In a calm match, Canada beat Jamaica 4-0 this Sunday (27) at BMO Field Stadium. The clash valid for the 13th round of the Concacaf qualifiers, mathematically classified the Canadian team for the World Cup in Qatar in November.

1ST HALF

Canada dominated the action in the first half. Highlighting midfielders Hoilett and Eustáquio, the Canadian team created good opportunities in attack. At 5′, number 10 receives the ball at the edge of the area, and ends up in the hands of goalkeeper Blake. While the Canadians had volume in the match, Jamaica remained closed in defense and attempted, unsuccessfully, to exploit counter-attacks.

After insisting so much, the goal came. In the 12th minute, Eustáquio found a nice pass for striker Larin who received it and finished off the Jamaican goalkeeper to open the scoring. And that’s all Canada did until in the 32nd minute Green received the ball and finished from outside the box for goalkeeper Borjan to save. It was the first and only Jamaican finish in the first half.

Canada continued to attack and in the 43′, Eustaquio took the free kick, the ball fell to the feet of star Jonathan David who crossed to Buchanan who took it alone from goalkeeper Blake and scored the second Canadian goal.

2ND HALF

The referee started the second half and the match started the same way as the first, with Canada on the attack. Soon, in the 2′, Larin makes a nice pass to David, who ends up being blocked and misses a great opportunity. After that the game became lukewarm and we had more substitutions than scoring chances. It was only in the 33rd minute that Cavallini, who had replaced Larin, finished with a good save from goalkeeper Blake.

The Canadian team, with the support of its fans who did not stop singing for a minute, went up and in the 37th minute, after a corner, the ball fell to Buchanam, who made a good pass to Hoilett who dominated and finished. the goalkeeper, scoring the third goal of the match. In the 43′, Adekugbe made a good move and crossed into the box, and Mariappa ended up scoring against, scoring Canada’s fourth goal.

With this result, the Canadian team mathematically guaranteed its place in Qatar. The team reached 28 points, against 19 for Costa Rica (4th place in the qualifiers) and can no longer be joined by the Costa Rican team.

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