Quito (Ecuador), March 22 (Ians) Marco Angulo and Joel Ordonez have been drafted into Ecuador’s squad for friendlies against Australia, the South American country’s football federation said.
Fc Cincinnati midfielder Angulo and Club Brugge defender Ordonez were due to travel to Australia on Tuesday afternoon as head coach Felix Sanchez dealt with a series of late omissions to his squad.
Enner Valencia, Gonzalo Plata, Carlos Gruezo and Jose Hurtado were all cut from Ecuador’s original 24-man list for the friendlies because of injury, a Xinhua report said.
Ecuador and Australia will meet in Sydney on March 24 and in Melbourne four days later.
The matches will be Ecuador’s first under Spanish manager Sanchez, who took charge of the team earlier this month after the December exit of Argentina’s Gustavo Alfaro.
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Fc Cincinnati midfielder Angulo and Club Brugge defender Ordonez were due to travel to Australia on Tuesday afternoon as head coach Felix Sanchez dealt with a series of late omissions to his squad.
Enner Valencia, Gonzalo Plata, Carlos Gruezo and Jose Hurtado were all cut from Ecuador’s original 24-man list for the friendlies because of injury, a Xinhua report said.
Ecuador and Australia will meet in Sydney on March 24 and in Melbourne four days later.
The matches will be Ecuador’s first under Spanish manager Sanchez, who took charge of the team earlier this month after the December exit of Argentina’s Gustavo Alfaro.
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- 3/22/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Quito (Ecuador), March 20 (Ians) Midfielder Carlos Gruezo will miss Ecuador’s double header of friendlies against Australia because of a hamstring tear, the South American nation’s football federation said.
The 27-year-old sustained the injury while playing for San Jose Earthquakes in their 3-0 U.S. Major League Soccer defeat at St Louis on Saturday.
El Tri boss Felix Sanchez did not immediately name replacements for the pair, a Xinhua report said on Monday.
Ecuador and Australia will meet in Sydney on March 24 and in Melbourne four days later.
The matches will be Ecuador’s first under Spanish manager Sanchez, who took charge of the team earlier this month after the December exit of Argentine Gustavo Alfaro.
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The 27-year-old sustained the injury while playing for San Jose Earthquakes in their 3-0 U.S. Major League Soccer defeat at St Louis on Saturday.
El Tri boss Felix Sanchez did not immediately name replacements for the pair, a Xinhua report said on Monday.
Ecuador and Australia will meet in Sydney on March 24 and in Melbourne four days later.
The matches will be Ecuador’s first under Spanish manager Sanchez, who took charge of the team earlier this month after the December exit of Argentine Gustavo Alfaro.
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- 3/20/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Doha, Nov 25 (Ians) Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has urged his players to beware of the threat posed by a “stable” and “shrewd” Ecuador as the teams prepare to meet in Group A of the FIFA World Cup
The Netherlands will enter the late Friday match at Khalifa International stadium in Doha after a 2-0 defeat of Senegal in their opening match on Monday. Ecuador have had a day longer to prepare, having beaten hosts Qatar 2-0 on Sunday.
“They (Ecuador) are a stable team,” van Gaal told a news conference, reports Xinhua. “They’re physically strong with very clever players, shrewd players, which is why I believe that they are tougher than Senegal.”
Van Gaal suggested that Memphis Depay could start against the South American side as he continues to recover from a high injury. The Barcelona forward made his first appearance for two months when he came off...
The Netherlands will enter the late Friday match at Khalifa International stadium in Doha after a 2-0 defeat of Senegal in their opening match on Monday. Ecuador have had a day longer to prepare, having beaten hosts Qatar 2-0 on Sunday.
“They (Ecuador) are a stable team,” van Gaal told a news conference, reports Xinhua. “They’re physically strong with very clever players, shrewd players, which is why I believe that they are tougher than Senegal.”
Van Gaal suggested that Memphis Depay could start against the South American side as he continues to recover from a high injury. The Barcelona forward made his first appearance for two months when he came off...
- 11/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Doha, Nov 19 (Ians) Ecuador manager Gustavo Alfaro has urged his players to dare to be different as they aim to reach the FIFA World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in Qatar.
Ecuador have never finished in the top eight at the football’s showpiece event, with their best performance coming in 2006 when they were eliminated in the last 16, reports Xinhua.
“I asked my players what they want,” the coach told reporters on Friday. “Do they just want to participate in the World Cup or do they want to have the best World Cup in Ecuador’s history? I said that if they just want to participate, I won’t waste my time. I’ll leave.”
Alfaro, who replaced Jordi Cruyff as Ecuador boss in August 2020, added: “I told them: ‘If you want to have (Ecuador’s) best ever World Cup, we have to be prepared to do things differently.
Ecuador have never finished in the top eight at the football’s showpiece event, with their best performance coming in 2006 when they were eliminated in the last 16, reports Xinhua.
“I asked my players what they want,” the coach told reporters on Friday. “Do they just want to participate in the World Cup or do they want to have the best World Cup in Ecuador’s history? I said that if they just want to participate, I won’t waste my time. I’ll leave.”
Alfaro, who replaced Jordi Cruyff as Ecuador boss in August 2020, added: “I told them: ‘If you want to have (Ecuador’s) best ever World Cup, we have to be prepared to do things differently.
- 11/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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