Ben Steiner
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And Derek Cornelius is at least at a point where if you start Bombido, Cornelius, I think with the maturity can come off the bench and be that next man up.
Whereas I don't really believe that Luke DeFuzio at this point can step into a game in the same way that Cornelius can.
I'll go first, but it's probably not the player that is going to be starting the game.
It's 20-year-old defensive midfielder Johan Manzambi who scored a brace
against Bosnia in their late onslaught there.
But he hasn't started either game, so he's potent.
Maybe they've been saving him, but it's a bit of a confusing look for what they've been able to do.
And we've seen the hydration breaks be used as a tactical approach for coaches at this World Cup.
And Jesse Marsh, I don't think, has used them completely to what he can.
I think for the best use, you probably have to look at both Switzerland and the U.S.
and what they've been able to do where they're pulling out a tablet, they're going full-on tactics meeting for three minutes.
Whereas Marsh, sometimes there's an intensity to how he's speaking during these hydration breaks, but I'm not sure he's using...
These two to the same advantage.
The thing with Canada, though, is this team doesn't really lose games.
They have put, you know, two very good performances against Argentina and lost both of those to nil.
But this is a team that is grinding out nil-nil draws with some big teams, France, Colombia, Ecuador, Tunisia.
Mexico, Ivory Coast, and Chile are all teams that they've grinded out no-mill draws with.
And of course, that would be good enough.
So I do think this Canadian team is good enough to get a draw.
I'm still hesitant about them saying maybe we can get a win in this game because this Switzerland team is very good.