john herdman has brought so much confidence through the canadian national team program that it attracts winners, right? winners attract, winners. he had metal success as an olympic a coach for the canadian women. he's more than brought that to the canadian men. this group of players is much more diverse than the team that played at the $986.00 world cup and mexico. among them, the canadian immigrant from ghana, alfonso davies, the buyer and munich player has captured the attention of the soccer world and his thriving under heard men ready while croatian born b, land bori, and tells everyone how proud he is to be part of this team. happy to agree to, to give back something to canada, the gemini, give it to me, you know, new life, new everything. experts think the world cap could be a turning point for the sport in canada. now this is an opportunity to be there in, in, in cutter this year. and then in canada, united states, mexico, in 4 years, this will set a real transition for canada to the next level. the recent success is already paying off with greater enrollments in youth programs a

he says, team canada owes john herdman at debts of gratitude. that loyalty, coupled with teen spirit and a lot, and i mean a lot of hard work could be the x factors. admin thing. mind. aah! are you joe? i'm going to be up at game. who's going to win calendar horatio really quickly? okay. i think i can allow the sort of a morgan's bell. jimmy was 22 chances for 9. it's gonna be similar game. so the best for that strong mid feel it would be look, i'm all their agents have come in there before, you know. but a question, i'm not as fast so i think i want to leave is will happy. okay, we'll be looking forward to that. that's all we have got time for. so thank you. generally, don't forget you can get more woke up content on our website. al jazeera dot com, forward slash world cock, or way back it says gmc, with all from katara 2500. as you build up to that huge, very light up between germany in spite cavities facing it earlier. but a woke up with a new series follows footballers from 6 countries hoping to make it to catch our 2022. when i scribbled to

well to this man, there, coach john herdman, a sport scientist from england. yes, you've heard me correctly. he's one of 2 managers at the world's club who have never played football at the senior level. but get this his already taken the canadian women's football team all the way to olympic urgent, twice yours to let them to the women's world cup in 2015 in canada where they reached the quarter finals. so i guess it's hardly a surprise that after taking charge of the men's team, that li, qualified with. and a reminder, this is the 1st time they've been at a wildcat final since 1986. herdman credits his success to tough teenagers and the constant desire to prove his critics wrong. he's done that. all right. and so has his team and in the classroom. herman's now explaining what makes them favorite to win the world cup. i think talk, but 1st they've got to get past teams like croatia and like canada, croatia have a track record of woke up success. they came very close to winning it 4 years ago and coach psychedelic will want to go. one better in cats are john ha

the coach, you know, john herdman was rallying the troops so to speak, trying to encourage the player saying, hey, you deserve to be here. we actually have a quote car. we could take a look at it, you know, and he was addressing the players and it just said, we're going to go and f croatia. you can use your measurement imagination with the f stands for. i think it's widely understood as those words made their way all the way to zagreb, where a correlation tabloid responded in actually put a naked picture of heard me. we actually have this image as well. and are they covered part of his body, his mouth and his private parts with maple leaves it saying the translation you have the mouth, but do you have the balls as well? you know, so obviously it varies of the with that suggestion. but, you know, the press conference equation coach did like the comments at all. he used respect 13 times in his sal bite, saying, you know, we don't appreciate that, that's not the way you speak when i try to be respectful and so forth in a their players, yvonne pears, it says he's looking forward to the ga

john herdman has brought so much confidence through the canadian national team program that it attracts winners, right? winners attract, winners. he had metal success as an olympic a coach for the canadian women. he's more than brought that to the canadian men. this group of players is much more diverse than the team that played at the $986.00 world cup and mexico. among them, the canadian immigrant from ghana, alfonso davies, the buyer and munich player has captured the attention of the soccer world and his thriving under heard men ready while croatian born b, land bori, and tells everyone how proud he is to be part of this team. at the debris told to give back something to jennifer, the gemini, give it to me, you know, new life, new everything. experts thank the world cap could be a turning point for the sport in canada. now this is an opportunity to be there in, in, in cutter this year. and then in canada, united states, mexico, in 4 years, this will set a real transition for canada to the next level. the recent success is already paying off with greater enrollments in youth programs

he says team canada owes john herdman at, at to gratitude. that little t coupled with teen spirit and a lot, and i mean a lot of hard work could be the x factors, admin thing, mind aah! or boat he is, will be hoping for their 1st when of a tournament. now jim, i want to ask you, if canada play as well as they did against belgium, can they beat croatia? they definitely will have a chance because yeah, i mean, kind of the sort of more they had the ball. they had 22 champs. as amused the penalty was going wrong. the just the efficiency in the final 3rd, it's going to be similar game you're going to suffer. i think creation has so talented, strong, meet filled the same as belgium with him come all that it you said of kevin reno. it but they are not as fast. so the contra tax of funds so they can be it even if he might have more, more, more chances and why not that kind of can be the sort of price. yeah. okay, but i'm keeping my expectations low. i know how you guys feel. now england fan truly disappointed is also war corporation perspective with

the english coach of canada — john herdman — has apologised after using a derogatory term, when instructing win for both teams. croatia have 1 point in the group — and canada lost their opening game. herdman is certainly relishing the contest. iam super i am super excited for a huge match tomorrow. 0urteam i am super excited for a huge match tomorrow. our team are light, bright, and clear, and ready to go. it will be a defining moment for canada in this world cup. it is one of those do or die games that we have to perform in to stay in the world cup. i am pretty excited, to be honest. it is a massive game, canada playing croatia a world cup. we get a chance to play against great players, it is a hell of a match coming. away from the world cup — and plenty of domestic fa cup action today — with the second round taking place. and a shock for afc wimbledon, beaten by non—league opposition. the lost to chesterfield, of the national league 2—0 at home. goals coming from armando dobra in the first half — and jeff king — 15 minutes before the end. they seal their spot in the third round, the stage

canada's head heach john herdman is relishing being the group's underdog.here you were a genuine underdog in every single game. and i think that really fits our narrative. it really fits where this team is at. you will see the big plays and they will be lining up against our players. all i see is an opportunity. what will they see in that moment when they look across at this kid who has come from women's coaching? yes. look across at this kid who has come from women's coaching?— look across at this kid who has come from women's coaching? yes, we will be ready for — from women's coaching? yes, we will be ready for the _ from women's coaching? yes, we will be ready for the challenge, _ from women's coaching? yes, we will be ready for the challenge, for - from women's coaching? yes, we will be ready for the challenge, for them l be ready for the challenge, for them to he _ be ready for the challenge, for them to be ready— be ready for the challenge, for them to be ready for the challenge as well because most of their players have not— well because most of thei

john herdman has named his $26.00 man squad, which includes byron munich, star alfonso davies, shall be my 1st will cope with the man's team. my 5th will co into all i yeah, it's, it's going to be a hell of a ride. i'm going to learn a lot and i will be rubbing shoulders. chris, you know, will close quarters like roberto martinez. and for me that's. that's where i wanna be on the river edge. sadie ravia have dropped forward for her. i look forward from there world cup squad, due to an ongoing doping case, an 18 month ban for testing positive for a band substance was reduced in august by the sadie sports authorities. world anti doping agency has appealed that decision. veteran forward enough of it. i'll abbot has been named as a replacement now away from the world comp. britton's george russell has earned his 1st formula. one victory he won. the brazil grand prix had mercedes t. maitland, hamilton. the last race of the season, is in abu dhabi. on november the 20th the same day, the world cat begins in qatar. ah, even been in just a huge thank you to the whole team for making it possib

they grouped alongside belgium, croatia, morocco coach john herdman has just named his $26.00 man scholar which includes bon meaning, store of fun. so davies so be my 1st will cope with the man fema 5th will cope in tool. yeah. said it's going to be a hell of a right. i'm going to learn a lot. i'm going to be rubbing shoulders with you know, wilcox cultures like roberto martin as an end for me that's. that's where i want to be on the raises edge while as well as the teams arriving. and cats are so to has the world cup trophies been on tour, round the world with stop o f, as in all the nations that have qualified for the torments. this portion of the trophy 1st lifted by west germany camps in france, beckon bower. the 1974 finals. well the way to go and so kick off excitement is building in capital laura burden. manley has been at the house world cup countdown clock. the viber suddenly when it was 7 days to kick off, there was a huge rush of people. the came to the clock so i couldn't see the count on the countdown is literally just behind me now. it's 6 days. 23 hours, 47 minutes and 15 s

all right, canada coach john herdman says he's got he's confident he's got a really good game plan against croatia. what do you think is going to happen? well i agree with the coach when he said that they deserve more definitely against belgium and they got 54 percent possession of 22 chances for 9 of the red devils. they missed penalty. they just, those are definitely something more a didn't know that they, they, they prove that they know how to fight. it's going to be a similar game with a powerful midfield, if not, not going to be cut into broken. but yes, look more rich. but stella and earlier to the costa rica, they chose the at the end of the day, it's a matter of face. yeah. anything can happen. we've seen that. we'll see what happens. well, so as he talks on there with pay to the crisis coach glasgow dollars, not particularly happy with the candidate manager, john had been off the english with bites of well. so he said provocative statement about the car is decided to lead up to this guy for ball this earlier we spoke to creation football, right? you're very gauge. yeah, it's been

and knowing what john herdman has been able to do to get them to where they from, where they were to, where they are is a huge step forward. now it's to fully focus on the gold cup coming up in just a lesson a years time. and also start getting ready for 2022 or 2026, i should say. where they will be one of the protagonists knowing how some of these youngsters have been able to behave in these situations. yet today was one of those matches where experience really ended up taking the better of this match and be crucial, be the more experienced and better quality team of ra, but canada, one of the teams of the future be looking at. and you mentioned there that canada, okay. her hosting, i've seen 2026. he should be keeping our eyes on then from the canadian team that's gonna go on to potentially be a big star at that next tournament. well, i don't know if there, if, if we need to see because they are actually one of them is already a big star. and alfonso davie, so i think that's, he's, he's the present and definitely was at his age. he's going to be also the future. jonathan david also

and john herdman has led the way there in many it was in canada soccer despite the problems that they've had at the administrative level have been part of the reason why when you bring in player such often. so davie, such as dr. jonathan david over in france as well, lou, you start to see these young players really begin to emerge and really establish themselves that were the national team, but also what their club teams. you look at them in every single one of their lines . they're very solid, in my opinion, they're probably the best team in comcast. although if you see it based on the world cup, maybe that's not going to be there. you say what? but what this group this team got out of the groups did. and that thing that made kenner didn't, they still had one of the tougher match ups in this competition. that doesn't mean that they're not the best in the region. so the belgians, let's talk about him, get sick and they'd be knocking on the door at major tournaments full probably about a decade now people have spoken about this golden generation. a lot of those guys are getting older. the

well, i think john herdman has prepared them brilliantly, is master. he's a mentor and i think mentally it's the toughest they're going to be. so i think they're going, i think they're going to play for a really strong draw, but they're not going to be satisfied with the draw. they're playing to win. so i think they're going to give them a really tough match. it's going to be difficult, but i'm confident in the coaching and the brotherhood that they formed. yeah, and john herdman has had a very interesting career because he coached the when his team knows was successful with the women's team lead. do you think a canada can get out of the group stages? the short answer is i do that opening 25 minutes against belgium's. going to be really intense and it's going to set the tone for the tournament. if we score an early goal, look out for this team. we've got a real team chemistry and we've got a leader and john herdman, we've got a player in alfonso davies that's going to give roberta martinez, coach of belgium, a lot to think about. yeah, alfonso davies i