We have started the Qatar World Cup 2022. In Group A the host nation Qatar kicked off the 22nd tournament at the Al Bayt Stadium against ECUADOR and I must say that it is good to see that both nations singing their national anthem with such pride.
It was Ecuador that made the early attacks and
within 3 minutes of play Ecuador scored with a goal by Enner Valencia but it
was disallowed for offside by VAR. In the 16th minute Ecuador get a
penalty and it was very calmly scored by Enner Valencia. Just over the half hour
mark and Ecuador score again and again it’s by Enner Valencia with a header.
The first half was really all about Ecuador with Qatar making the odd flurry
into the Ecuador’s half. Qatar did have all of the last ten minutes of the
first half and they should have scored just before the whistle was blown for
half time. Score 2-0 to Ecuador at half time.
Qatar kick-off the second half and they seemed to have more control over the ball as their confidence grew. But with attacks coming from both ends of the pitch there was no real threat between the two teams. Although both teams could have scored a couple of goals each in the second half, in the end it was too much for Qatar. Ecuador had a comfortable win and are top of Group A after their 2-0 win. No host nation have ever lost their opening game of a World Cup. Qatar are now bottom of the group and they will have to do a lot better if they want to progress into the 2nd round.
Ecuador are in their 2nd Golden Goals World Cup as they first joined us in Brazil 2014. They then became our 40th voted nation to join Golden Goals and they failed to get through the group stages as they finished third in their group. They went out with a total of 3 goals. In Brazil they had two votes but in Qatar they have just one this time round.
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