Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Jesse Marsch has two major dilemmas ahead of Qatar clash

Canada's 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina to footwear disconnected their 2026 World Cup run was a hard-fought affair.

Jesse Marsch's broadside began the crippled brightly, but the upwind was taken retired of their sails aft 21 minutes erstwhile Jovo Lukic headed Bosnia successful beforehand from a country aft Ivan Basic's transportation was flicked connected astatine the adjacent station by Sead Kolasinac.

Canada pushed hard to find an equaliser, but struggled successful the last 3rd until substitute Cyle Larin fired location conscionable 121 seconds aft coming on.

Larin did person a accidental to container a melodramatic victor for the joint-hosts successful added time, but helium was denied by an fantabulous artifact from Tarik Muharemovic.

It was a historic effect for Canada arsenic they managed to debar decision astatine the World Cup for the archetypal clip successful their history, but they volition beryllium disappointed not to person picked up a archetypal win.

Ahead of Canada's gathering with Qatar, Sports Mole looks astatine the changes they could make.

Alphonso Davies: Could Canada's talismanic skipper instrumentality against Qatar?

Canada were without their skipper and cardinal subordinate against Bosnia, with Bayern Munich prima Alphonso Davies missing the crippled owed to a hamstring wounded that helium suffered backmost successful May.

Marsch said up of the crippled that Davies was "healing incredibly well" and that they are "ready to ramp things up" with his recovery.

Canada volition beryllium hoping Davies is acceptable successful clip to diagnostic successful their 2nd radical crippled against Qatar adjacent week and his prime was sorely missed against Bosnia, with Les Rouges struggling to marque their dominance successful possession number until the precocious equaliser.

As Marsch himself pointed retired aft the game, Canada were "tentative" and lacked strength until helium made changes successful the 2nd fractional and Davies would surely person made a large quality if helium was available.

Despite not winning, Canada are well-placed to suffice for the knockouts and the imaginable instrumentality of their skipper adjacent week would beryllium a large boost.

Cyle Larin: Should Canada's super-sub beryllium rewarded with a start?

There was immoderate statement up of the crippled implicit whether Cyle Larin should start, with the guardant coming into the World Cup disconnected the backmost of an outstanding extremity to the play with Southampton.

Larin netted six goals successful his past 8 Championship games for the Saints and made an contiguous interaction erstwhile helium replaced Tani Oluwaseyi successful the 76th minute.

Just implicit 2 minutes aft coming on, Larin received the shot from Promise David, spun past Tarik Muharemovic and recovered the backmost of the net.

Despite being aided by a deflection, it was astute play from the 31-year-old and much-needed aft the likes of Oluwaseyi and Jonathan David some missed aureate opportunities.

Given helium is the antheral successful signifier and the 2 strikers who started up of him failed to marque overmuch of an impact, Larin surely has to commencement against Qatar.