Canada v Qatar: World Cup 2026 – live

Key events

Reintroducing Qatar’s prima man

The hype astir Johan Manzambi will only heighten aft his prima move from nan substitutes’ chair helped Switzerland retired of a spread and get their tourney genuinely up and running. The 20-year-old managed to excel for Freiburg successful their broad Europa League last conclusion against Aston Villa past period and, pinch 73 minutes played present and 3 minutes aft entering arsenic portion of a triple substitution, his superb volley put an extremity to a sterile contest, hooking a right-foot changeable into nan Bosnia and Herzegovina net.

At that constituent Switzerland had registered 8 shots, 3 connected target, but things unravelled successful nan last third. It was, of course, a akin communicative successful their opener against Qatar, erstwhile they vanished pinch 26 shots but had to settee for a draw. Manzambi scored doubly here, his 2nd decorativeness understated but sumptuous, earlier Ermin Mahmic thumped successful an unstoppable volley successful stoppage time, nan shot clocked astatine 71mph according to nan wraparound LED screen. Switzerland’s captain, Granit Xhaka, capped nan scoring from nan punishment spot aft Amar Memic tripped Djibril Sow.

Full time: Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Switzerland person respective toes successful nan knockout shape aft overwhelming Bosnia and Herzegovina successful nan past 20 minutes successful LA. Freiburg’s Johan Manzambi, aged 20, came disconnected nan chair to people twice.

Team news

Canada’s caput coach Jesse Marsch makes 2 changes. Cyle Larin, who came disconnected nan chair to equalise against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ali Ahmed travel successful for Liam Millar and Tani Oluwaseyi. Alphonso Davies is among nan substitutes.

Qatar are unchanged.

Canada (4-4-2) Crepeau; Johnston, De Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea; Buchanan, Kone, Eustaquio, Ahmed; J David, Larin.

Subs: St Clair, Goodman, Waterman, Bombito, Davies, Sigur, Choiniere, Millar, Shaffelburg, Osorio, Saliba, Oluwaseyi, P David, Nelson.

Qatar (4-2-3-1) Abunada; Alawi, Miguel, Khoukhi, Ahmed; Laye, Gaber; ; Edmilson Junior, Madibo, Afif; Abdurisag.

Subs: Zakaria, Barsham, Mendes, Al-Brake, Hussein, Hatem, Boudiaf, Al-Ganehi, Fathy, Alaaeldin, Muntari, Al-Haydos, Ali, Jamshid, Al-Mannai.

Referee Cristian Garay (Chile)

It’s nary longer goalless successful nan lucifer betwixt Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Daniel Gallan has more.

Daichi Kamada’s late equaliser for Japan against nan Netherlands connected Sunday did not simply mean that nan scoreline much accurately reflected nan game. It besides extended to 4 nan unbeaten tally of teams from nan Asian confederation against Europe astatine this tournament. There is simply a grade of contingency to that record, and cipher should tie definitive conclusions from nan first week of a World Cup, but arsenic if location were a displacement successful nan powerfulness dynamics of world football, it mightiness look a spot for illustration this.

The reside was group connected time 1 pinch South Korea’s triumph complete Czech Republic. It possibly shouldn’t person travel arsenic a astonishment to anybody who saw their qualifying playoff semi-final against Ireland that nan Czechs would beryllium truthful ponderous and lumbering, a broadside that understood nan worth of dormant balls and agelong throws and small else. But still, nan easiness pinch which South Korea passed their measurement astir them was striking. If Son Heung-min had been nan subordinate he was 3 aliases 4 years ago, nan Korean triumph would person been acold much emphatic.

With 20 minutes remaining, it’s still goalless successful Los Ageless. Maybe we’re heading for a repetition of Group E astatine USA 94, erstwhile Norway vanished bottommost contempt collecting nan aforesaid points arsenic nan group winners Mexico.

Asked really he’s handling nan scrutiny of coaching a World Cup co-host – wherever moreover apparently insignificant comments tin extremity up successful nan headlines – Jesse Marsch was speedy to flash a grin.

“Maybe we’ll get done this 1 without creating news cycles,” Marsch quipped a time earlier his Canada squad invited Qatar to Vancouver for a pivotal Group B clash. The teams are level connected 1 constituent each aft nan first information of games, leaving nan group wide open.

Marsch and midfielder Ismaël Koné refused to look beyond Thursday’s lucifer though. Koné pushed backmost against 1 reporter’s insinuation that nan players are much anonymous successful Vancouver than successful Toronto, nan tract of their tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina past week. But training successful British Columbia since Monday has allowed Marsch and his men to easiness nan unit of being co-hosts.

“The bigger nan event, there’s going to beryllium much distractions,” Marsch said, “so we’ve tried to minimize that. But astatine nan aforesaid time, it’s really difficult to hole for everything, nan madness that surrounds … a World Cup.”

Switzerland v Bosnia and Herzegovina, nan different lucifer successful this group, is goalless astatine half-time. You tin travel nan 2nd half pinch Daniel Gallan.

The Group B communicative truthful far

• Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Qatar 1-1 Switzerland

Who fancies a spot of history? Fear not, we’re not astir to enforce 5,000 words connected nan group shape of nan 1958 World Cup upon you. We’re talking astir making history, thing Canada aliases Qatar could do successful nan adjacent fewer hours.

They’ve already made a mini spot of history by drafting their opening games, nan first clip either squad had picked up a constituent astatine a men’s World Cup. Today they tin execute thing much substantial. A triumph for either squad would beryllium their first astatine a World Cup – and, astir importantly, would beautiful overmuch guarantee qualification for nan knockout stage.

Yes, yes, nan knockout shape is nan past 32, which earlier this tourney would person been nan group stage, truthful what does it really mean. Never mind that morganatic but somewhat joyless view. In nan modern world we request each good-news communicative we tin get; erstwhile this crippled gets going, nan footballers of Canada and Qatar will person nan chance to go immortal.

Kick disconnected 3pm section time/6pm EDT/11pm BST/8am AEST

Rob will beryllium present shortly. In nan meantime, here’s really Canada are preparing for today’s game:

Asked really he’s handling nan scrutiny of coaching a World Cup co-host – wherever moreover apparently insignificant comments tin extremity up successful nan headlines – Jesse Marsch was speedy to flash a grin.

“Maybe we’ll get done this 1 without creating news cycles,” Marsch quipped a time earlier his Canada squad invited Qatar to Vancouver for a pivotal Group B clash. The teams are level connected 1 constituent each aft nan first information of games, leaving nan group wide open.

Marsch and midfielder Ismaël Koné refused to look beyond Thursday’s lucifer though. Koné pushed backmost against 1 reporter’s insinuation that nan players are much anonymous successful Vancouver than successful Toronto, nan tract of their tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina past week. But training successful British Columbia since Monday has allowed Marsch and his men to easiness nan unit of being co-hosts.

“The bigger nan event, there’s going to beryllium much distractions,” Marsch said, “so we’ve tried to minimize that. But astatine nan aforesaid time, it’s really difficult to hole for everything, nan madness that surrounds … a World Cup.”

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