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EDMONTON — Dozens of students at St. Nicholas Soccer Academy in Edmonton gathered Friday hoping to watch alumni Alphonso Davies make his official international soccer debut.

Davies, who is 18, joined Bayern Munich in Germany as a midfielder late last year and has played in one pre-season game with the team.

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On Friday, he ended up watching the game from the bench as Bayern defeated Hoffenheim 3-1 to mark the league’s return to action after its winter break.

Bayern teased Davies’s possible participation with a pre-game tweet showing his No. 19 jersey hanging in a locker-room stall with the words: “It’s all getting very real for Phonzie.”

Davies, who lived in Edmonton with his family after coming to Canada as a refugee, attended the junior high school for three years.

Students in Grades 7, 8 and 9 at the Soccer Academy spent their lunch hour watching the game for a glimpse of Davies.

The Grade 9 students skipped their own soccer practice to stay and watch the full game.