Enner Valencia scored in the third minute, but the action was reviewed and the VAR annulled the goal
Lead foot Michael Estrada was to blame
The World Cup in Qatar began offside. Y VAR was already the protagonist in minute four of the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador. Enner Valencia He scored a minute before and the referee gave a goal, but from the VAR they warned him that the action had to be invalidated for offside.
Why? For One Foot Lead by Michael Estrada. The Qatar goalkeeper mistimed and arrived late after a lateral cross. The Qatari defense did not know how to get the ball out of the area and Enner Valencia put his head inside the small area to head into the net in the early stages of the game. But when the goalie Al Sheeb touched the ball behind the center, Estrada, who was participating in the play, had the right ball forward.
Therefore, Ecuador’s goal was annulled and Qatar escaped conceding one of the earliest goals in the World Cup.