Canada's first World Cup victory was overshadowed by the injury to Kone, who was taken off on a stretcher and later underwent surgery on broken tibia and fibula in his left leg.

Canada midfielder Ismael Kone has undergone surgery after suffering a broken leg in his team's defeat of Qatar and will miss the remainder of the World Cup.

Canada's 6-0 thrashing of Qatar was marred by a horrific injury to Ismael Kone, who had to be carried off on a stretcher following a dreadful challenge from Qatar's Assim Madibo, who was sent off for the challenge.

Assim Madibo was sent off for the tackle on Ismael Kone, who was protectively surrounded by his teammates while he was treated on the field before he was stretchered off.