It’s time to find out who will rise to the top of world football. The 2022 World Cup begins this afternoon, with the host team, Qatar, facing Ecuador in the first match of the tournament, which counts for the opening round of Group A of the competition.
And in two minutes he went from partying to discouragement at the Al Bayt stadium. Enner Valencia celebrated an accurate header after two minutes and it seemed that the first goal of the World Cup had officially been scored.
But the VAR had one word to say: the striker was offside and thus, in a very short time, a goal in the tournament was also canceled for the first time.
It really was a game of firsts and when it had been a quarter of an hour into the game, there was one more. Al Sheeb fouled Valencia inside the penalty area, he committed a penalty, and this time it paid off. The first goal of the World Cup was really from the striker.
In the midst of all this, another debut: the first yellow card went to a man of the house, goalkeeper Al Sheeb.
Eleven from Qatar: Al Sheeb; Al-Rawi, Khoukhi, Hassan; Pedro Miguel, Hatem, Boudiaf, Al Haydos, Ahmed; Lunch and Akram.
Eleven from Ecuador: Galindez; Preciado, Felix Torres, Hincapié, Estupiñán; Ibarra, Mendez, Caicedo, Silver; Enner Valencia and Estrada.
The match referee is Italian Daniele Orsato, 46, one of the most experienced referees in Europe.
Qatar substitutes: Yousof Hassan, Meshaal Barsham, Mohammed Waad, Tarek Salman, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Ali Assadalla, Mohamed Muntari, Musaab Khidir, Ismail Mohamad, Khalid Muneer, Salem Al Hajri, Assim Madibo, Naif Abdulraheem, Jassem Gaber and Mostafa Tarek Meshaa
Substitutes for Ecuador: Moises Ramirez, Alexander Dominguez, Robert Arboleda, Jhon Cifuente, William Pacho, Carlos Gruezo, Eduar Preciado, Xavier Arreaga, Angel Mena, Jeremy Sarmiento, Diego Palacios Espinoza, Alan Farnco, Djorkaeff Reasco, Jackson Porozo and Kevin Rodriguez
Source: TSF
