The mini-Tri closes the preparatory cycle before the South American Sub-20

The Ecuadorian U-20 team completed two preparation games in the final part of its preparation for the South American of the category that starts on Thursday in Colombia.

Those directed by Jimmy Bran faced El Nacional and Liga de Quito, games in which the result was adverse to the tricolor team.

The mini-Tri will seek to ‘repeat’ the title achieved in the South American U-20

Last Thursday, the criollos prevailed 1-0 with a score by Ronnie Carrilloa commitment that served to move the players of the two teams, with the capitalists facing their debut in the Copa Libertadores. The game was played at the Casa de la Selección, the mini-Tri’s work place.

For Saturday, the sub-20 visited the League at the Pomasqui complexwith loss 3-1. The goals in practice came through José Angulo, Juan Luis Anangonó and Lisandro Alzugarayfor a comfortable advantage of the albos by 3-0 in the first stage. The discount was the work of José Klínger, for the final 3-1.

Despite the reverse of the latest verifications, Confidence is one of the factors that are affirmed within of the national team.

“We have a very good squad. We know that qualifying for the World Cup in Indonesia can be finalized (May) and why not retain the title thanks to the good level of the team we have”, advanced DT Bran.

“The coach trusts the group a lot, we are powerful, fast and we have to take advantage of that. The team is very united, we are excited to defend the title. We are going for great results”, also said Patrickson Delgado (Ajax B), one of the repatriates from the national team.

The Ecuadorian team integrates group B of the South Americanalong with Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Their games will be played at the Deportivo Cali stadium, in Palmira, where will debut on January 20 against the Chileans. (D)