Ener Valencia, the star of the Ecuador national team, was crowned the award for the best player in the face of his country and his Qatari counterpart, which was settled by the first in his favor with two goals without charge, in the opening confrontation of the 22nd edition of the World Cup, which was held between them this evening, Sunday, at the “Al -Bayt” stadium in Al -Khor City.
The Turkish striker Valencia succeeded in winning the player’s prize after he managed to score the goals of the Ecuadorian national team in the 16th and 31st match.
Italian referee Danieli Orangeo canceled another goal scored by Valencia in the 3rd minute of the match after returning to video technology due to infiltration.
The “Opta” statistics network reported that for the first time that the first goals of the World Cup comes with a penalty kick.
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 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.
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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