‘A Great Journey’: Canada Defender Bombito Reflects on Road to Recovery

'A great journey': Canada defender Bombito reflects on road to recovery

VANCOUVER - The long road to recovery from a broken leg to playing in his first FIFA World Cup match has been a learning experience for defender Moïse Bombito.

‘A great journey’: Canada defender Bombito reflects on road to recovery

VANCOUVER — The long road to recovery from a broken leg to playing in his first FIFA World Cup match has been a learning experience for defender Moïse Bombito. The 26-year-old from Montreal fractured his left tibia playing for French club Nice in October. Questions swirled if he would recover in time to represent Canada at the World Cup. Those were answered when Bombito came on in the second half of Canada’s 6-0 victory over Qatar on Thursday, t…