مونديال كاس العالم قطر2022

Opening match: the first match

  0 Ecuador 2 : Qatar  

 

Goals: (2) Inner Valencia

Qatar lost at the opening of the World Cup, which it hosted on its soil, against Ecuador with two goals without a response, in a "disastrous" match for the Qatari team, which did not hit a single ball on the opposing goal in the match hosted by Al-Bayt Stadium, on Sunday evening.

Qatar became the first country to host the World Cup and lose the opening match, despite Qatar's Spanish coach Felix Sanchez setting up a six-month training camp for the players to prepare for the tournament and train on tactics on the field, but all this did not happen because of the nervous and disjointed performance, so the team's first loss was with two goals in First group matches.

There were high hopes in Qatar to win the opening match in front of thousands of fans, especially since the next two matches are extremely difficult against Senegal, the last African Nations Cup holders, and the Netherlands, which reached the World Cup final three times before, so Ecuador was the easiest competitor on paper.

And Ecuador achieved a positive result and appeared at an excellent level and continued to perform well and remain unbeaten in 16 matches and kept a clean sheet in the last seven matches.

It was clear they were the better team, had possession and found the net very early after 160 seconds, but Valencia's close-range header was ruled out for offside by the VAR.

There was confusion as to why the goal was not given, but there was Felix Torres in an offside position.

The Ecuadorian players managed to fan out all over the field, while the Qatari team was confused, especially the goalkeeper who took the penalty kick.

Qatar's players struggled to reach the opponent's goal, even star player Ali, who scored nine goals in winning the Asian Cup, did not come to the match and only played a header that was wide of the goal, as well as player Pedro Miguel.

With many fans leaving to go home, Akram Afif and substitute Mohamed Muntari failed to turn things around in a disappointing opening night for Qatar.

Ecuador in the World Cup

This is the fourth participation of the Ecuadorian national team in the World Cup, and despite its victory over Qatar in the opening match of the tournament, and being a strong competitor to the Qatari national team, its participation in the World Cup is disappointing.

Throughout the history of the Ecuadorian national team, it has participated only three times in the World Cup, and in one of them it reached the round of 16; While he bid farewell to the tournament since the first round on two occasions, and he will participate in the Qatar 2022 edition for the fourth time.

The Ecuador national team participated in the first World Cup in 2002 in the South Korea and Japan version in 2002, and then bid farewell to the competition since the first round, and the matter was repeated in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

While the results of the Ecuador national team witnessed an improvement in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where it qualified for the final price round after defeating Poland 2-0 and Costa Rica 3-0, before losing to Germany 3-0, and losing to England in the second round 1-0. .

And the word of truth, this team was able to extract the admiration of the viewers on television, as well as they owned the match stadium, especially in the first half, and they were able to embarrass the owner of the land, and with their diligence and determination, they won the deserved victory.