Valencia twofold gives Ecuador 2-0 halftime lead against has Qatar

 

Ecuador's veteran striker Enner Valencia scored an early punishment and added a 31st-minute header to give the South Americans a directing 2-0 halftime lead against has Qatar in Sunday's FIFA World Cup opening game.

Qatar, trying to try not to be the main World Cup hosts to lose an initial game, looked flimsy regardless of long stretches of arrangements.

Goalkeeper Saad Alsheeb epitomized their nerves, stumbling Valencia for the punishment and prior fluttering at a ball in a scuffle that empowered the striker to head into the net in the third moment just to see his work denied for offside.