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Marsch urges Canada to be ‘cleaner’ despite win over Chile

Despite Canada returning to action after the World Cup with a win, Jesse Marsch is keen to see a "cleaner" performance than the one he got against Chile. Canada edged to a 1-0 victory over their nine-man opponents in the friendly at BMO Field despite dominating for large parts of the match. Jonathan David scored the winner in the 12th minute. Jacob Schaffelburg's cross was met by Cyle Larin, who saw his shot saved, but it rebounded off him to David, who coolly tapped home. Lucas Cepeda was then shown a straight red card 35 minutes in after a high boot on Richie Laryea. Gabriel Suazo also made an early exit, receiving his second booking five minutes after the break – his first was for dissent before his late foul on Niko Sigur. Canada pushed to try and make the most of their advantage in the second half, but even though they finished with 22 shots worth 2.6 expected goals (xG), with 16 of their attempts coming after the break, they could not get a second goal. And it is that part of their game that Marsch wants to see an improvement on as they continue to build on their round-of-16 exit from the World Cup. "Chile makes it hard," Marsch said. "I don't think [our] second half was very good. A winning start to the window We go again next week in Montréal vs. Peru! #CANMNT pic.twitter.com/q26qZaIZOB — CANMNT (@CANMNT_Official) September 27, 2026 "Chile remained aggressive even down two men. The way to make them pay was to be cleaner with the ball and cleaner with ideas and actions around the goal. "We were too wild, not enough shots on frame, not enough final actions with good connections." Canada also hit the woodwork twice, with Laryea and Jamie Knight-Lebel going close in the final six minutes of the 90. Larin was a constant threat for them, having a game-high four shots,

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Lando Norris targeted by online abuse after calling for Franco Colapinto ban

Alpine condemn social media abuse of world championFans of Argentinian driver criticised after Baku incidentLando Norris has been the victim of a wave of online abuse, having stated that the Alpine driver Franco Colapinto should not be in Formula One, after the Argentinian caused an accident that knocked the defending world champion out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Saturday.Such was the level of abuse on social media, which appears to be from fans of Colapinto, his Alpine team were prompted to issue a statement condemning what is only the latest incident in a host of occurrences of fan abuse associated with the Argentinian driver. Continue reading...

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Chess Olympiad 2026: India retain Gaprindashvili Cup with Open silver & Women’s bronze