FT: QATAR 0 - 2 ECUADOR. Match thread

[Michael Morris]

The opening game of the 2022 World Cup

From the Al Bayt Stadium, ko 4pm UK.

Match Officials:

Referee: Daniele Orsato (ITA)
Assistant Referee 1: Ciro Carbone (ITA)
Assistant Referee 2: Alessandro Giallatini (ITA)
Fourth Official: István Kovács (ROU)
5th official: Mihai Artene (ROU)

Game is live on BBC 1

There are also five VAR officials for each game.

VAR: Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
AVAR: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
OVAR: Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL)
SVAR: Benoit Millot (FRA)
SBAVAR: Pawel Sokolnicki (POL)

VAR: Video assistant referee
AVAR: Assistant VAR
OVAR: Offside VAR
SVAR: Support VAR
SBAVAR: Stand-by AVAR

[WJ99mobile]

Reports saying that it’s been a fixed match at 1-0 Qatar with goal in the second half

Surely not with the world watching

[goats]

Ecuador sound a decent team, qualifying in that group isn’t easy. A young vibrant team. I’m hoping for 8-0

[A Quiet Monkfish]

I'm hoping Qatar get stuffed, but Equador will need to score twice to overcome Qatar's penalty.

[Wales-Bales]

Can anyone name some famous Qatar players?

[Whisperer]

Can anyone name some famous Qatar players?

Shake
Mo
Ham
Head

[Maurice Swan]

Think this tournament is going to be a major PR disaster for Qatar.
Myself...won't be watching much.....enjoying Bristol Rovers v Peterborough....decent game.

[Ninja]

Think this tournament is going to be a major PR disaster for Qatar.
Myself...won't be watching much.....enjoying Bristol Rovers v Peterborough....decent game.

Will probably still watch most games, but not this one, or any other Qatari games.

[goats]

Will probably still watch most games, but not this one, or any other Qatari games.

How did they get their fifa ranking? No competitive games recently….

[Whisperer]

Can anyone name some famous Qatar players?

Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendricks and George Harrison.

[Jeff Mansfield]

Also live on Al Jazeera

[Canton Kev]

I hope they get stuffed and it’s in a lifeless stadium with thousands of empty seats. Anything that adds to the long list of embarrassing headlines coming out of Qatar in the last few days will suit me fine.

[Wales-Bales]

Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison.

Finally

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Finally

Mohammed Covonia.

[PontBlue]

Var will find a way to disallow that

[valleys caveman]

Var will find a way to disallow that

Done

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Ha ha. Offiside !!!!!!

[MacAdder]

And so the on-field farce begins....

[Cleve van Leef]

Fixed What a scandal.

[PontBlue]

Farce. There was clearly no offside shown in the replay

[Hilts]

Any idea why that was ruled out.?

Who is this co commentator??

[PontBlue]

Dion Dublin

[UNDERHILL1927]

Wow, integrity of the whole tournament called into question already.

[LA Bluebird]

What a joke of a decision. Keeper punches it, ball goes up the air and maybe he’s a fraction offside but never enough to overturn it.

[Hilts]

Dion Dublin

Should stick to daytime selling houses programs.