Host nation Qatar crashed out of their own World Cup after they were beaten 3-1 by Senegal and Ecuador held the Netherlands to a draw in group A. Qatar spent an estimated $200 billion to stage football’s global showpiece, become just the second World Cup hosts in history after South Africa in 2010 to bow out in the group stage. “We would like to say we’re very sorry to the supporters, to the country,” said Tarek Salman, who was a second-half substitute. “We have made them feel bad about losing two games in a row in the World Cup.” “It feels very bad to be out of the World Cup. I think today we played a good game and in the big games small details change the game,” he said. “We made two mistakes, they scored two goals but for some minutes of the game we played better than them, we scored a goal. We have to learn from our mistakes.” Qatar had made a nervy start to the tournament in a 2-0 defeat to Ecuador and they again looked tentative against Senegal.
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