1587 days have passed since the opening whistle in Moscow in the tournament in which the French team defeated the Croatian team 2:4 and became world champions. Tomorrow (Sunday) the 2022 World Cup will kick off with the festive opening match between the host Qatar and Ecuador as part of Group A.
Al Beit Stadium located in the city of Al Khor will be filled with 60 thousand fans from around the world in the first World Cup to be held in the middle of the regular football season. The hosts will make their debut in the prestigious international tournament as the 80th team to participate in the World Cup, while the South Americans return to the World Cup for the first time since the 2014 tournament. The two met in a friendly match in 2018, when Qatar won a multi-goal match 3:4 over Ecuador.
Qatar
The Qatari national team finished their warm-up matches with four consecutive victories, the last one being 0:1 over Albania, and will hope to record a similar achievement in their first ever match on the big stage of international football. The national team’s midfielder, Ahmed Alaldin, was injured in the victory over the Albanians and is not expected to be in the host’s lineup. Hassan Al Haydos will wear the captain’s armband in his 170th appearance for the Qatari national team and is expected to start in attack. Qatar will continue with a formation of five in defense, with striker Akram Afif next to Al Haydos in an attempt to start the group stage on the right foot.
Estimated composition: Saad Al Shiv, Rou Rou, Bassem Al-Rawi, Tarek Salman, Abdelkarim Hassan, Humam Ahmed, Abdelaziz Khatam, Karim Boudief, Almouz Ali, Hassan Al Haydos, Akram Afif.
Despite the excitement of the host, Winner believes that Ecuador will celebrate in the opening game and gave a ratio of 2.30 for the victory of the South Americans, compared to 3.05 for a Qatari victory and 2.90 for a draw. Although Qatar’s squad is completely unknown, the possibility that the hosting of the tournament will give them enough support to at least pull out a draw thanks to the festive atmosphere should not be ruled out.
Ecuador
On the Ecuador side, they also suffered from the injury of Byron Castillo who was injured in the 0:0 against Iraq and was removed from Gustavo Alfaro’s squad. In his place, Robert Arboleda and Angelo Preciado were summoned, who are expected to start in the lineup at right back. Brighton’s midfielder, Moises Caissedo, will play in the midfield of the South American team, while in attack Ener Valencia and Romario Ibarra will try to subdue Saad Al Shiv who will be between the posts for Qatar.
Estimated composition: Alexander Dominguez, Angelo Preciado, Felix Torres, Piero Hincapia, Pervis Estupinian, Carlos Groaso, Moises Caicedo, Jose Sifuentes, Gonzalo Plata, Ener Valencia, Romario Ibarra.
The composition of the groups
Qatar
Coach: Felix Sanchez
The game setup
5:3:2
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2ro ro -
3P. Hasan -
5ninth. Salman -
14H. Ahmed -
15B. Al-Ravi
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6P. signed -
19P. pestle -
12K. in Budapest
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11A. Afif -
10H. to Hades
Substitutes bench:
Ecuador
Coach: Gustavo Alfaro
The game setup
4:3:3
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17A. Preciado -
3P. The Hinkapie -
2P. Torres -
7P. Estopinian
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8K. Grosso -
23M. Caisdo -
5H. Sifuentes
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10R. Ibarra -
13A. Valencia -
19third. Plate
Substitutes bench:
House A
Group games victories draw losses gates points 1 Ecuador
0 0 0 0 0-0 0 2 
Netherlands
0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 
Senegal
0 0 0 0 0-0 0 4 Qatar
0 0 0 0 0-0 0
The full schedule of games in first grade
Qatar – Ecuador (20.11)
Senegal – Netherlands (21.11)
Qatar – Senegal (25.11)
Netherlands – Ecuador (25.11)
Netherlands – Qatar (29.11)
Ecuador – Senegal (29.11)