Canada captain Atiba Hutchinson plays with tampon up his nose during World Cup defeat to Croatia

Atiba Hutchinson required medical assistance during Canada's World Cup game — Atiba Hutchinson required medical help throughout Canada’s World Cup recreation (Image: Getty)

Canada discovered a fairly creative option to deal with captain Atiba Hutchinson after he suffered a bloody nostril throughout their World Cup conflict with Croatia.

The 39-year-old, showing at his first World Cup finals, was on the fallacious finish of an elbow to the face within the second-half of Canada’s 4-1 loss to Croatia on Sunday.

Hutchinson, who performs for Turkish membership Besiktas, was pressured off the pitch with a bloody nostril and Canada’s medical group rapidly started remedy.

The veteran quickly made his manner again onto the pitch and followers seen he had a tampon in one among his nostrils because the Canada medics discovered an creative option to handle the bleeding.

Hutchinson’s a hundredth look for Canada led to heartbreak as John Herdman’s aspect suffered a 4-1 defeat to crash out of the World Cup after simply two video games.

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies headed residence Canada’s first ever World Cup aim and the quickest aim of the Qatar World Cup after simply 67 seconds, however Croatia quickly took management to make sure they go prime of Group F.

Andrej Kramaric and Marko Livaja put Croatia 2-1 forward at half-time and the 2018 World Cup finalists continued to dominate after the interval, with Kramaric and Lovro Majer rounding off a powerful show.

Canada found an inventive way to treat their veteran midfielder — Canada discovered an creative option to deal with their veteran midfielder (Image: BBC)

Croatia now solely have to keep away from defeat towards Belgium of their remaining group recreation to progress to the knockout levels.

Following Canada’s World Cup exit, Maple Leafs boss Herdman mentioned: ‘As I preserve saying, we’re right here to push so far as we are able to. We’re right here to vary the mentality of the group.

‘It wasn’t to be however I feel we confirmed in these first 25 minutes that little Canada can compete with the world.’

Canada's captain in action against Croatia — Canada’s captain in motion towards Croatia (Image: Getty)

Canada goalscorer Davies added: ‘I’m very glad for the second. I’m disenchanted within the end result. It’s not straightforward to take defeat. We would have liked these three factors.’

Analysing the sport for BBC Sport, former England defender Micah Richards mentioned: ‘Croatia had been good in direction of the tip of the primary half. Credit score to Canada for taking the sport to them however Croatia had been too good for them ultimately.’

Elsewhere in Group F, Morocco secured one among their biggest World Cup wins as they beat Belgium 2-0 on the Al Thumama Stadium.