• ‘We want beer’, chant Ecuador fans at Al Bayt Stadium as Qatar lose FIFA World Cup 2022 opening match

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    ‘We want beer’, chant Ecuador fans at Al Bayt Stadium as Qatar lose FIFA World Cup 2022 opening match

    Ecuador fans celebrated after Enner Valencia's team defeated Qatar 2-0, chanting for beer to be made available in and around the Arab nation's World Cup stadiums.

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    Desk: At the end of 90 minutes of football on the first night of the FIFA World
    Cup 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium, there were contrasting emotions. Ecuador fans
    celebrated after Enner Valencia's team defeated Qatar 2-0, chanting for beer to
    be made available in and around the Arab nation's World Cup stadiums.



    Qatar
    fans, on the other hand, had to look for ways to drown their sorrows. Many of
    them left well before the final whistle, leaving many empty seats in the
    70,000-seater stadium that had been decked out for the first day of one of the
    most-anticipated FIFA World Cups in the sport's history.



    mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">67,000
    fans, mostly Qataris, packed the Al Bayt Stadium to support their national
    team, which was making its World Cup Finals debut. However, they were in for a
    letdown as Qatar wilted under the pressure of the big occasion. Qatar became
    the first host nation in FIFA World Cup history to lose the tournament's
    opening match.



    mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">As the game came to a close,
    the loud Ecuador fans began chanting, "We want beer!" It was
    difficult to ignore the sea of yellow that demanded alcohol to celebrate the
    team's dominant win in the Group A



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