VANCOUVER,, June 19 : Canada midfielder Ismael Kone expressed his gratitude to God, his teammates and their fans after suffering a broken leg in his side’s 6-0 thrashing of Qatar in World Cup Group B on Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 24-year-old was caught by \u200ba clumsy second-half tackle from Qatar’s Assim Madibo, and underwent surgery to repair the damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Your love and support has been felt, honestly thank you so much. You can\u2019t even imagine, how grateful I am to everyone who reached out and that has me in their prayers. I thank god for that because not everyone is this fortunate,” Kone wrote on Instagram on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several of Kone’s teammates looked on in shock as he received treatment on the field before having his leg placed in an inflatable support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I wanted you to know that I love you guys from the bottom of my heart and our brotherhood is everything to me,” Kone wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What you guys did yesterday will stay with me forever. I\u2019ll be back very soon and we\u2019ll keep making more memories together.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canada are due to train at the National Soccer Development Centre at the University of British Columbia on Friday before having a team barbecue. Their final group game against Switzerland is on June 24. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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