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Canada score late winner to advance to last 16 at World Cup
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Canada score late winner to advance to last 16 at World Cup INGLEWOOD, California, June 28 : Co-hosts Canada scored a stoppage-time winner to beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday and become the first team to advance to the last 16 at the World Cup. • Stephen Eustaquio hit home a 92nd-minute winner from outside the penalty area to see Canada through. • Canada’s Moise Bombito had an effort cleared off the line before halftime.
Canada score late winner to advance to last 16 at World Cup
INGLEWOOD, California, June 28 : Co-hosts Canada scored a stoppage-time winner to beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday and become the first team to advance to the last 16 at the World Cup.
• Stephen Eustaquio hit home a 92nd-minute winner from outside the penalty area to see Canada through.
• Canada’s Moise Bombito had an effort cleared off the line before halftime.
• The Canadians will meet the winner of Monday’s clash between Morocco and the Netherlands in the last 16 in Houston on Saturday.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Atlanta; Editing by Toby Davis)
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