Ecuador captain Enner Valencia inspires his country to an easy opening win over Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
abc.net.au/news/ecuador-defeat-qatar-fifa-world-cup-enner-valencia-double/101676776Qatar has suffered a historic loss as a rampant Enner Valencia scored two goals and had one disallowed to inspire Ecuador to a 2-0 victory in Al Khor.claims the nation was not fit to host the event due to a myriad of issuesIn truth, the Asian champions were never in the hunt and were hopelessly outclassed in their debut on football's biggest stage.
Alsheeb was shown a yellow card and Valencia then stepped up to the penalty spot and sent the keeper the wrong way, as he calmly side-footed the ball into the net. Shortly after that Valencia doubled Ecuador's lead, this time with a fantastic headed finish on the end of a cross to the far post by Angelo Preciado in the 31st minute.Karim Boudiaf then became the third Qatari into the book for another bad challenge on the turning Valencia, leaving the 33-year-old Ecuador striker clutching his knee.
If the first half was Ecuador at close to their best the second saw the South Americans taking a more conservative approach.
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