Valencia is the first player to score in 2023 World Cup as Ecuador beats hosting country

Ener Valencia was the hero for Ecuador on Sunday as the team defeated Qatar 2-0 in the opening game of the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

The Fernabache striker, who had his first goal ruled out due to offside scored in the 16th and 31st minutes to condemned an unimpressive host team to defeat.

Qatar struggled in the game but we’re unable to create chances that could hand them an important message on the scoreline

Ecuado’s Enner Valencia has scored each of Ecuador’s last five goals at the FIFA World Cup.The record is held by Eusébio (Portugal 1966), Paolo Rossi (Italy 1982) and Oleg Salenko (Russia 1994) who scored six in a row of their nation. Centre