An effort on goal for Qatar! Hassan hoists a high ball into the Ecuador box and Pedro Miguel gets a run on if but can't get his header on target. Preciado is next to go down for Ecuador. The right-back slid into block the ball and looks as if he might've overstretched something. Enner Valencia's textbook headerIt certainly was. A textbook header. That's how it's done, kids. I cannot emphasise how unlikely it looks that Qatar will get back into this game at the moment.
- Qatar offered next to no attacking threat, with Ecuador goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez a virtual spectator throughout the 90 minutes. - Valencia forced off with an injury in second half, five days before their second match of the World Cup against the Netherlands. Maybe they should've done! Rodríguez got his head on it but was off balance and skewed it wide.
Ecuador have taken total control of this in the last few minutes. Qatar have barely had a tough. The word coming through is that there was an offside called because Valencia was in front of Al-Sheeb and only one other player was behind him. Looked ridiculously tight to me... Another free-kick in a dangerous position for Ecuador. Estupiñan's delivery is dealt with more comfortably this time though.
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We lacked confidence, we conceded goals very early on and we really struggled to get into the game against a team that played really well. They were better than us in every area. " Valencia wins Budweiser man-of-the-matchWell, this is ironic after recent events. I don't know if Enner is going to get any real Budweiser as a reward but if he does, I hope he's going to drink it in the hospitality suites and not in the vicinity of the stadium. Alfraro: This is just the beginning for usEcuador boss Alfaro also stated the importance of getting the World Cup campaign off to a good start:“It was the most important game of the World Cup for us.
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NO GOAL! 0-0Really not sure what that's for... Oh. Guess what? We're having a VAR check on Valencia's goal... 1-0 Ecuador! Enner Valencia! What. A. Start. And what a mess from Qatar keeper Al Sheeb, who comes for a free-kick into the box, totally misses it and gets punished. Félix Torres clips a bouncing ball to the back post and Valencia is there to nod it in. I didn't see that coming. Straight from kickoff, Qatar pump a long ball into the Ecuador box that has their defence scrambling. They just about manage to get it away! After four-and-a-half years, we have World Cup soccer! Qatar 2022 World Cup: we have kick-offThis.
The hosts are ranked 50th in the world, with Ecuador at 44th, but the gulf in quality between the teams looks a lot more than six ranking places. Possibly Qatar just need time to warm up, but from this point it looks likely they’ll be losing this match. They will then go on to play the Netherlands and Senegal. Qatar may come good in those games, but if they don’t, they run the risk of becoming the worst ever performing World Cup host. The current holder of that unenviable title is South Africa - they are the only host to fail to qualify for the knock-out stage, although they were extremely unlucky.
How long can he keep this run going? Valencia could become the first player to score a hat-trick in the 'opening game'Something to look out for in the second half. Enner Valencia could become the first player to score a hat-trick in an opening World Cup game. Three players (Italy's Angelo Schiavio in 1934, Brazil's Leonidas in 1938 and France's Just Fontaine in 1958) all scored three times in their team's opening games but the first set of matches were played at the same time in those tournaments. Thanks to my colleague William Allen for that one. Enner Valencia - a third of the way to the Golden Boot? We might as well just give him the trophy now. As long as he shakes off that knock he took, I can see him adding to his tally in the second half. HT Qatar 0-2 Ecuador: Qatar 2022 World Cup opening gameAs easy as you like for Ecuador so far.
A late corner for Ecuador. Could they add a third? Empty seats update. There are LOTS of them. Five additional minutes to be played. Can Qatar find a way back into this? I suspect not... That's the first time I can remember Ecuador goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez touching the ball with his hands... Surely he did earlier? Close for Qatar! Sub Muntari latches onto a straight ball over the top and his powerful strike nestles on top of the net. That would've set up a grandstand finish, out of nowhere! Estrada should've had the chance to grab a third goal there. He was in acres of space as he raced through on goal but Sarmiento's pass was too heavy and forced him too wide.
Enner Valencia iced up after injuryGoalscorer Enner Valencia is sitting on the Ecuador bench with an ice pack. Let's hope he'll be OK for the Netherlands game on Friday. A lovely piece of skill from Méndez as he flicks the ball away from Waad, who clouts him round the mouth in frustration. No card though. A nice little through ball from Cifuentes almost has Plata in for a third but the pass is just too heavy and it runs through to Al-Sheeb, who gets clattered by the Ecuador forward. Sarmiento's blushes are spared by the offisde flag! Estupiñán's cutback lands at the feet of the Brighton man, who lifts the ball over the bar when he should've done better.
We kept going after that. I think we were really clear winners, we won convincingly. I hope it’s the start of something big. ” Enner Valencia joins Zidane and Hurst on five World Cup goalsEsteemed company for Enner Valencia, who now has as many World Cup goals as Zinedine Zidane and Geoff Hurst. Most of theirs came in finals though. Valencia couldn't get that far, could he? Enner Valencia: man of the matchGoalscorers change games, as they say. There wasn't much in the way of attacking flair in the game but Enner Valencia provided most of it. His darting run led to the penalty and his incredible leap made the second goal possible. That's man-of-the-match stuff. Qatar become first hosts to lose the opening World Cup matchThe good news just keeps on coming for Qatar, doesn't it? And you really can't see them avoiding defeat to Senegal and the Netherlands unless they seriously improve. Could they end up being the worst hosts ever? More stats in from the BBC.
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