Qatar was utterly outplayed by Ecuador in a 2-0 loss
The Most Controversial World Cup Yet Kicks Off With a Defeat for Host Qatar
On paper, it never looked like a stellar encounter. Of all the teams that qualified for the World Cup , only Saudi Arabia and Ghana sit lower than Qatar’s FIFA’s rankings of 50. Ecuador ranks just above them in 44th spot and hadn’t conceded in six games before this match. The hosts’ best chance came on the stroke of half-time when striker Almoez Ali nodded a header just wide from Hassan Alhaydos’s cross from the right.
Sunday’s result indulged headline writers’ hope that Ecuador prove a banana peel for Qatar, given the South America nation is the world’s biggest exporter of the fruit. Certainly,were no pushovers during qualification, displacing World Cup regulars Colombia and Peru in controversial circumstances, after it was discovered that Ecuador had once fielded an ineligible player.
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