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DOHA : Ecuador's veteran striker Enner Valencia has recovered sufficiently from a knee strain to make it into Gustavo Alfaro's starting lineup on Tuesday against Senegal in a boost to the South Americans' chances of qualifying from World Cup Group A.
It has been, as you would expect, an up and down World Cup so far for its Arab quartet. With Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Morocco all having played two games each, there has been glory, excitement, heartbreak, disappointment and more besides.
AL KHOR, Qatar : Memphis Depay will start his first game for the Netherlands at the World Cup on Tuesday as the Dutch look to confirm their last-16 place in their final Group A match against Qatar.
AL RAYYAN, Qatar : France’s first experience with a former colony in a World Cup match ended bitterly when, as defending champions, they played a fired-up Senegal in the opening game of the 2002 tournament and suffered a 1-0 defeat that precipitated a first-round exit.
Ecuador’s players take part in a training session at Mesaimeer SC training facilities in Doha on November 28, 2022, on the eve of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football match between Ecuador and Senegal. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
There are four games taking place on Tuesday at the World Cup, and two of them have European interest: first Netherlands take on hosts Qatar -- who are already eliminated -- and later Wales face England, and need to score a huge upset to make it through to the next round from their current position at the bottom of the table.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 group stage is coming to a conclusion, with only the last round of matches left. Only Qatar and Canada have been mathematically eliminated from the Round 16 race while all other teams are still in contention, at least theoretically. In Group A, the battle for the two Round of 16 spots is wide open, with Netherlands, Ecuador, and Senegal still in the fray while the hosts Qatar were the first ones to drop out of the race.