Ecuador beat Qatar 2 – 0 in World Cup 2022 opener

SMA NEWS – AL DOHA
The Ecuador beat its Qatari host, 2-0, this evening, on Sunday, at Al-Bayt Stadium, in the opening match of Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The Ecuadorian team owes credit for this victory to Ener Valencia, the striker of Turkish Fenerbahce club, who scored the goals of the match in the 16th minute, and from a penalty kick in the minute 31, after the referee canceled a goal for him in the third minute of the match for offside.
The Ecuador dominated the game throughout the two halves of the match, at a time when Qatar 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.
Qatar national team will try to compensate during its confrontation with its Senegalese counterpart next Friday, while the Ecuador team will search for its second consecutive victory against its Dutch counterpart on the same day in the first group of the World Cup 2022.