Fifa World Cup 2022: Ecuador beat Qatar in the opening match, embarrassing record for the host team

New Delhi. The 22nd season of the FIFA World Cup 2022 has started. The opening match of the tournament was played between the hosts Qatar and Ecuador. In this match, Ecuador has created history by defeating Qatar (Qatar vs Ecuador) 2-0. This is the first season of the FIFA World Cup when a host team has to face defeat in the opening match.

In this match, both goals have been scored by Ecuador’s captain Ener Valencia. After this match, he has got a total of four goals in the World Cup. After this defeat for the Qatar team, the path in the World Cup has become difficult. They will now have to register consecutive wins in the upcoming matches against Netherlands and Senegal. After this crushing defeat, the host team would not want to be out of the tournament. This happened for the first time in 2010 when the host South Africa had to be out of the tournament. South Africa was the first host nation to fail to advance beyond the group stage matches in the World Cup.

Qatar got a penalty

The captain of Ecuador gave the first blow to Qatar in the first three minutes. But for the second goal, Qatar’s team hit its own foot. Actually, goalkeeper Saad Abdullah Al Sheeb fouled inside the box after which the yellow card was shown. At the same time, once again captain Ener Valencia came forward and made no mistake in scoring the second goal. After this, he completed his four goals in the World Cup and became the highest goalscorer for Ecuador.

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Qatar will clash with Senegal on November 25

An embarrassing record has been registered in the name of Qatar’s team. The hosts will hope to bounce back in the tournament with a win against Senegal on 25 November. At the same time, the Ecuadorian team, which made a great start with the victory in the World Cup, would like to maintain its winning streak against the Netherlands on the same day. Now it will be interesting to see whether Qatar’s team can make a comeback in the World Cup or not.

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