Qatar - Ecuador: the World Cup in Qatar 2022, live | Valencia scores a brace in the first half

The Qatar 2022 World Cup began this afternoon with the match between the host team and Ecuador at the Al Bayt stadium, located in the city of Jor.

The Ecuadorian team leads in the first part thanks to two goals from Valencia, the first in the World Cup from the penalty spot, and the second with a header.

The striker had managed to score on the first play of the game, but the referee canceled the goal.

The Qatari team is debuting in a World Cup in the first match of group A, in which, in addition to Ecuador, there are the Netherlands and Senegal.

This will be the only game on Sunday and it began after the opening ceremony of the tournament, in which the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, gave a speech celebrating "diversity" in a box without just women.

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QATAR 0 - 2 ECUADOR

Qatar, 0-Ecuador, 2

Great header from Valencia, who already scores his 37th goal with his team. 

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Goal from Valencia, great goal from Ecuador

Gram header from the Ecuador striker. 

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Yellow for Caicedo

Third yellow of the match, the first for Ecuador. 

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Ecuador, very comfortable

He dominates on the scoreboard and is technically superior.

A placid match for the Ecuadorian team so far.

Ecuador, much better than the locals, who do not have the level to play an event of this magnitude, 

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Qatar disappoints start

Sad staging of Qatar.

A sad team without resources or touch, overwhelmed by the importance of the game. 

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Yellow card for Almoez, from Qatar

It should be remembered that the goalkeeper Al Saad also saw the yellow in the penalty play. 

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Qatar pays the hazing

Nerves surface in the local team.

Ecuador has just had its second clear chance.

Qatar is unable to get the ball played and is being dominated by Ecuador.

Lack of poise in the premises, overcome. 

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Valencia's goal

The Ecuadorian forward has coldly converted the penalty despite the fact that only a few minutes ago a goal had been disallowed in the VAR.

The first goal of Qatar 2022 is named after Enner Valencia.

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Host sleep complications

Complicated outlook for locals.

With the Netherlands and Senegal as the other components of the group, the hosts are forced to score at least in today's clash to have any chance.  

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Goal from Valencia, goal from Ecuador

Valencia scores the first goal of the World Cup from a penalty. 

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Penalty in favor of Ecuador

Penalty over Valencia. 

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The VAR problem

The VAR, a wonderful tool, has just acted in an incomprehensible way.

Now it is explained that the offside is caused by an offside in the foot of Estrada when the play starts.

A very complicated play.

It goes against the meaning of football. 

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The VAR intervenes

Play very debatable the annulment of the goal of Qatar.

The offside action is long before Valencia's goal shot and it is not possible to know that the play ended in its zone of influence. 

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A very complicated action

There is no other possible explanation for the fact that there was offside in the first touch of the ball by the Ecuadorian player, although then there are two subsequent plays. 

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the goal is disallowed

The VAR intervenes to annul Ecuador's goal.

It is not very well known why, although it seems that it is for offside. 

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The play is being reviewed

There may be offside. 

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Valencia scores the first goal of the match.

/ KAI PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS

The goal

Terrible start for Qatar.

You can't start a World Cup like this. 

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Ecuadorian goal

Goal from Valencia after an error by the goalkeeper and the Qatar defense.

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Three plants in Qatar

A first important aspect in tactics.

Qatar plays with three centrals. 

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Qatar-Ecuador begins

The World Cup in Qatar begins.

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Daniele Orsato, the referee

FIFA has chosen the veteran Italian referee to whistle this opening game.

A referee who knows everything, with extensive experience.

It will also be interesting how VAR is going to be used in this World Cup. 

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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group A - Qatar v Ecuador

Qatar and Ecuador are already listening to the national anthems.

An ancient practice in this type of football. 

The teams greet each other before starting the match / KAI PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS

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A match without a clear prognosis

Good afternoon and welcome to the sports thread of this world premiere between the teams of Qatar and Ecuador, a match with no clear prognosis. 

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The teams are already in the stadium

After the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the teams of Qatar and Ecuador take to the field to start warming up for the match that opens the tournament.

This will be the only game that takes place today, and tomorrow the carousel of three or four games a day during the group stage will begin.

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Pervis Estupiñán: "With Ecuador we all pray together before and after the games"

Lorenzo Calonge

Completely orphaned by stars, the Qatar-Ecuador that opens the World Cup offers few names installed in the big leagues.

One of the exceptions is Pervis Estupiñán (Esmeraldas, 24 years old), the left back of

and since this summer in the Premier League (Brighton) after going through Villarreal, Osasuna, Mallorca, Almería and Granada.

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How does a wardrobe that prays change to another that doesn't?

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It is a way of saying thank you.

But God helps you up to a point, and from there, you have to do things.

No matter how much you ask, if you go to the field and don't do what you should, the rival will surpass you.

An interview by Lorenzo Calonge.

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The Spanish Erasmus from Qatar to prepare for the World Cup

Lorenzo Calonge

This Qatar team, which is facing its first World Cup, is the consequence of casting nets in many countries.

Ten of those called up are from other places (its national handball team already had a dozen players of seven nationalities in the 2015 World Cup), but one of its important nests to grow has been Spain.

Apart from the already known case of the Catalan Félix Sánchez Bas -coach in the emirate since 2017-, a third of the Qatari team took their first steps, as a military officer, in Spain;

some in Primera quarries, and the vast majority in non-professional football and even in the depths of regional leagues. 

A report by Lorenzo Calonge.

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The World Cup in Qatar begins, the most unusual tournament in history

Jose Samano

Sportingly, this is the World Cup of the unknown.

Due to the dates, the extreme humidity, the custom tuning of the fans… Everything is so strange that even Luis Enrique, so ulcerous before the media appearances, has launched himself as a 

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The competition, marked by the rejection of the Qatari regime, begins in a more uncertain way than ever due to the unusual nature of the event.

An analysis by José Sámano. 

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Ecuador

• goalie

• 1Galindez

• defenses

• 7Stupin

• 2Felix Torres

• 17Angelo Preciado

• 3Piero Hincapie Reyna

• midfielders

• 10Romário Ibarra

• 23Moises Caicedo

• 20Jhegson Mendez

• 19Gonzalo Plata

• forwards

• 11Michael Estrada

• 13Enner Valencia

• dock

• IntGustavo Alfaros

• 6William Pacho

• 16Jeremy Sarmiento

• 9Eduard Preciado

• 25Jackson Porozo

• 22dominguez

• 8throat

• 21Alan Franco

• 24Djorkaeff Reasco

• 15Angel Mena

• 4Arboleda
• 5José Cifuentes
• 18Diego Palacios
• 12Wellington Ramírez
• 14Xavier Arreaga

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Qatar

• portero
• 1Saad Al Sheeb
• defensas
• 3Abdelkarim Hassan
• 15Bassam Hisham
• 16Boualem Khoukhi
• centrocampistas
• 14Homam
• 6Abdulaziz Hatem
• 12Karim Boudiaf
• 2Pedro
• delanteros
• 10Hasan Al Haydos
• 19Moez Ali
• 11Akram Afif

• banquillo
• EntFélix Sánchezs
• 26Moustafa Tarek
• 17I. Mohammad
• 20Salem Al Hajri
• 18K. Mazeed
• 7Ahmed Alaa Eddine
• 4Mohammed Waad
• 13Mosaab Khoder
• 21Youssef Hassan
• 5Tarek Salman
• 25J. Gaber
• 9M. Muntari
• 24N. Al-Hadhrami
• 23Assim Madebo
• 8Ali Asad
• 22Meshaal Barsham

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Los aficionados disfrutan del espectáculo

Los aficionados de Qatar y Ecuador ya se encuentran en el estadio para presenciar la ceremonia, en el que habrá tanto conciertos como espectáculos. A las 17.00, arrancará el partido que llevan esperando desde hace cuatro años. Esta será la primera participación de Qatar en una Copa del Mundo, y los ecuatorianos vuelven al torneo tras no conseguir la clasificación para Rusia 2018.

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Vídeo en directo

Última hora del Mundial de Qatar: video en directo | La jornada inaugural del Mundial 2022

El País

Si lo prefieres, también puedes seguir la ceremonia con imagen a través de streaming en el canal Universo Mundial, en el que participan EL PAÍS, Cadena SER, As y Huffington Post con todos los enviados especiales a Qatar 2022. Manu Carreño, Dani Garrido, Jesús Gallego, Tomás Roncero, Álvaro Benito y Pedja Mijatovic serán solo algunos de las voces que participaran en esta operación mundial, el primer campeonato del mundo que se celebra durante el invierno en Europa.​​

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Mundial de Fútbol

Mundial de Qatar 2022, últimas noticias en directo | Empieza la ceremonia inaugural del torneo

El País

Antes del partido, ha comenzado la ceremonia inaugural del Mundial en el estadio Al Bayt, situado en la ciudad de Jor. Si quieres seguirla, accede al directo en el que estamos contando toda la actualidad del Mundial y no te pierdas el espectáculo que han preparado para inaugurar una cita histórica.

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Hoy comienza el Mundial

Buenas tardes a todos. Hoy arranca el esperado Mundial de Qatar 2022 con el partido inaugural entre los anfitriones, Qatar, y la selección de Ecuador. Este será el único partido que se celebre este domingo, con el que se abre el grupo A en el que también se encuentran Países Bajos y Senegal. 

¡Preparémonos!

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