In a match that was played at an intense pace, the teams of the Netherlands and Ecuador tied at one goal in group B of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
A goal by Cody Gakpo surprised the Ecuadorians just 6 minutes into the game, despite the score Ecuador did not change its offensive style of play and went with everything to look for the tie that was close to reaching almost the end of the first half with Estupiñán’s goal that was annulled for offside.
At the beginning of the second half, the hero of Ecuador in the game against Cata, Enner Valencia, appeared to tie the actions 1-1, this result benefited both elevenths, the minutes passed and the two teams had excellent options to go ahead in the score, even another goal was annulled to Ecuador for offside, and in the final minutes Valencia had to leave the game injured and was replaced by Kevin Rodríguez.
The tie was maintained and both teams took one point each, this result officially eliminates Qatar from any possibility of advancing to the round of 16, now both the Netherlands and Ecuador have 4 points, Senegal has 3 and Qatar has already been eliminated without units.