La Roja lived one of those nightmare nights mainly in the first half, when they lost Arturo Vidal by expulsion and then by injury to Sánchez and Mena.
Pessimism is what the front pages of the main Chilean newspapers reflect for the 0-2 defeat against the Ecuadorian team at the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium, in the city of Santiago, for the fourteenth date of the qualifying rounds to Qatar 2022.
The Ecuadorian victory was achieved with goals from defender Pervis Estupiñán at 9 minutes and from midfielder Moisés Caicedo at 90 + 3 minutes.
La Roja lived one of those nightmare nights mainly in the first half, when they lost Arturo Vidal by expulsion (14 min) and Alexis Sánchez and Eugenio Mena due to injury, which facilitated the game of the Tricolor, which in addition to achieving a great victory in the world championship is the first he has achieved on Chilean soil in qualifying.
With this result, Ecuador remains third in the tie with 23 units, while Chile falls to sixth place with 16 units. A fall that complicates reaching his goal, which is the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“The truth was a very strange game since we received the goal very early, and Arturo was sent off (…). We are not dead, we are going to continue fighting until the last, ”said Chilean Gary Medel. (D)
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