FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Lose to Ecuador in the opening match of the World Cup.
The Ecuadorean national team defeated its Qatari host 2-0 this evening, Sunday, at Al-Bayt Stadium, in the opening match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The Ecuadorian national team owes credit for this victory to Ener Valencia,
the Turkish striker of Fenerbahce, who scored the goals of the match in the 16th
and 31st minutes from a penalty kick after the referee cancelled a goal in the third
minute for offside.
The Ecuadorian national team dominated the course of the game throughout the two halves of the match, at a time when Qatar's Al-Annabi did not appear at its usual level,
which qualified it to win the 2019 Asian Cup title and third place during the 2021 edition of the Arab Cup.
The Qatar national team will try to compensate during the confrontation with its Senegalese counterpart next Friday, while the Ecuador national team will search for its second consecutive victory against its Dutch counterpart on the same day in the first group of the World Cup.