aerial duel one that's where bosnia are absolutely dominating
05:52in this game 29 to 36 jewels one so far from them this afternoon miller lovely play from liam miller
06:00who
06:00is charging forward here the ball towards oluashay just too far in front of the former minnesota united
06:08man oluashay it's not a hard ball though luke it's it's poor from liam miller it's got to be better
06:13than that
06:14when canada needed to just slow the heart rate and be calm and composed of letting themselves down it's
06:22not been one person it's been two or three you think about david's chance he needed just to
06:27to find the corner oluashay had to select a better finish and there liam miller just had the simple
06:33pass to put tani oluashay through and really off the mark composure lacking in big moments yep as canada
06:40try to find a way back into the game that they have trailed since just before the midway mark in
06:45the
06:45first half and our dedich will look to turn on the far side out of play for a canada throw
07:00canada heading towards the south end of toronto stadium in this second half the lakeshore end of
07:07the stadium cornelius with the ball back forward brought down by jonathan david this is liam miller
07:12out on the left side up against bayrak taravich now it's eustachio everyone back behind the ball
07:19defending for bosnia and herzegovina here cornelius with the cross into the box and vasil is able to
07:25claim unchallenged really yeah i mean it was a little close to him from cornelius i don't mind the fact
07:30that he
07:30wrapped his foot around it and tried to put pace on the cross but
07:34not the accuracy to give all of us here a chance
07:38out it goes off kolasinac 32 year old defender he's done well though look he's won a lot of battles
07:44against tijon buchanan so far here he is again the german-born left back who plays for atalanta
07:50second most caps on the squad in fact he's appeared for bosnia each of the last 14 calendar years
07:56kolasinac since making his debut in november of 2013 against argentina
08:03had those years where he was successful with arsenal
08:07won the fa cup with them in 1920 season
08:12came on in the final a win against chelsea muheremovic back it goes for vasil
08:21katic
08:25next up for canada they head to vancouver for the final two group games they'll play against qatar
08:30and then switzerland those two teams will meet in their group b opener tomorrow afternoon
08:43canada's seventh all-world all-time world cup game
08:48miller down the left side up against derich miller's ball back for kone ustakio lovely play from canada
08:55and it's up the bar as close as they have come
09:06richie larrea in his home stadium so unlucky wasn't he does everything right larrea
09:14it's absolutely terrific football look at this the pass from kone and then a stack out to put larrea
09:21through slides it beyond vassil little touch there off the goalkeeper's left ankle which gives
09:28glass snatch the chance to just inadvertently smack it off the crossbar he doesn't know what he's doing
09:34but fortunately for him in bosnia and herzegovina crashes square off the bar and out to safety really
09:42unlucky for canada the red wave continuing to grow down here in toronto
09:51but here's danger demirovic is through it's demirovic wide kripo came out did enough
10:02then more than enough great goalkeeping from kripo
10:09comes out of nothing really moharimovic ball forward that's the crossover between
10:14diffuser all and cornelius diffuser all follows the run of lukic demirovic
10:22again just thinking too much he's got to just slide it past kripo but he's trying to take it
10:27around them goalkeeper gets a touch in it puts it out for a corner larrea's chance unbelievable that
10:34doesn't find the back in the net fortunate for class snatch but he stays with it all the way
10:40bosnia's second corner and kripo came couldn't quite get there but kone gets away with it anyway
10:44here in canada have the numbers up jonathan david through the middle he'll chase this one himself
10:50as it goes all the way back towards vasil it's an open game at the moment and that will suit
10:56canada
10:56jesse marsh telling me this morning when we chatted that he thinks they can catch bosnia in transition
11:02miller looks towards the back post that's a disappointing quality again isn't it
11:06from leon miller the industry is there and unquestionable from miller but at times
11:13he's just a little erratic with his deliveries and his decisions
11:17jesse marsh may be pondering some changes yeah promised david we've already seen as he has made a
11:22miraculous comeback from injury would be a player who can come on in in this sort of situation with the
11:28game wide open has already shown us with the goal that he scored in edmonton that got cancelled out
11:32for offside yeah he is straight back into his form jonathan david down the right oliver shays in the
11:39middle it takes a deflections too slow from david again no look he's got to be quicker onto that
11:43to get it in the middle again i'll credit the defending from katic but that is a chance
11:50to put the ball in the back of the net there's no doubt about it johnson with a quick thinking
11:55yet again with the throwing canada caught out bosnia three or four times with that quick throw in the
12:01right from alice johnson david just a little off his knees his pace is just a little slow at times
12:12can he just find that extra gear that we know he's got in him
12:20the throw goes the other way bosnia and kolasinac specifically were taking too long to take that
12:29already may be looking to waste a few moments here and we're only 11 minutes into the second
12:33half but richie larrea's efforts cleared off the bar by kolasinac as a former central defender i mean
12:41you couldn't do that if you tried could you no what was he was he trying to do anything there
12:45he's just
12:45getting someone on it he's a yard out from the goal line he's just trying to get but nine times
12:50out of
12:50ten that's an on goal oh of course it's an on goal it's in the back in eight it's so
12:53fortunate but
12:54he stays with the play he doesn't give up he doesn't get caught ball watching even as it goes past
12:59his
13:00goalkeeper who got the slightest of touches which ironically gave him the chance to make that
13:06you know fortunate clear and so it's just really unlucky from canada football was lovely coney again
13:12was on the ball in that move a couple of times with key passes
13:18promise david is getting set to come in here just before the hour mark
13:25an incredible story for a player from brampton ontario who plays for union san joa in belgium
13:37he went off injured with a hip injury in february
13:42thought his world cup dreams were over kolasinac with the high ball forward maxime
13:47crepo comes a long way to get there and has that gone out for a corner it has wrong decision
13:52wasn't it he should have caught it it's clear not to why he elects to to try and punch it
13:57he
13:59doesn't get the connection he wanted as we saw in the first half a real threat
14:05bosnia have as his corner kicked basic again out to take this you know where it's going
14:13the third corner of the game they scored from their first in towards the six-yard box and headed over
14:18by muharamovich
14:23promised david will be the first change jacob schaffelberg ali ahmed also going through intense
14:28warm-ups as well two players that have fought back from injury
14:33weren't involved in the two games before the world cup
14:42and buchanan was battling well for that there
14:51say three sobs coming here from jesse mars schaffelberg ahmed and promise david
15:03jacob schaffelberg such a key figure in copa america
15:08he really rose to prominence and was relied upon by jesse marsh especially after tajon buchanan's
15:14injury this is cut out by derrick cornelius now liam miller down the left side
15:20liam miller in towards eustachio
15:24picked up by jonathan david now it's his smell cone with space to carry forward
15:32kone
15:37miller
15:39picked up though by lorrea who was chasing but
15:42arek tarovic looking to get away down that far side it's out of play for a throw
15:46i like the run from richell area inside loop but it's a decoy run it's to try and open up
15:51space for
15:52miller to maybe play into a stack or into a forward who's that he says in there it was offside
16:00tani
16:01overshade double change coming for bosnia as well they're going to bring in armin gigovic and also
16:06samed bazdar bazdar a striker maybe a straight swap up top for lukic we'll see
16:15he's only scored one international goal in 13 games
16:22gigovic born in sweden
16:31so jesse marsh will bring on schaffelberg ahmed and promise david olua she makes way liam miller as well
16:40and tajon buchanan like for like isn't it yeah from jesse marsh
16:55used to see an ali ahmed on that left hand side but he's going to play on the right
16:59in fact it's jonathan david not taniolo ashay
17:04jonathan david buchanan and miller the players leading the game the decision to take david
17:10out not a degree afternoon no doubt he's been off it but he is the main man up top he
17:17has been for a
17:18number of years for canada so it's a big call from jesse marsh to put in promise david alongside oliver
17:23share doing fairness in the second half especially has had way more joy against the bosnian defense
17:33three goals in 10 caps for promise david who scored a goal on his debut a year ago in this
17:41stadium a 4-2 win
17:57and collision there between liria and bayrak tarovic
18:04it's been that kind of day isn't it there's been a lot of 1v1 battles out there whether it was
18:10area layer
18:11on the ground it's been a really tight intense game throughout with
18:16not a lot of chances canada have had a couple could take them very little from bosnia but that one
18:22quality corner kick from the since departed basic led to that goal from lukic is also off
18:33the referee gets the free kick here
18:40promise david straight into the action
18:48he's just pulling back on to herovich
18:52and also gigovich the substitute he's holding on his face but nothing in that
18:57promise david's just trying to win a battle he's going to keep his arms down
19:04when promise david got injured in february jesse marsh called him and said i will give you until the very
19:10last minute to get ready for this world cup he is the sort of player while limited on international
19:14experience who has been scoring goal after goal at club level and is different to anything else that
19:20this canada squad has kept him play by ali ahmed here ahmed down the right side into the path of
19:26tani oluashay oluashay straight into tahirovich there who came across and now there's a buzz around
19:33toronto stadium taken quickly from the throw ali ahmed the former vancouver whitecaps man
19:41ahmed steps inside lovely play from ali ahmed drops towards promise david
19:46couldn't get the shot away stakio slipped in there as well yeah it was
19:51chaotic in the box wasn't it stakios in front of david he slips over but he tries a little turn
19:58it doesn't quite get clear of the defender
20:02good defending by mohanemovic and katech who between the two of them managed to
20:09really stopped the shot from having any power behind it
20:17ali ahmed has also injected some pace down this right side since coming on has
20:23running at defenders but i think a little bit different from buchanan running more
20:27inside and combining connecting here he is again just coming in off the flank different challenge
20:33for klasnach one goal and four assists in what is now 25 caps for canada for 25 year old ali
20:40ahmed off toronto
20:42made his debut in the 2023 gold cup had a goal and an assist in the three nil win in
20:47romania last september
20:54forward down the left it goes and richie la rea stepping inside la rea's ball to ustakio on the edge
20:59of the box ustakio with the shot
21:01fastball
21:04now
21:05try to wrap his foot around that and just get bending back in towards the the post
21:13maria has been good in the second half influential going forward creating overloads nowhere near
21:20the goal really never a concern for nicola vasil canada have the momentum here as we
21:27head towards what will be the second half hydration break it's the eighth time canada
21:32have played against european opposition under jesse marsh they've won three lost one and drawn
21:37two the only defeat was against the netherlands four nil in marsh's first game in charge in june
21:43of 2024 their last win against european opposition was 1-0 in wales in september a
21:52thundering free kick from derrick cornelius that day here's the ball over the top for
21:56shappelberg to chase onto from a toronto fc mound back home here as it's hoisted high
22:01oloche climbing desperate defending here from bosnia off the line again from bosnia great header
22:08from oloche it's a foul there surely a yellow got to be isn't it i don't think it's coming from
22:15the
22:15referee referee lenient there that was calculated from basket it was he wanted to try and stop the
22:21momentum that canada are building that's a free kick in the deeper area canada might be best
22:28safe to play this short and just keep testing bosnia and stakio's trying that great header from all of
22:35here but the ball from shuffleboard just to stand up at the far post so enforce that again but good
22:41defending ahmed cutting inside ahmed towards ustakio just keeps it in play ali ahmed first to respond
22:48but it's too far over the top of cornelius bosnia have never had a world cup clean sheet
22:57they're 25 minutes or so away from a victory here today and it is again katic
23:04getting round
23:07no pace on it but he reads it make sure he helps his goalkeeper out by coming in
23:14when the right hand side of his lane
23:20nervous moments for canadian fans on the big day as bayrak tarovic is away down the right
23:25side he's on side here as he looks to cut inside against larea
23:30brilliant well done brilliant
23:34he thinks he's offside larea he wants a flag he held his run well by rak tarovic
23:40yeah there was a deeper defender on the other side to larea we can see it can't we here come
23:46canada
23:47is stakio towards halfway wide for ahmed down the right
23:52and a great start to life in england in the championship with norwich city ali ahmed but he got
23:56injured on the final day of the season hasn't played since the start of may all of a she's freed
24:02up a bit now luke because david's went off promised david is that target man and all of a she's
24:07been
24:07given a bit of license to roam around he wins that free kick off kala snatch who stands on his
24:13left boot a little bit closer to the goal ali ahmed on it at the minute not a great angle
24:21but can he just
24:22get it perfect in that little area of uncertainty between goalkeeper and defense ahmed's ball in
24:28it's flicked behind off a bosnian head and just kept in play by kolasinac on the far side under
24:33pressure from diffuserol and luke diffuserol gives away the free kick kolasinac using his experience there
24:39he is but diffuserol has to step off him he's going nowhere
24:46here comes the hydration break with a little over 20 minutes remaining and canada trailing will be right back
24:55he marsh coaching staff discuss next steps his changes have had an impact here canada
25:01have gone close on a number of occasions but so far denied by the bar denied by goal line clearances
25:09and in the first half a couple of poor decisions or poor finishes and canada find themselves trailing here
25:1720 minutes or so from time plus stoppage time remaining in the first game played on canadian soil in the
25:25world cup
25:28are they going to find a way back here stevie yes they are going to find a way back they're
25:32going to get other
25:33chances in this game and someone's going to be a hero this afternoon to bring canada back in this game
25:45the only previous world cup for bosnia they lost against argentina in their first ever world cup game
25:52they lost against nigeria and they won 3-1 against iran
25:59that nigeria game the only world cup match they failed to score in
26:03having got the goal 20 minutes in today through jovan lukic his first international goal he's since left the game
26:12risky from diffusional there
26:17and this is the problem now with canada having to push forward there will be opportunities here
26:21for bosnia going in the opposite direction ali ahmed runs into trouble there as tahirovic picks it up
26:27kone just still getting back to his feet on halfway sent long by memic one in the air by larea
26:35this is jacob
26:36shaffelberg not on the same page there as richie larrea just go forward shaffelberg he's he had some
26:43space in front of him look jacob shaffelberg connie not too happy with that decision from referee fecundo teo
26:54it's a chance for bosnia just to break up the game what an angle this is of that fell he
26:59plays for it
27:00you can see it there just goes over does the substitute was that there's a picture of alfonso
27:07davies i'm sure really frustrated watching on from the sidelines wishing he could impact this game
27:14ivan sunich getting set to come in the defensive midfielder who plays in cyprus with pathos
27:20eight appearances all starts in qualifying
27:25and they're also going to bring in karim ali bagovic just 18 years old german born plays for red
27:31bull salzburg but heading back to by a lever cousin after this world cup
27:36and he'll replace by rak tarović yeah terrific by rak tarović
27:41this afternoon done a lot of great things as did memic
27:45different styles between these two wide men for bosnia but both
27:49very effective more of a 4-5-1 now from bosnia with basda the substitute who came on as a
27:57forward
27:57now out on the right hand side and ally bagovic the exciting young talent on this left hand side
28:06sunich just sitting in the middle of the park in the the deep line midfield position
28:13jesse marsh getting kyle laran ready to come in
28:18shuffleboard here wanted a foul but it's pretty close the touchline
28:22dedich didn't win the ball but i don't know if he caught him as much as shuffleboard made out there
28:32johnston forward kone couldn't bring it under control in the midfield cornelius with the challenge
28:37shuffleboard couldn't get there as dedich plays it high forward diffuser all wins it in the air
28:43shuffleboard
28:47big of it's chasing back to the far side and winning this one back as dedich comes forward towards
28:52halfway for bosnia they'll go back towards muharemovic just a 15th cap 23 year old defender
28:59huge talent playing in the top flight of italy
29:05kolasinac down the left side
29:10ally begovic back for muharemovic as bosnia look to try and keep canada at bay
29:19katic finds dedich gigovic forward down that right side good tackle from canelius
29:26read it well the direction he wanted to go
29:30decent little spell this from bosnia though trying to just take the sting out of the game
29:38well kyle laran started both of the pre-tournament friendlies but found himself
29:42out of the team today with tani oluashay preferred up top
29:48and now laran will replace oluashay
29:51with under 15 minutes plus stoppage time remaining kyle laran has scored seven goals
29:56for canada in this stadium his last goal here against panama last fall in a friendly and a 2-1
30:04win
30:05his first goal here a 4-0 win in the world cup qualifier against dominica in 2015
30:15awkward fall there for alistair johnson as he wins that header comes down
30:22on his back i think but he's up he's okay laran would have been bitterly disappointed when he
30:28heard the news he wasn't starting he's going to use all that frustration now to get his country back in
30:34this game to win the first point the world cup and that's ball through laran was chasing
30:40he's made an impact on many occasions this season coming in off the bench for southampton who were
30:45fighting for promotion to the premiership this year he was on loan from mallorca in spain
30:49and the 31 year old from brampton has now made that move to southampton permanent he's the country's
30:56second all-time leading scorer 30 goals in what is now 91 appearances which takes him clear
31:03the second all-time he was tied with jonathan osorio who's on the bench today the birthday boy osorio
31:09well they're chasing down atiba hutchinson's 104 caps number 91 for laran today i think interesting
31:16that he shared a lot of minutes at southampton with scottish international ross stewart where
31:21that the starts would come intermittently almost so he is used to coming off the bench he does know how
31:28to have an impact from the bench and jesse marshall be hoping that he can use the freshness and
31:35laden's legs comes his way with his composure he'll put it in the back of the net
31:43bosnia very deep at the moment as cornelius plays it across to the left side
31:50kone driving forward play through towards kyle
31:53laran it's kyle laran with the goal he's only just come into the game and now kyle laran writes a
32:03new
32:03story in canada's sporting history with the country's first world cup goal on home soil
32:14when his country needed him kyle laran did not miss a beat he buries it it's 1-1
32:29canada needed a hero and kyle laran is that man what a finish from him just onto the pitch
32:37definitely on side this glass stacks is a little bit deeper and the turn and finish is absolutely
32:43sublime from laran top level stuff this from the southampton striker look at that little bit of a
32:50nickel of katic as he strikes it towards goal then it takes it past was seal into the back of
32:58the net
32:59the toronto stadium erupts and canada are right back in this match kyle laran has had troubles in
33:07front of goal for canada he hasn't scored in his last 14 appearances since the 2-1 win against
33:13panama in toronto in october of 2024 just one goal in 24 appearances under jesse marsh
33:24but he has made an instant impact he got a new nickname in southampton they called him the brampton
33:31bags man yeah what a finish was that the turn was so good look in that tight space it's the
33:38quality of
33:39laran that makes the difference that's his subtle little touches his ability to hold off defenders
33:45and then the composure to finish his strength was terrific it did get helped by a little nick off
33:52nikola katich and flew past nikola vasil into the back of the net and the joy inside the stadium
34:01is palpable it's canada's second all-time leading scorer
34:08second all-time appearance leader making an impact now it's promised david who goes down on the edge of
34:15the box the momentum is all with canada the energy inside the building is incredible totally they've
34:23got to just manage this they've got to use the energy but obviously with a sense of caution here's
34:28that goal again it's a lovely little ball around the corner clearly on side as we saw from the
34:35previous replay kalas snatches ball watching he's deeper than his other center backs what a lovely
34:42little ball though wasn't it from promise david let's recognize that little pass around the corner
34:48look at the touch then the nick off katich does really help hard to tell whether it's going but
34:54it spins off katich's thigh into the back of the goalkeeper no chance that was his first involvement
35:01in the game i know we gave him the big build-up didn't we we hoped that he'd use the
35:05frustration
35:05of not starting to to be the hero and boy did he deliver the first touch off the thigh the
35:12second
35:13touch off the boot into the bottom corner sergey barbarez and bosnia now pegged back at 1-1 oh we
35:19needed
35:19this all didn't we we needed this moment this stadium singing in unison now
35:27scored 119 seconds after coming on cornelius white to the left
35:38the rocked bosnia and hercigabina are rocked at the moment they're feeling the pressure for sure
35:49but canada must make sure they don't get caught out here by throwing men forward they don't need to as
35:54much at this be careful yes of course they'll want to ride on the the momentum and the noise of
36:02the
36:02crowd good little ball in behind but a little bit far for laran to chase
36:12canada under 10 minutes plus stoppage time away from what would be a first world cup point
36:25canada trailing in all seven world cup matches in history but kyle laran's goal the first time
36:31they've equalized after going behind i think last night afternoon might be over he doesn't look
36:38well it's a bit of cramp maybe he's got his hands in his head but he gave the universal
36:45message with the hands that he's going to have to come off you think it'll be burn it to
36:50replaces him that happens pretty often for bosnia and hercigovina national team
36:58and his arm band's got to come off he's just cramped up he's played pretty well
37:02the 32 year old this would be their last change once they brought on bazda up top
37:10instead of lukic you figured there would be no edin dzeko today anyway but
37:15it will be dennis burnich the left back who plays for carlsruhe born in germany
37:20who will be coming on to replace kolasinac so no players left on the pitch who were in the last
37:27bosnian world cup squad in 2014 now yeah dennis burnich good player good on the ball
37:35someone i think can play excellent passes loves the diagonal canada'll have to be careful when he's
37:42in possession but more of a midfielder probably not as good a defender as kolasinac
37:50a bosnian throw right by that the canadian technical area jesse marsh is gesticulating to
37:57his strikers to get back he wants promised david to drop in a little deeper here it's the issue
38:03now though when you you always had that kind of one and one sort of front two a bit of
38:10a miss kick
38:10there from miss milconi basdar on the right side richie larrea defending and that is a corner
38:17well done richie larrea is furious he thinks it should have been a goal kick i thought it might
38:21have been a goal kick one change left for canada i wonder if we might see alfie jones
38:29you got all the subs out there at the moment you can see saliba and azorio joel waterman
38:33probably the most active of the subs he wanted to follow there i think more from buzz that richie larrea
38:44the outswing into the front post headed away by kyle laran and then a swing and a miss from burnich
38:55richie larrea with the block ustakio gets in there as well to stop the run of ally begovic forward it
39:01goes towards jacob schaffelberg off dead itch and out of play it's a canada throw yeah well done
39:06shuffleboard made a good run there it was an outlet ball for ustakio and it gets canada 50 yards up
39:12the
39:12field
39:16well promised david got the assist on kyle laran's goal so the substitutes connecting to get canada
39:22back level in this one
39:26kyle laran canada's second ever goal scorer at a men's world cup i remember the late drama in 2015
39:33at commonwealth stadium as christine sinclair scored the penalty to break the deadlock it was nil nil
39:38what a privilege it was to call that one as canada managed to score late and win the game
39:43in their world cup opener on home soil could there be more late drama here christine sinclair
39:49is in the house today here in toronto watching on
39:54could go either way though right now well it could it's a little hectic is that
39:58but bosnia look is as erratic as canada and katech here just prevents a corner it's
40:06it's pretty wild not dissimilar to last night's game in the later game between
40:14korea republic in czechia it's going to be a long throw into the box i mean i don't know
40:20if a scorer will get to the heights of greatness that christine sinclair's up but
40:24they'll certainly set their name in canadian soccer history with a goal
40:30johnston's looping throw headed away by katic ustakio out wide for alistair johnston closed down by
40:37derech it's a good curling ball in but katic does well managed to head a good distance forward and
40:44now here's the long ball forward and richie larrea trying to get back here
40:52demurovic looking to create goes backwards all the way to derech
40:56canada able to get the bodies back as it comes to sunich can't believe how many headers that bosnia
41:01have won defensively well actually all over the field they've just won so many aerial jewels
41:07of course it's a strength but it's been so impressive promise david he's fouled that's a free kick
41:17and promise david arms aloft to the crowd to get things going here in toronto
41:23whipping it up into a frenzy down by the lakeshore
41:32i talked pre-game about how i'd seen this program develop over 20 years the first time canada played
41:38here in september of 2007 my first time covering this team the growth of this team the growth of this
41:47game leading to this moment now as over 40 000 look to try and will this side to a winning
41:55goal
41:59ahmed ustakio unlucky i love it from ahmed they'll play it and go forward running behind things can happen
42:09kone fouled a free kick coming
42:15this would be the first draw of the tournament so far
42:21how many minutes do we think of coming up here
42:25as sergey barbarez takes a little moment to rest his legs he's back up now because
42:31the tension is so high this game is on a knife edge
42:42it would be a sixth consecutive draw for bosnia five of them 1-1
42:50diffuser off what header had to make it ustakio was fouled and so was ahmed
42:56ustakio has been magnificent in the last 30 minutes look he has roamed around the entire field
43:01he's got himself going he's he's just forcefully grabbed this game not through so many moments
43:09of quality just through endeavor and getting on the ball and inspiring his team as the captain today
43:16to get back into this game he's going to take this free kick what a performance what a
43:22leader's performance from stefan ustakio
43:37in the final minutes of the 90 too close to vasil too straight as night you're going to get it
43:41more
43:42in the angle if you're playing it we wait to see how much time is added on here six minutes
43:51and jonathan osorio getting set to come on in stoppage time here
43:56i think six minutes is pretty fair maybe could have been a little bit more considering the hydration break
44:08well i mean neither side's really sitting back here just kind of accepting this they both feel like
44:12they can get a winner has done diffuser all wins it who's rolls challenge going off basdar and out of
44:20play for the throw here and jonathan osorio coming in some fresh legs in midfield it will be interesting
44:24to see who comes out here from jesse marsh's side i think i think it's just dakio there it is
44:31yeah
44:31seems like it's going to be it seems like it's going to be
44:36stefan ustakio handing the captain's armband off to alistair johnston here
44:42what a second half throw mustakio just take a moment to appreciate what this means for jonathan
44:49osorio toronto fc's captain on his 34th birthday
44:56in a stadium where he has played for many years for both club and country comes on for the final
45:02six minutes of stoppage time here
45:08alai begovic referee allows play to continue as ali ahmed brings it forward
45:14and promised david has a foul given against him
45:19i don't know what he did there look to be honest motoremovic
45:23lying on the ground holding on his his jaw
45:28alai begovic is down as well on the edge of the penalty area well he felt he got fouled
45:32when he was dribbling through showing wonderful feet of his
45:36that's nothing in that he goes over coney barely touches him but as it goes up the other end he
45:42sort
45:42of runs into him doesn't he i think it's motoremovic who's in that position just to stop him
45:48making the channel run you know that feeling i've done it a few times as a centre-back you don't
45:52want
45:53to run back 40 yards and as david tries to run into the channel he just smashes into him
46:04so four minutes of stoppage time remaining but probably another two minutes
46:08beyond that still to be played here gigovic standing over the free kick
46:16amard dedich with a high ball out wide to the right side promised david couldn't clear particularly
46:23well up goes to fujerole now it's kyle laran who also plays a big role defensively as well
46:29and he's fouled that should be a yellow and it is
46:38katech felt like that was coming all game from katech he's had a good match love to say he's been
46:44he's been totally committed to the defensive display and it's actually a really good foul to
46:49give away from bosnia and herse govina's perspective kyle laran does does well to
46:55dribble out the pressure and canada are aware on a counter-attack
47:07would be an eighth successive game unbeaten in this stadium
47:11it would be only two defeats in 34 all time here in toronto stadium for canada
47:18a place they know well a second half comeback
47:26and minutes away from a first world cup point coney
47:32you're gonna win that tackle there and coney don't take any chances here not a great ball
47:38from canela's little nervy at the end of this game from canada
47:50kone
47:57osorio driving through the midfield
48:02osorio picks out ahmed perfectly ali ahmed with the ball into the box
48:06promised david and kyle laran were both in there but i like the idea titch gets it no i like
48:11the idea
48:11look but it's just not got the quality on the cross just a little loopy gives vasil time to get
48:18over
48:20lovely work from osorio though who's on the field to just calm things down
48:25use that terrific brain of his just to make good decisions and it was a lovely little
48:30slaloming run and then ball out to ahmed on the right
48:33how good's this lad been as well diffusional what a performance from the youngster
48:42ahmed inside for diffusional
48:47cornelius
48:52larrea helping it out to the far side gets it back from schaffelberg
49:01now osorio
49:02now osorio schaffelberg up against dedich rolled forward for richie larrea larrea to the byline
49:07steps inside richie larrea for kyle laran
49:14did he need a touch could he have played it first time
49:19sensational from larrea down the left back inside he finds laran he decides to take a touch but it
49:25just gave the defender that split second how many times have we seen richie larrea make those runs
49:31for toronto fc and either end up with an assist or a penalty when he cuts into the box like
49:35that
49:35he's been superb in the second half as well look to a man canada just totally committed
49:41to the job in the second half it's been amazing to watch them play like this in toronto
49:50seconds away from their first ever world cup point
49:55there's laran's touch and shot and the blocks made by muharimovic
50:01the final whistle goes in toronto kyle laran's goal coming on as a substitute and making an instant
50:09impact gives canada a first ever world cup point the two cultures shake hands at the end of a game
50:19in which canada certainly did not deserve to lose and it could have been more could have been more it
50:26was a a good performance by canada i thought it got better throughout the belief came even stronger
50:33as the match continued in second half they just
50:36absolutely went for it and totally deserved the equalizing goal from the substitute kyle laran
50:44you think the goal they conceded they'll be disappointed but to get that first point
50:48and to not lose the first game here in toronto is so significant
50:54next up it is qatar in vancouver and then the group will close against switzerland but this was a game
51:00really in the context of the group if they want to finish in the top two that they couldn't afford
51:04to
51:04lose against bosnia today they couldn't afford to lose this they had to get something from it i
51:09actually thought it would have been a cagey or match and it was i guess that goal from lukic meant
51:15that
51:15things had to open up a little bit bosnia defended well but they didn't provide too much threat going
51:20forward a little bit of action i would say in a counter-attack from them but canada just kept pressing
51:27and
51:27pressing and some of the football at times was wonderful from them the left-hand side was working
51:31well the substitutions from jesse marsh were at the right time and gave them some fresh pace and some
51:39impetus in the wider areas and then that key key substitution or two of them i would say from
51:45promise david with the assist to laran's goal tremendous stuff
51:49so
51:49you
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