One of the absences from the Ecuadorian squad for the matches against Bolivia and Colombia, on the 3rd and 4th dates of the 2026 South American qualifiers, is that of winger Gonzalo Plata, who plays for Al Sadd of Qatar.

Félix Sánchez Bas, the coach of the national team, did consider the player for the start of the competition, however, he has now been omitted from the list.

One of the footballers who was part of the Tri and even a player of the World Cup is midfielder Jefferson Montero, who plays for Aucas, who rated his colleague as a good player and believes that he can be called up at any time.

“It is crack“But if you don’t have an injury and you’re not in (the national team), something happens,” said the player Turbine.

“If he’s not here now, he’ll definitely think he’s doing something wrong, I don’t know, I haven’t shared it with him, but if he does, he’ll think about his absence,” added Montero in an interview with Federación Postera.

The football player pointed out that his colleague is a good football player and believes that he will soon be a regular in the La Tri team again.

“He will certainly return to the national team, if there is a difference, he will discuss it with his teammates, with the coach. He is a young man, we know what he is, how he fared in Spain”, he pointed out.

“He should have stayed there, but those are the decisions that are made and I wish he could come back because we don’t have a player like him,” Montero concluded. (D)