The FIFA Council bureau decided last night “unanimously” to advance to November 20 the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup and the match between the host team and Ecuador, which will go from 21 to 20 of that month and will replace as first match of the competition against Senegal-Netherlands, which maintains its date, as announced by the organization in a statement.
Thanks to this change, the continuity of an old tradition of the FIFA World Cup is guaranteed, whereby the hosts or the defending champions play the first match of the competition, which is held in conjunction with the opening ceremony. .
