Ecuador He has not yet managed to finalize his pass to the Qatar World Cup 2022 and also could not become the only team capable of defeating Brazil in the current South American qualifiers. The tricolor team only managed to save a 1-1 draw against the Amazonians and the ticket to the highest fair is pending.
The match, held in Ecuadorian territory (Rodrigo Paz stadium), was characterized by strong tackles and by a referee with weak decisions. The character in question was the Colombian Wilmar Roldan, who on more than one occasion had to be corrected by the VAR.
From six minutes, Brazil took the lead with a goal from Casemiro, a Real Madrid midfielder, but the high point came just after 15′, when the Ecuadorian goalkeeper, Alexander Dominguez, was sent off for kicking one of the opposing attackers to the chest.
Although at the beginning the emotion invaded Ecuador for the possibility of securing its ticket to the World Cup with a victory, it took 15 minutes for those illusions to be diluted with an expulsion and a goal against. But it didn’t take long for things to even out, at least in terms of red cards, when the Brazilian Emerson was sent to the locker room in the 20th minute.
The equalizer would have to wait until the second half, when Santos Laguna’s central defender, Felix Torres equalized at minute 75 and avoided what would have been the sixth defeat of Ecuador during the South American qualifier. In the end, the 1-1 looked fair but tainted by the hesitant arbitration performance.
The tie didn’t make much of a difference. Brazil, who remains in the leadership of Conmebol with 36 units and his guaranteed pass to Qatar, however, for Ecuador it represented a momentary stagnation by remaining with 24 units, eight less than the second place, Argentina, which added three by defeating Chile 1-2 as a visitor.
In the absence of three days to conclude the tie in South America, Ecuador remains firm in his dream by qualifying for his fourth world Cup with five points more than Uruguay and seven with respect to Colombia and Peru (although the latter two will still see action on Friday on the 15th date).
The Ecuadorians are the third team with the most wins (7) in the qualifiers only behind the powers Brazil (11) and Argentina (9), so they hope to tie the pass to the World Cup fair within the date FIFA January, which could be next Tuesday when he visits Peru.
In other matches of the day, Uruguay rose to fourth place after defeating Paraguay 0-1 as a visitor with a goal from the historic Luis Suárez in the 50th minute, thus breaking a streak of five games without winning (with four losses included). The charrúa claw began Diego Alonso’s cycle as technical director triumphantly, after more than 15 years at the helm of Óscar Washington Tabárez.
Uruguay are seeking to attend their fourth consecutive World Cup, their last absence being Germany 2006, but they still have to wait for the results of Colombia and Peru, which could displace them from fourth place after their match on Friday.
The other result on Thursday was the victory of Argentina as a visitor against Chile by 1-2, with goals from Ángel Di María and Lautaro Martínez, who stood up for the albiceleste team before the loss of their captain and historical figure, Lionel Messi.
The Argentines remain in second place in the tie with four points less than the leader, Brazil, but with eight more than the third place, Ecuador. In addition, Lionel Scaloni’s team had already tied their ticket to Qatar 2022 since last date FIFA of 2021.
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