Our team lost 6-0 to its Canadian counterpart in the second round match of the second group of the 2026 World Cup, with the Canadian earning the fourth point and the first victory in its history in the World Cup, while our team did not show its known level and declined significantly after both Madibo and Hammam Al-Amin were sent off, entering the “third round” match against Bosnia in a difficult position after their score stopped at one point.
The match witnessed Canadian supremacy from the first minute, as the Canadian team threatened Al-Annabi’s goal on many occasions. In the 16th minute, Larin opened the scoring after shooting a strong ball that was blocked by Abu Nada, but it bounced in front of him and he put it into the net, announcing the first goal for Canada.
In the 29th minute, David added the second goal for the Canadian team with a powerful shot to the left of Abu Nada, giving the Canadians a two-goal lead without a response.
In the 34th minute, Hammam Al-Amin received a red card, and Al-Anabi completed the match with ten players. Four minutes later, Akram Afif saved his team from a third goal after clearing the ball off the goal line.
The technical staff brought in Sultan Al-Breik instead of Youssef Abdel Razzaq, and in the 48th minute, Al-Kindi was able to add the third goal through David, ending the first half with a clean score. In the second half, Al-Anabi tried at the beginning, but Assem Madibo received a red card in the 54th minute for roughness with Ismail Konya, the Canadian player, who was injured. Al-Anabi played with 9 players for the rest of the match, and Canada added three consecutive goals, taking advantage of the shaking of all Al-Anabi lines and the numerical deficiency, so that Canada recorded a well-deserved victory with a clean six-pointer.
Annabi has one last chance to win over the Bosnian national team in the last confrontation between the two teams in the group, hoping to obtain a qualification card with the best three in the groups.
