Here we are, after arduous qualifiers, the first match is upon us… in November. This is causing chaos for most Football Leagues, in particular European ones. We’re also getting a lot of players missing due to injury, as the leagues are in play right now. This is just a really bad schedule, good job y’all. Anyway, here’s what we got:

Group A: Qatar v Ecuador

It is tradition that the first day the hosts play and only one match is played, so this is all we have for today. Qatar has never qualified for a World Cup and they’re only here because, well, they bought the thing where chosen in a completely fair election. If they really want to get out of the group they need a result today, however Ecuador are no pushovers and it won’t be easy. This looks like a really hard group for the hosts, a much harder group and first match than Russia got, I guess their money luck ran out. I’d bet on Ecuador to win.