Ecuador was able to eliminate the difficult approach he proposed this Thursday Nigeria and remained on a 1-0 victory in the friendly with a view to the Qatar World Cup they played in the American city of New Jersey.
The early goal from defender Pervis Estupiñán and the efforts of all members of the South American cast were enough to prevail over the relentless African team, which accumulated a second defeat on its visit to the United States, since in May 28 they lost 2- 1 in Texas against Mexico.
After Thursday’s game, Ecuador will face Mexico on Sunday and will close this cycle of preparation on U.S. soil against Cape Verde on June 11th.
While Ecuador has come up with an offensive proposition, with good physical deployment of its midfielders and intense defense to try to have numerical superiority in the opposite zone, Nigeria has tried to fill its court of defenders and midfielders with interest to leave its rival without. spaces.
Ecuador took advantage of a free kick play and went ahead with a header from Estupiñán, after an accurate cross from attacker Ángel Mena, 3 minutes into the game.
Nigeria did not despair and kept their proposition in the game, easing a bit their attackers who tried to take advantage of Alex Iwobi’s ease of throwing passes, while Terem Moffi and Cyriel Dessers lost their rivalries against goalkeeper Alexander Domínguez.
The Green Eagles gradually began to dominate the actions, leading Tri to take refuge in their own place and defend the advantage gained at the start of the game.
Nigeria came back in the second half in search of an equalizer, but there was no complete clarity on their attack. The poor return of the ball by attacker Leonardo Campana allowed for a Nigerian counterattack, but Emmanuel Dennis finished with the goal.
Domínguez again won head-ups against striker Dessers, in another deep attack by the African team. Pressure from Nigeria served to prevent the South Americans from gaining control of the ball.
Jeremy Sarmiento put together a great attack, it was not controlled by the opposing defenders, which enabled Estupiñán, but the Villarreal man wasted the opportunity with a shot over the goal.
Castillo and Sarmiento took quick action that ended with a shot second to their half blocked by goalkeeper Uzoho, and Estrada finished again on goal.
DATA SHEET
1 – Ecuador: Alexander Dominguez; Ángelo Preciado (m.46, Byron Castillo), Félix Torres, Piero Hincapié, Pervis Estupiñán; Jhegson Méndez, José Cifuentes (m.85, Dixon Arroyo), Moisés Caicedo (m.85, Xavier Arreaga), Ángel Mena (m.59, Gonzalo Plata); Enner Valencia (m.70, Jeremy Sarmiento) and Leonardo Campana (m.59, Michael Estrada).
0-Nigeria: Francis Uzoho; Chidozie Awaziem (d.46, Ola Aina), William Ekong, Semi Ajayi, Calvin Bassey; Sani Kaita (m.46, Emmanuel Dennis), Joe Arribo, Alex Iwobi, Moses Simon; Teren Moffi (m.85, Victor Mbaoma) and Cyriel Dessers.
Purpose: 1-0, Pervis Estupiñán (m. 3)
Referee: Ricardo Montero, from Costa Rica, advised Alexander Domínguez.
Incidents: The Friendly match was played this Thursday at Red Bull Arena, in the American city of New Jersey
Source: La Verdad
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