Qatar vs Ecuador FIFA World Cup 2022: Hosts Qatar lost in the first match, defeating Ecuador by two goals

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Enner Valencia, Ecuador's captain, who scored both goals, was the game's hero. These two goals were scored in the opening frame.

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This was the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup that the host team was defeated in the opening match.

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Ecuador defeated Qatar 2-0 in a Group A match played on Sunday (20 November) at Al Bayt Stadium in Doha.

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During the first half, Qatar was on the backfoot, and no goals were scored in the second half either.

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This was the starting eleven for both teams.

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Ecuador: Hernán Galindez, Angelo Preciado, Felix Torres, Piero Hincapie, Parvis Estupinen, Gonzalo Plata, Moises Cado, Jegano Mendez, Romário Ibarra, Enner Valencia (c), Michael Estrada.

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Qatar: Saad Alsheeb, Pedro Miguel, Bassam Hisham, Boualem Khauki, Abdelkarim Hassan, Homam Ahmed, Karim Boudiaf, Abdulaziz Hatem, Hassan Al Hedos (c), Almoez Ali, Akram Afif.

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