After Uruguay’s 3-1 victory against Chile in the debut qualifier for the 2026 World Cup, the players returned to training this Sunday ahead of the match with Ecuador, and this Monday they travel to Ecuador on a charter flight that will depart from the International Airport of Carrasco, at 13: 00 local time, according to Guayaquil.
There, the Uruguayan delegation will stay at the Oro Verde Hotel, which they will leave on Tuesday when they travel to Quito for the match.
On Friday, after a 3-1 win against Chile in the first round of the qualifiers, Bielsa spoke at a press conference about the next game and assured that Ecuador “is a very brave team, with players who have obviously grown and “have reached important places in Europe football.”
“They are a team that defends well and has the ability to create options in attack. A team that is difficult to face,” he concluded.
After the good result achieved in Centenario, Bielsa could repeat his starting eleven with Sergio Rochet; Nahitan Nández, Sebastián Cáceres, Matías Viña, Joaquín Piquerez; Federico Valverde, Manuel Ugarte, Nicolás de la Cruz; Facundo Pellistri, Darwin Núñez and Maximiliano Araújo.
At the end of the first day of qualification, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay lead the competition with three points each; Paraguay and Peru have one unit; Bolivia and Chile have zero; while Ecuador has minus three points due to the sanction.
This Tuesday, La Celeste and those led by Spaniard Félix Sánchez Bas will face off at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium in Quito.
The matches Bolivia-Argentina, Venezuela-Paraguay, Chile-Colombia and Peru-Brazil are also played on the same day. (D)
South American qualifiers 2026
Source: Eluniverso
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