Ecuador record a 2-0 victory over the hosts Qatar in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Also, this is the first time that the host country lost the opening match of a FIFA World Cup history.

Ecuador could have scored a goal in the 3rd minute of this match the referees decided that it was not a correctly scored goal. After that, in the 16th minute,  Enner Valencia was able to score the first goal for Ecuador with a successful penalty kick.

After that, Valencia managed to score his second goal in the 31st minute, putting Ecuador in the lead by 2-0 at the end of the first half.

Neither team was able to score any goals in the second half and thus Ecuador won the match by 2-0.