Ecuador seeks to inaugurate record of triumphs in Chile

Chile and Ecuador meet this Tuesday in Santiago in a direct duel of the middle zone of the table of positions of the South American World Cup.

With three wins, in the last three days, La Roja returned to the fight for the World Cup ticket. Martín Lasarte’s team is fourth in the standings with 16 points, four less than the Tricolor, the two teams in the direct classification zone.

For the current performance of Chileans and Ecuadorians, the game is looming disputed, but “Different” from the tie (0-0) of the first leg in Quito, as stated by DT Lasarte.

The Red and the Tricolor come from triumphs, with the same 1-0 against Paraguay (visit) and Venezuela (at home), respectively.

For Chile it was the third consecutive victory, with undefeated arc against the albirroja, in two games (2-0 and 1-0), and against Venezuela (3-0).

In your record by qualifying rounds, the Red has never managed to chain four wins in a row, a challenge that they will seek to implement this Tuesday against Ecuador (19:15) at the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium.

Ecuador comes from a victory over Venezuela (1-0), before they got a away draw with Colombia, the two games without conceding goals, a determining factor for coach Gustavo Alfaro, who pointed out that “The zero in our arc is going to take us to the World Cup.”

Away from home, La Tri adds only one victory in the era of DT Gustavo Alfaro, 3-2 over Bolivia. Under the command of the Argentine, Ecuador played five away games in the tie, with one victory, one draw and four defeats.

In duels against Chile, history plays against La Tri, which in 12 visiting presentations only reached two goalless draws, in 2001 and 2005.

The challenge for those from Alfaro will be change a history that has Chile as a broad dominator, with a performance percentage of 64.10% in a record of 52 clashes, since 1939.

For qualifiers, America’s Cup and friendlies, Ecuador has played a total of 20 matches between Santiago, La Serena and Viña del Mar, with four draws (0-0) and 16 defeats.

At the games level by World Cup qualification, Ecuador has a performance of 31.94% against the Red, which registers 56.94%.

The one from this tuesday It will be the twenty-fifth game per World Cup preliminary phase between Chile and Ecuador, La Tri has 5 wins, while 11 adds La Roja. Eight games ended in a draw. (D)