Now that every team has played one match, we can begin to evaluate whether teams from Africa, Asia and the CONCACAF region will repay FIFA’s generosity.

Amad Diallo scored in the 90th minute to lift Ivory Coast to a 1-0 victory over Ecuador in its first World Cup appearance in a dozen years.

PHILADELPHIA: Substitute Amad Diallo struck in the 90th minute to give Ivory Coast a deserved 1-0 win over Ecuador in both teams’ Group E opener on Saturday night. Diallo’s…