While Ecuador fans celebrated the opening goal against Qatar after just three minutes, their hearts were wrenched out of their chests after VAR chalked it off. It was disallowed for offside ...

Enner Valencia scored twice as Ecuador spoiled the party by beating hosts Qatar 2-0 in the first game of the World Cup. Valencia had an early goal contentiously ruled out for offside at Al Bayt ...

Advertisement Ecuador’s players ran to celebrate as Qatar’s trudged back to their ... Michael Estrada’s right boot was offside after the ball came off Felix Torres, who was challenging ...

GO FURTHER Advertisement HT: Ecuador in command. They look a class apart from Qatar in that first period ... There could be a leg offside when challenging 'keeper Al Sheeb. But it's not ...

Supporters were left bewildered after Ecuador had a goal ruled out for offside in the early stages of the World Cup opener against hosts Qatar. Enner Valencia thought he had scored the first goal ...

Enner Valencia shone even brighter than the opening ceremony light show as Ecuador defeated hosts Qatar in the first game ... seeing a goal disallowed for offside just seconds into the match.

After VAR review, an offside ruling was made and the goal ... There were six yellow cards in the match – four for Qatar, two for Ecuador. The host nation had one final chance to score in the ...

Italian referees Daniele Orsato and Massimiliano Irrati were immediately in the limelight at the World Cup after ruling out Ecuador’s opener against Qatar for offside. The incident occurred only ...

Hosts Qatar opened the 2022 edition of the tournament on Sunday (20 November) with a Group A match against Ecuador, who were controversially denied an early goal due to offside but took a 2-0 lead ...

Qatar’s World Cup debut ... just three minutes in, though an offside call would overturn the goal. Valencia returned just minutes later to solidify Ecuador's early lead with a goal at the ...

16' Goal!Qatar 0, Ecuador 1. Enner Valencia (Ecuador) converts the penalty with a right footed shot. 18' Offside, Qatar. Hassan Al Haydos tries a through ball, but Pedro Miguel is caught offside.