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The temperature was about 20 degrees warmer and the players handled heavy rain on the pitch as a substitute of snow, however the end result for Canada\u2019s national soccer team on Monday night was the identical because it was\u00a0in\u00a02021.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Osorio scored for\u00a0Canada\u00a0on the 58-minute mark of the second half and Jayden Nelson added an insurance marker one minute into stoppage time\u00a0in\u00a0its\u00a02-0\u00a0win over\u00a0Uzbekistan\u00a0at Commonwealth Stadium. It was the primary of two pre-World\u00a0Cup\u00a0friendlies.<\/p>\n
Tani Oluwaseyi gave Osorio a transparent shot from just outside the proper side of the box and his shot eluded keeper Abduvohid Nematov.<\/p>\n
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Nelson then chipped the ball past Nematov from\u00a0in\u00a0close\u00a0in\u00a0the primary minute of stoppage time.<\/p>\n
The last time\u00a0Canada\u00a0played\u00a0in\u00a0Edmonton,\u00a0in\u00a0November 2021, they played\u00a0in\u00a0-9 Celsius temperatures on a frozen pitch surrounded by snowbanks. On Monday it was warmer, about 11 C, however the pitch was waterlogged after two days of heavy rain that continued throughout the match.<\/p>\n
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Greater than 44,000 fans braved the cold\u00a0in\u00a02021 and Monday\u2019s attendance was announced at 46,164.<\/p>\n
Canada\u00a0had a decided advantage\u00a0in\u00a0possession time and field position through the primary quarter-hour but couldn\u2019t penetrate Uzbekistan\u2019s five-man defence contained in the box.\u00a0Canada\u00a0did create some potential scoring opportunities but couldn\u2019t finish off their\u00a0in-close passing plays.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tMore on Sports<\/button>More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nUzbekistan\u00a0had the higher scoring probabilities\u00a0in\u00a0the primary 45 minutes. Eldor Shomurodov had three excellent probabilities but did not convert. He was sent\u00a0in\u00a0alone\u00a0in\u00a0the sixth minute but his chip over Canadian goalie Maxime Crepeau rolled wide of the online. Crepeau also thwarted Shomurodov with outstanding saves\u00a0in\u00a0the twenty sixth and forty third minutes.<\/p>\n
But\u00a0Canada, with quite a few substitutions on for the second half, was much more aggressive offensively and started to seek out cracks\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Uzbekistan\u00a0defence.\u00a0Canada\u00a0created various good scoring probabilities that ultimately resulted\u00a0in\u00a0the goals and the victory.<\/p>\n
Team\u00a0Canada\u00a0now moves to Montreal to play its final pre-tournament game, against Ireland on Friday.<\/p>\n
For the\u00a0World\u00a0Cup\u00a0starting June 12,\u00a0Canada\u00a0is slotted\u00a0in\u00a0Group B with Switzerland, Qatar and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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