“Canada won its first knockout game at the men’s World Cup, beating South Africa in dramatic circumstances to set up a last-16 tie with the Netherlands or Morocco. The co-hosts had never progressed beyond the group stage before but will now have the chance to go deeper still, after Stephen Eustaquio prompted wild scenes by scoring a stoppage-time winner in this round-of-32 game at SoFi Stadium, near Los Angeles. It is the end of the road for South Africa, which was also competing in its first knockout tie at soccer’s biggest international tournament. Canada now travels to Houston, with Jesse Marsch’s side hoping to upset one of the competition’s stronger teams with a place in the quarter-finals at stake. …”
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