“Improve” at your game is the first objective of the Ecuador under-20 team that begins this Tuesday the dispute of the final hexagonal of the South American of the category that will be held in Bogotá, a phase to which The teams from Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela also agreed.
With a discreet performance in the initial phase, Ecuador, defending champion of the tournament, achieved his classification as third of group B with a sum of five points, for a win and two draws.
The mini-Tri draws with Uruguay and accesses the final hexagonal of the South American Sub-20
“I think our nerves took their toll, but the team is more established”, commented this Monday the attacker Justin Leather, who revealed “the commitment” in the mini-Tri “to do things right and improve the aspects that we lacked in the first phase.”
La Tricolor defends the crown won in 2019hence the team maintains “the illusion to make historyfor returning home with the quota to the World Cup and a double championship in the tournamentLeather said.
The Ecuador’s first rival in the final phase will be Brazilthis Tuesday 5:30 p.m. in El Campín, “a very strong team, but we have worked to counteract what they can present to us,” said the national striker.
With coach Jimmy Bran, the mini-Tri has a new opportunity to demonstrate the game that led them to be silver medalists at the Odesur Games in 2022.
“Important aspects have been worked on,” said Cuero, who sees as a determining factor the transfer of the headquarters in Bogotá, 2,640 meters above sea levelbarely 200 fewer than in Quito, “something that it will benefit us because most of the campus is high”, said the attacker, referring to the base of the team, which has a total of 18 soccer players from capital clubs.
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“We will face strong teams, but the team has worked and improved in various aspects. We have a good team, despite the results of the first stageI think the second one will start well because there is a good game to propose”, pointed out the national striker. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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