Valencia Leads Ecuador To 2-0 Win Over Hosts Qatar In World Cup Opener - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2022
The home nation froze on their big night with an error-strewn display that left them as the first World Cup hosts to lose their opening game.
Valencia, who had already had a third-minute header ruled out by VAR for offside, slotted in the tournament’s opening goal from the penalty spot in the 16  minute after being brought down by nervous-looking goalkeeper, Saad Alsheeb.
He powered home a 31 -minute header for the second and the South Americans then cruised home as an outclassed Qatar struggled to mount any meaningful attack and had only a fluffed header by Almoez Ali to show for their limited efforts.
The other teams in Group A, Senegal and the Netherlands, meet in one of three games on Monday.