Canada dominate – Canada tore into Qatar from the first whistle, with Cyle Larin, Jonathan David and a late-first-half brace-like surge helping the Red and White lead 3-0 at the break. A red card for Homam El Amin in the 33rd minute added to Qatar’s nightmare start, and Canadia
It took just 16 minutes for Canada to look like a team that had already decided the night.
Facing Qatar in a game with massive implications on Thursday. the Canadians attacked from the opening whistle and turned momentum into goals almost immediately. Cyle Larin. the hero from Canada’s opening-game draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina. didn’t wait long to repay Jesse Marsch’s call to insert him back into the starting lineup.
Larin pounced on a rebound from a Jonathan David shot to put Canada up 1-0 in the 16th minute. Thirteen minutes later, David got his own moment—hammering a volley into the back of the net to make it 2-0.
The night tilted further in Canada’s favor shortly after that second goal. Qatar’s Homam El Amin was shown a red card in the 33rd minute, leaving his side down to 10 men for the remainder of the game.
Canada’s control carried them through injury time as David completed a dominant first half with his second of the game. By the break, the Red and White were ahead 3-0, setting up a second half that felt less like a contest than a statement.
Canadian soccer fans wasted no time soaking in what they were watching. As the goals kept arriving and Qatar’s red-card blow compounded the pressure, they took to social media to applaud the dream start—turning a strong first half into pure goosebumps fuel.
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