In the early morning of March 28, Beijing time, the North American World Cup qualifiers ended a match, and the Canadian men's football team played at home against the Jamaica men's football team. In the end, Canada won a big victory 4-0, locked in the top three of the standings in the early round, successfully qualified for the straight, and became the 20th national team to qualify for the World Cup, with more than 50,000 fans celebrating.
Losing to Costa Rica in the last round and canada's direct World Cup postponed, canada now has 25 points in 12 rounds, six points ahead of fourth-place Costa Rica and 11 goals difference, just one point away from qualifying. In this round, Canada returned to play at home, against Jamaica, which was out early, and the team could qualify for the World Cup by drawing.
According to statistics, the Canadian World Preliminary Tournament has never lost to Jamaica in its home history, and the previous record is 1 win and 2 draws to remain unbeaten. In the latest edition of FIFA's World Rankings, Canada ranks 33rd and Jamaica ranks 62nd.
In the opening 13th minute, Larin scored a one-handed shot to help Canada lead 1-0. In this World Preliminary Tournament, Larin scored 13 goals, becoming the third most goal-scoring player in a single North American World Preliminary Tournament, and the second most goals scored by all continents in this World Preliminary Tournament, after Ali Mabukut, who scored 14 goals for the Uae.
In the 44th minute of the first half, Buchanan whipped up an empty goal from the back post to help Canada extend the score 2-0. In the 82nd minute of the second half, Hoylet poked a shot at goal to help Canada seal the win 3-0. In the 88th minute, the Jamaican player swung himself in a oolong, and the score was locked in a 0-4 defeat.
After winning, Canada reached 28 points, continuing to rank first in the North American region, while locking in the top three in the first round and winning a place directly to the World Cup.
This is the second time in the history of the Canadian team to qualify for the World Cup finals, the first time was the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, when the group stage did not score a goal and three consecutive defeats out, and now after 36 years of waiting, the dream has finally come true, and this "football desert" has begun to rise.
The current top 32 teams of the 2022 World Cup have confirmed 20 seats, namely:
European Zone: Germany, Denmark, Spain, Serbia, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Croatia, England, Switzerland
South America: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador
Asia: Qatar (host), Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Korea
North America: Canada