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After Canada's 6-0 win over Qatar at the 2026 World Cup, Canada coach Jesse Mars said he was very happy with the win. However, he expressed concern about Ismail Kone's injury. Kone fell on the field in the 51st minute of the match. He had to be taken off the field due to his injury. Coach Mars said after the match, "The 6-0 win was fantastic. But we're very sorry for Ismail Kone. I think it's a big loss for us. We don't know how serious his injury is yet. Hopefully, it's not serious." Coach Jesse Mars was very focused on Ishmael Cone's game. He asked the bride to spend more time preparing for the game. Kone is yet to join the preparation camp for the 2026 World Cup. He played 120 minutes for Club Lille in a friendly against Brazil in their last warm-up match before the 2026 World Cup. But he was invisible for Team Canada. He spends more time at Lille training than attending camps to play for Canada. Coach Mars was not pleased with Cone's approach. The bride made a post on social media to answer questions about why she did not attend the camp. There he wrote, "Many questions about why I am not joining the camp. But I have played 120 minutes in a match. I want to play more time in the warm-up matches so that I can play in the first match of the 2026 World Cup. So I want to play for my club some more time." Coach Mars, however, was not happy with Kone's post. He said, "It's great that you play for Lille, but why don't you play for Canada? You are a Canadian player. The question is why do you play for Canada." Meanwhile, fear has spread among the Canadian team about Kone's injury. Because if Kone doesn't get a chance to play in the main event of the World Cup, it will be a big blow for the Canadian team. Kone was in a great form in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. In the qualifiers, he assisted 8 goals. That is, he assisted for 8 goals. All those who scored goals were scored by Kone. Meanwhile, Canada's 6-0 win against Qatar Kone assisted 5 of them, Alphonso Davies 3, Lionel Stokes 2 and Jonathan David 1 in this 6-0 win.