Alphonso Davies named in Canada's World Cup squad after overcoming injury scare

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Alphonso Davies has been named in Canada's squad for the World Cup despite suffering an injury scare in Bayern Munich's new Bundesliga win over Hertha Berlin.

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Nonetheless, Bayern then said Davies' hopes of participating at the World Cup were "not at risk", and the 22-year-old features in John Herdman's 26-man squad for the competition in Qatar.

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Lille's Jonathan David is one more prominent name in Herdman's party - his count of nine Ligue 1 goals this season has just been bettered by Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe (12) and Neymar (11).

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Canada begin their first World Cup crusade since 1986 by facing Belgium on November 23, preceding taking on individual Gathering F rivals Croatia and Morocco.

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Atiba Hutchinson, brought into the world in 1983, is the main individual from the Canada squad who was alive the last time the country contended at the World Cup.

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Canada lost every one of the three of their matches on their main previous World Cup appearance, failing to score an objective.

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They are one of just four nations to play somewhere around three World Cup games without hitting the net (also Trinidad and Tobago, Zaire and China).

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