The Lead Is Simple
The man brought in to fortify Canada's defense before a World Cup walked off Commonwealth Stadium at halftime on Monday with ice on his left leg. He played 30 minutes—his first meaningful action since breaking that same tibia in October—and the team's PR team was quick to say nothing is wrong.
Moïse Bombito started against Uzbekistan, slipped early trying to snuff out a breakaway, the n slid to clear the ball a few minutes later. By the break he was walking gingerly toward the locker room with trainers. The Canadian men' national team called the substitution "by design," citing wet field conditions in Edmonton. By full-time he was circulating with out a limp.
The record does not need much decoration; it already does the talking.
The Detail That Matters
It's the latest odd moment in a buildup that's accumulating the m. Alphonso Davies jogged the pitch but remains questionable for the June 12 opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Marcelo Flore is done for the tournament with a ruptured ACL. Canada finishes its pre-World Cup slate against Ireland in Montreal on Friday.