Qatar 0 – 2 Ecuador
Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
20 November 2022
The two teams had faced each other three times, most recently in 2018, a 4–3 win for Qatar in a friendly game. This was their first competitive meeting.
Ecuador had a disallowed goal in the opening minutes, but eventually won 2–0 with a brace by Enner Valencia in the first match of the tournament. Valencia opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a penalty, shooting low to the right corner after being brought down in the penalty area by Qatar goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheeb. He scored his second in the 31st minute with a downward header to the left corner of the net after a cross in from the right by Ángelo Preciado. This is the third consecutive FIFA World Cup in which a player scored a brace in the opening match, after Brazil’s Neymar in 2014 and Russia’s Denis Cheryshev in 2018.[7] This was also the first time a penalty kick had been scored as the opening goal of a FIFA World Cup.[8] Qatar became the 14th debutant to lose their opening fixture; additionally, they became the first host nation to lose their opening match at a World Cup @wikipedia
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