Canada run riot: six past Qatar and a country dreaming

Some results just feel like a turning point. Canada’s 6-0 demolition of Qatar wasn’t only a statement of quality — it was the moment a home crowd stopped hoping and started believing.

Jonathan David was unplayable, Alphonso Davies turned the left flank into a runway, and Jesse Marsch’s high-energy press suffocated Qatar from the first whistle. By the hour mark it was an exhibition.

Qatar, to be fair, were depleted and overrun. But this was about Canada — a young, fearless side that has gone from plucky qualifier to genuine knockout threat in the space of one summer.