Ecuador He has not yet managed to finalize his pace after the Qatar World Cup 2022 nor could he become the only team capable of defeating Brazil in the current South American heats. The tricolor team only managed to save a 1-1 draw against the Amazons and the ticket to the highest fair is pending.
The match, which was held in Ecuadorian territory (Rodrigo Paz Stadium), was marked by strong dives and by a referee with poor decisions. The character in question was the Colombian Wilmar Roldanwhich had to be rectified by the VAR on more than one occasion.
From six minutes on, Brazil took the lead with a goal from Casemiro, a Real Madrid midfielder, but the highlight came just after 15 ‘, when the Ecuadorian goalkeeper, Alexander Dominguezwas sent off for kicking one of the opposing attackers to the chest.
Although the emotion invaded Ecuador at the start for the possibility of securing his ticket to the World Cup with a victory, it took 15 minutes for those illusions to dilute with an expulsion and a goal against. But it did not take long before things looked like it, at least in terms of red cards, when Brazilian Emerson was sent to the locker room in the 20th minute.
The equalizer will have to wait until the second half, when Santos Laguna’s central defender, Felix Torres tied at minute 75 and avoided what would be the sixth defeat of Ecuador during the South American qualifiers. In the end, the 1-1 seemed fair, but tainted by the hesitant arbitration show.
The tie did not make much of a difference. Brazilwho remains in the leadership of Conmebol with 36 units and his guaranteed pass to Qatarfor Ecuador, however, it represented an instant stagnation by remaining with 24 units, eight less than second place, Argentina, who added three by defeating Chile as a visitor by 1-2.
In the absence of three days to settle the tie in South America, Ecuador stick to his dream by qualifying for his fourth World Cup with five points more than Uruguay and seven with respect to Colombia and Peru (though the latter two will still see action on the 15th date Friday).
The Ecuadorians are the third team with the most victories (7) in the qualifiers just behind the powers Brazil (11) and Argentina (9), so they hope to set the pace for 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 in the 50th minute with a goal from historic Luis Suárez, breaking a five-match series without breaking the deadlock. win (with four defeats 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 want to attend their fourth consecutive World Cup, their last absence was Germany in 2006, but they still have to wait for the results of Colombia and Peru, which could move them from fourth place after their match on Friday.
The other result on Thursday was the victory of Argentina as a visitors 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 historic figure, Lionel Messi.
The Argentine remains in second place in the draw with four points less than its predecessor, Brazil, but with eight more than third place, Ecuador. On top of that, Lionel Scaloni’s team has already tied up their ticket Qatar 2022 since the last date FIFA of 2021.
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