HISTORY! qatar suffered a shocking defeat to ecuador Durden faye November 20, 2022 Source: Sporting News Within the first 32 minutes, Ecuador captain Enner Valencia scored two goals and had another disallowed. Valencia scored his first goal in less than three minutes, but his header after an acrobatic pass from Felix Torres was ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR review. Qatar loses 2-0 to Ecuador, becoming the first host nation ever to lose the opening match of the World Cup 😳 pic.twitter.com/XDVJIjnCTm— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 20, 2022 However, any conspiracy theories about officials favoring the host nation were put to rest 10 minutes later when Ecuador was awarded a penalty kick for a foul by Qatar goalkeeper Saad Al Sheeb. Valencia had been fouled, and he stepped up to score the tournament's first goal. Himothy source: NBC Boston
