Goals in the first half from Cyle Larin and Jonathan David Help the World Cup win Canada for a comfortable 2-0 win over the host of the tournament Qatar in a friendly match in Vienna on Friday.
Larin opened the scoring in the fourth minute when he headed home Sam AdekugbeDavid’s loop pass before David added again nine minutes later, dashing into a loose ball after the keeper Saad Al Sheeb failed to deal with a cross.
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Qatar used a deep defense and little advance in attack, with Abdulaziz Hatem’s powerful long shot that was toppled by Milan Borjantheir best effort in the opening half.
Canada manager John Herdman made wholesale changes after the break, including taking off Bayern Munich‘S Alphonso Daviesto search for a third but they were thwarted by Qatar, who may have claimed a belated consolation through Karim Boudiaf.
Canada, who last appeared at the 1986 World Cup, played Uruguay in a friendly match on Tuesday and Qatar’s next face-to-face Chile.
