Canada vs. Germany: What you need to know
It’ll be a battle of the last two Olympic champions when Canada faces off against Germany in this weekend’s quarter-finals of the women’s soccer tournament at the Paris Games.
The Germans won their fourth Olympic medal when they struck gold at Rio 2016, while the Canadians changed the colour of their medal by winning gold at Tokyo 2011 after earning back-to-back bronze medals.
Canada punched its ticket for the knockout round in Paris with a perfect 3-0-0 record in the group stage, despite being slapped with a six-point penalty in connection to the drone/spying scandal. Germany finished behind the United States in its group, but still impressed in the first round to advance.
Here’s what you need to know about Saturday's match between Canada and Germany at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, France (3:00 p.m. ET/CBC).