This Thursday, Ecuador will face South Korea in the last match of the round of 16 of the U-20 World Cup in Argentina 2023. It will be the team’s fourth appearance at the World Cup (2001, 2011, 2019). , in which the balance for now is two eliminations and one placement.

U-20 World Cup: This is what Ecuador did when they played in the round of 16

The match against the South Koreans, which starts at 16:00 (Ecuadorian time), will be played by the two second-placed teams in their groups (B, in the case of the Tricolors, and F, in the case of the South Koreans). It will be the fifth time that Ecuador will have a representative of the Asian Football Confederation as an opponent at the U-20 World Cup.

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The latest case is precisely against South Korea, the national team that thwarted Ecuador’s passage to the finals of the World Cup in Poland in 2019 with a narrow and not entirely deserved victory against Jorge Célic’s students.

That’s how it went for Ecuador in every match against Asian national teams, between editions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

2011

On 31 July of that year, at the Palogrande Stadium in Manizales, Colombia, Ecuador and Australia drew 1–1 in a match corresponding to Group C in their first meeting. Juan José Govea scored to give La Tri a temporary lead. Although Australia is a country that has been in Oceania since 2006, its football has left that continent and joined the Asian Football Confederation.

in 2017

Saudi Arabia 2, Ecuador 1. This was the result of the second national showdown with the Asians. The match was for the second leg of Group F at the World Cup in South Korea on May 25, 2017. Jordy Caicedo conceded after a minute. The selection did not pass the round.

in 2019

In Ecuador’s most brilliant participation at the FIFA World Cup, in any category, in Poland 2019, the Tricolor had two commitments against teams from Asia. On May 23, they drew 1-1 with Japan 1 for the first day of Group B. Kayosuke Tagawa scored the goal for the national team. Later, on 11 June 2019, at the Arena Lublin, South Korea defeated Ecuador 1–0 in the semi-finals, with a goal scored in the 39th minute.

Against Asian national teams, at the U-20 World Championship, Ecuador played four games, two draws and several defeats. He conceded five goals and scored three. The national team will try to end the aforementioned series against South Korea this Thursday. (D)