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Davies ruled out for Canada's upcoming friendlies confirms head coach Marsch

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Published 5 months ago

Co-hosts Canada have suffered a blow in ⁠their preparations for the World Cup after defender Alphonso Davies was ‌ruled out of upcoming friendlies against Iceland ‌and Tunisia due to injury, ‌head coach Jesse Marsch said on Thursday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davies-alphonso/4r3PXV20/"]Davies[/a] ‌suffered a hamstring strain while playing ‌for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a] in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/atalanta-8C9JjMXu/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/?mid=xnKOznHl"]Champions League on Tuesday[/a], leaving the field ‌in distress during their 6-1 ⁠win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atalanta/8C9JjMXu/"]‌Atalanta[/a].[/p][p]The 25-year-old only returned to action in ​December after recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament tear sustained ​in March 2025.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/canada/x4toKORL/"]Canada[/a] face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/iceland/6TsAIrGN/"]Iceland[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/canada-x4toKORL/iceland-6TsAIrGN/?mid=AicPgHHs"]March 28[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/canada-x4toKORL/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=d8eXienf"]April ⁠1[/a] as ​part of their preparations for the World Cup, which they are co-hosting with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fuitL4CF/"]United States[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a].[/p][p][b]"It'll ‌probably be two-three weeks before he's back again,"[/b] Marsch told TSN Sports.[/p][embed guid="9ec59586-e926-4ef4-bf72-22d175d81de1" url="https://x.com/TheAthleticFC/status/2031771503868449129" social-type="twitter" /][p]"He's probably not going to be with us for March, which is okay. We'll probably leave him there in Munich and make sure he gets himself fully fit and fully ‌back to 100%, and I'm ​confident he will do that.[/p][p][b]"It's not ‌easy when you come back from these long-term injuries ... We just need to take the appropriate steps to make sure that we ⁠don't have ⁠anymore setbacks."[/b][/p]

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