Kevin Kilbane

He actually changed him for Canada because he was able to help that momentum swing go for the last 15-20 minutes of the game.

So,

I was very surprised when I saw the line-ups today.

Really surprised that Astakio had, whether it was Jesse who ruled him out, whether it was the medical team or Stefano Astakio himself, we don't know as of yet.

But I was so surprised that given he was available to come on, in my opinion, if you're available to come on in a game and start the match, you have to start the game.

Yeah, the way I look at this one is that, look, again, it's World Cup games.

You're desperate to be fit.

And if he's making himself available, you have to play him.

That's the way that I would look at it.

You've got to play Alphonso Davies.

But, again, I mean, I'm sure there is medical advice from Bayern Munich as well that Canada Soccer have got to consider here.

Look, you can't take the risk with him considering the extent of the injury that he had.

So, look...

I find it a little bit bizarre with what's happened around everything around Alphonso Davies.

Simply put, at the start...

We all knew he wasn't going to play the first game, yet there was still that thread that was being dangled in front of us.

Yeah, he's going to play.

He's going to play at some stage.

He's going to play at some stage in the group stage.

So Jesse Marsh has said he was never going to be available.