Argentine Gustavo Alvaro, coach of the Ecuador team, confirmed his complete satisfaction with the historical victory that his team achieved at the expense of its host, Qatar, 2-0, on Sunday evening at the “Al-Bayt” stadium at the opening of the 2022 World Cup competitions currently held in Qatar, which will last until 18 Next December, with the participation of 32 teams of the participating teams, which represent 6 continents.
“I am happy with the players in terms of style, shape and search for ways to win,” Gustavo Alvaro said at the press conference after the end of the match.
Gustavo Alvaro added: “I was addressed to us, if you are, when our goal was canceled, however, we were looking, I think we won very clearly, with great strength and I hope that this is the beginning of an important thing, which is what we want. ”
He continued: “It was the most important match in the World Cup so far for us.
This team is able to go away, beyond anything, has a great commitment and this allowed us to achieve this victory. ”
Alvaro concluded his remarks by saying: “Now this is not enough, this is just a beginning. We have to go out and confirm this in the upcoming matches. ”
Qatar and its Ecuadorian counterpart are competing in the first group of the twenty -second edition of the World Cup, which includes the teams of the Netherlands and Senegal.
The Netherlands team will meet with Senegal in the other confrontation in the first group, which is scheduled to be held at six in the evening tomorrow, Monday, at the “Thumama” stadium, which can accommodate about 40 thousand spectators.
The World Cup 2022 is the first ever to be held in the Arab world, and the second that is held in the continent of Asia after the 2002 edition in South Korea and Japan, as it is the first time in history that the tournament has been held during the winter.
The Qatari team, led by its Spanish coach, Flex Sanchez, recorded its first appearance in the World Cup finals, as it booked its seat as the country hosting the tournament.
While Ecuador participated in the World Cup for the fourth time in its history, after it had previously participated in 3 previous World Cup versions in 2002, 2006, and 2014.
Ecuador qualified for the 2022 World Cup finals, after ranked fifth in the final ranking of the South American qualifiers for the tournament, after collecting 26 points from 18 games..
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