Ecuador hosts Uruguay this Tuesday in the 2nd date of the 2026 South American qualifying round in Quito and, according to the Uruguayan press, their team has achieved negative statistics in their last visits to Quito.
“What was once a custom has become an odyssey, at least in recent years. The thing is that in the first editions of the South American qualifiers, Uruguay defeated Ecuador even as a guest, but now Celeste has three consecutive matches with defeats in the framework of the qualifiers and always plays in Quito, at an altitude of 2850 meters”, the press note reads. Earth from Montevideo.
“In the last qualifiers, on October 13, 2020, Ecuador beat Uruguay 4-0 thanks to goals from Moisés Caicedo, Michael Estrada (2) and Gonzalo Plata, while Luis Suárez was unable to compensate with two penalty goals,” the newspaper added.
The note shows previous matches between both teams, where La Tri emerged victorious.
“Previously, in 2015 en route to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Ecuador won 2-1, on a day when Edinson Cavani scored for La Celeste. This run of favorable results for Ecuador started with a 1-0 win in 2013 as a result of Jefferson Montero’s solitary goal, in a competition where La Tri managed to secure a ticket to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil,” he stated. .
“The last triumph of the Uruguayan team in the away qualifiers against Ecuador was in that memorable year of 2009, where the Celeste had to triumph no matter what to stay alive and be able to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa,” he added.
Likewise, he recalled the commitments in which the result was positive for the light blue team now led by Marcelo Bielsa.
“Uruguay beat Ecuador as a guest in the first four qualifying matches: 2-0 in 1969 (goals by Bareña and Zubía); 2-1 1973 (Cubilla and Saralegui); 2-0 in 1985 (Saralegui and Francescoli) and 1-0 in 1993 (Rubén Sosa from a free kick),” he indicated.
“It was not until 1997 that La Tri won their first victory and it was a 4-0 victory in Quito. “Uruguay failed to qualify for France 1998. Then it was 1-1 in 2001 (both to Nicolás Olivera) and 0-0 in 2005, the only two matches recorded in Ecuador in qualifying,” the paper concluded. (D)
South American qualifiers 2026
Source: Eluniverso
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