Canadian soccer staff.
12 November, Kathmandu. Hosts Qatar and Canada have opened the account of objectives within the twenty second version of the FIFA World Cup.
Canada grew to become the 76th nation to attain a objective within the World Cup. Before that, the house staff Qatar grew to become the seventy fifth staff to attain a objective within the World Cup.
In the match on Sunday, Canada scored its debut objective within the World Cup in opposition to former runner-up Croatia. Within 68 seconds of the beginning of the sport, Alphonso Davis scored a objective for Canada and took the lead. Later, Croatia got here again and received the sport 4-1.
Canada opened the objective account within the fifth sport within the second World Cup. When Canada performed within the World Cup for the primary time in 1986, it misplaced 1-0 to France and 2-0 to Hungary and the Soviet Union.
Canada additionally grew to become the third staff to lose their first 5 video games within the World Cup. Mexico misplaced their first 9 video games and El Salvador misplaced their first 6 video games.
Qatar made its debut within the World Cup because the host. After dropping 2-0 to Ecuador within the first match, Qatar scored their debut objective once they misplaced 3-1 within the second match. Mohamed Muntari scored for Qatar. Qatar is the eightieth staff to play within the FIFA World Cup.
Four groups haven’t scored a objective
So far, 76 groups have scored objectives whereas 80 nations have competed within the World Cup. Four groups have but to attain a objective. These embody Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), DR Congo (Zaire), China and Trinidad and Tobago.
All these 4 nations have participated within the World Cup solely as soon as. Indonesia performed the World Cup in 1938 below the title of Dutch East Indies. The Dutch East Indies, who grew to become the primary staff from Asia to play within the World Cup, had been eradicated after dropping one match. At that point, the World Cup was performed within the knockout format.
In 1974, Congo performed the World Cup below the title of Zaire. After enjoying three matches, Zaire was defeated in all three matches and couldn’t rating any objectives.
China made its debut within the World Cup in 2002, which was collectively organized by Japan and South Korea. But China additionally misplaced all three video games and couldn’t rating any objectives.
Trinidad and Tobago, who debuted final time in 2006, additionally failed to attain. Trinidad and Tobago was eradicated after two defeats and one draw within the group stage.