For Orsato it will be the first experience in a World Cup and will be accompanied by Ciro Carbone and Alessandro Giallatini as assistants. In the VAR you will find Massimiliano Irrati.
Group A is completed by Senegal and the Netherlands, who will face each other on Monday at 1:00 p.m. at the Al Thumama stadium.
Just over four years after France’s conquest at Russia 2018, FIFA’s most important competition will begin with the absolute debut of a host country, something that has not happened since Italy 1934.
The current one Asian champion will try not to repeat the case of South Africawhich was the only local in history to be eliminated in the group stage.
The rival will be Ecuador from Santa Fe Gustavo Alfarowho qualified after finishing in a creditable third place in the South American qualifiers below the powers Brazil and Argentina.
The “Tri”, however, will begin its fourth World Cup participation (2002, 2006 and 2014 the previous ones) involved in the controversy due to the absence of defender Byron Castillo.
Two weeks after the debut, the TAS ruled against the Ecuadorian Football Federation in the case that Chile denounced for false documentation and, although it did not disqualify Alfaro’s team from the World Cup, it caused the footballer’s removal from the list to avoid possible future sanctions.
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Qatar: Saad Al Sheeb; Pedro Miguel, Bassam Al-Rawi, Boualem Khoukhi and Abdul Karim Hassan; Mohammed Waad, Karim Boudiaf, Hassan Al Haydos and Abdulaziz Hatem; Almoez Ali and Akram Afif. DT: Felix Sanchez.
Ecuador: Alexander Domínguez or Hernán Galíndez; Ángelo Preciado, Piero Hincapié, Félix Torres and Pervis Estupiñán; Moisés Caicedo, Carlos Gruezo and José Cifuentes; Gonzalo Plata, Enner Valencia and Romario Ibarra. DT: Gustavo Alfaro.
Hour:13
Stadium: Al Bayt
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy).
TV: Directv and Public TV.
Source: Ambito
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