The gruesome injury of Ismael Kone marred historic Canada’s 6-0 win over 9-man Qatar, Yankee Scores reports.
The emphatic win is Canada’s first ever win at the World Cup.
With the co-hosts already leading 3-0 in Vancouver and with a man advantage, had Assim Omer Madibo and Ismael Kone competing for the ball and resulting in a lengthy stoppage and Ismael Kone being stretchered out.
The latter received a yellow card at first, but the decision was reviewed and changed to red through VAR.
Ismael Kone, cheered by the Canadian fans, sat up waving at them on the stretcher as painkillers were administered to him.
It seems that now Canada are more likely to progress past the group stage, but Kone’s injury will seriously harm their hopes of reaching at least quarter-finals.
Kone’s Injury Ruins Historic Night
As a result, the injury ruined the historic night for Canada.
🚨 Canadian midfielder Ismael Kone has his World Cup cut short versus Qatar today, after sustaining a horrible injury.🤕 #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/LWhvNofTnq
— Divine Will (@Divine_Will_) June 19, 2026
Cyle Larin opened the scoring with an easy goal in the 16th minute, his second goal in two matches, and Jonathan David scored the first of his hat-trick in the 29th minute.
The first red card of Qatar was given in the 33rd minute when Homam El Amin was shown one for professional foul on Tajon Buchanan.
Jonathan David added the third Canada goal in first-half stoppage time.
Ismael Kone’s injury was the main talking point of the second half: as Nathan Saliba scored with a curling free kick, he showed his teammates’ shirt to the fans, and they were cheering loudly.
The fifth goal for Canada came in the 75th minute, when Mohammad Al Mannai put Jacob Shaffelburg’s attempt into his own net.
The sixth goal came in stoppage time, with David completing his hat-trick finishing off Buchanan’s cross.
The impressive six-goal win of Canada means that they are topping group B right now, having equal amount of points with Switzerland but three goals more in goal difference.
