The choice of Ecuador continued to climb this Tuesday in the South American qualifiers for 2026 World Cup in a 1-0 win chilliwhich has seen its crisis worsen and needs to be rebuilt with a new coach with the aim of improving its performance next year.
With the sole purpose of Angel Mena In the first half, La Tri partially brushed off the criticism that came out against the coach, the Spaniard. Felix Sanchezbecause in the end he suffered too much to get success which soured the debut of Nicolas Cordova as interim coach chilli.
Ecuador So he closed the sixth date of the playoffs with 11 points out of a possible 18, although only 8 came out of his locker due to starting the process with -3 units due to the sanction of the case Byron Castillo, born from a need chilliwhich with this defeat was left with 5 points, outside the qualification zone for the World Cup.
The red He came out determined to stop the Tri attack and tried to disrupt the local game with a lot of fouls and a quick release to find the back of the Ecuadorian defense, but he was barely able to create a danger in the rival area in first. half, while the local team initiated the party.
The first warning is given Ecuador in 11 minutes with a shot from Kevin Rodriguez who is the visiting goalkeeper Brian Cortes sent to the corner.
However, the locals are not forgiving of the next one, when Kendry Paez He received the ball on the edge of the area and fired a powerful low shot Slices was able to clear, but there it came Angel Mena to chase down the goalkeeper’s rebound and score the only goal of the match.
In this quantity, Ore showed that the Ecuador coach, the Spaniard Felix Sanchezwas right to include him in the starting eleven, as he did William Pachoa central defender who acted as a left back and more than delivered, surprising many.
Almost the entire offensive game of chilli He leaned on the right wing but was unable to generate more efficiency.
After halftime, the home team unsuccessfully looked for a second goal to seal the match.
First, a Chilean defender took a shot almost beyond the goal line. Jhojan Juliowho had just come in as a replacement for Junior Sornoza, and a few moments later a shot from Moisés Caicedo was diverted by Slices enough to keep it out of the network.
In the final stretch the match opened up as the advanced lines of Chile, had counterattacks Ben Brereton and Alexis Sánchez which he did not know how to achieve and his clearest chance was a header from the forward of Villarreal in the 89th minute he hit the post.
In turn, the Ecuadorian Rodriguez He also sent the ball to the post with a long-distance shot, but it wasn’t his night no matter how hard he tried to score. Although both teams did their best to score, there was no change in the score, which was short for the locals.
Data sheet:
1. Ecuador: Alexander Dominguez; Ángelo Preciado, Félix Torres, Robert Arboleda, William Pacho; Ángel Mena (m.74, Joao Ortiz), Carlos Gruezo, Moisés Caicedo, Junior Sornoza (m.56, Jhojan Julio); Kendry Páez (m.82, Alan Franco) and Kevin Rodríguez (m.83, Leonardo Campana).
Selector: Felix Sanchez.
0. Chile: Brian Cortes; Matías Catalán, Guillermo Maripán, Paulo Díaz, Gabriel Suazo; Felipe Loyola (m.55, Víctor Dávila), Erick Pulgar (m.70, César Pérez), Marcelino Núñez (m.79, Darío Osorío), Rodrigo Echeverría (m.79, Vicente Pizarro); Alexander Aravena (m.55, Ben Brereton) and Alexis Sánchez.
Selector: Nicolás Córdova.
The objectives: 1-0, m.21: Ángel Mena.
Referee: Brazilian Anderson Daronco advised Torres (m.36), Pulgar (m.44), Preciado (m.61), Echeverría (m.61)
Incidents: against the sixth date of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, played at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium, in Quito, before around 38,000 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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