David nets hat-trick as Canada smash six past nine-man Qatar in tempestuous affair

[p]In a truly dominant first-half showing, Canada overwhelmed Julen Lopetegui’s side with a high energy, relentless performance.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/david-jonathan/CSvtXj2E/"]David[/a] was predictably central to everything positive the home nation produced, and it was his fierce volley that goalkeeper Mahmud Abunada could only parry into the path of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larin-cyle/vNpXFtuQ/"]Cyle Larin[/a], and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a] striker bundled home the opening goal of the game after 15 minutes.[/p][p]After a scheduled hydration break that featured Bon Jovi blaring over the speakers, Qatar were very quickly livin’ on a prayer as the game drifted away from them as David smashed home a volley from 18 yards to double Canada’s lead.[/p][p]On the half-hour mark, Les Rouges were given a penalty when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buchanan-tajon/G62SXlFI/"]Tajon Buchanan[/a] was brought down by Homad Al Amin, but in a bittersweet moment for the Asian side, the contact was shown to be outside, meaning the booking was upgraded to a red card for denying a goal-scoring opportunity.[/p][p]On the stroke of half-time, David scrambled home his second of the game, to turn his side’s dominance into a rout.[/p][image alt="Canada - Qatar match stats" id="558b5ae9-cb08-4846-9277-1ad34261e135" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="5b643d4e-33f6-4027-89aa-7f92ad48720f" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Having been outclassed in the first half, Qatar’s discipline deserted them after the break. They were reduced to nine men after a challenge from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madibo-assim/fJdag48f/"]Assim Madibo[/a] left [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kone-ismael/MkgjOoBG/"]Ismael Kone[/a] visibly in distress, with the former being sent off while the latter left the field on a stretcher with a suspected broken leg. [/p][p]Even from that dark stain on an otherwise perfect day, the North Americans found a positive, as Koné’s replacement, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saliba-nathan/ALAGXH2B/"]Nathan Saliba[/a], curled in a delightful free kick from 22 yards to make it 4-0.[/p][p]The imbalance in both quality and manpower between the two teams made a fifth goal inevitable, and it arrived when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/al-mannai-mohammad-naceur/00Cxg3ct/"]Mohammad Al Mannai[/a]’s attempted clearance of a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shaffelburg-jacob/WYtXt0RH/"]Jacob Shaffelburg[/a] shot veered into his own net.[/p][p]Despite the disappointment of that serious injury to Koné still lingering in the air, David made sure the game ended on a positive note, as the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] man hammered home his third of the game in stoppage time.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/david-jonathan/CSvtXj2E/"]Jonathan David[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/canada/x4toKORL/"]Canada[/a])[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/canada-x4toKORL/qatar-zqzHL77i/?mid=67vLrBMM"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]