BBC Sport trolling Alphonso Davies? Titanic music plays as the Beeb replays Canada's missed penalty against Belgium

BBC Sport trolling Alphonso Davies? Titanic music played as the Beeb replays Canada's missed penalty against Belgium
(Image credit: BBC Sport)

Alphonso Davies' missed penalty against Belgium was always going to be replayed by BBC Sport ahead of their next game against Croatia – but the choice of music for the opening montage of the game was… interesting. 

The Beeb's coverage of Canada's clash against the Croatians began with typically Canadian imagery with a North American narrator talking about some of the iconography of the typically polite nation, as images of mooses, Canada geese, maple syrup and even Ryan Gosling flashed up. 

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Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.