Argentina coach Gustavo Alfaro has recommended that the Colombian team should enter next Tuesday (18:00) away to Ecuador at the Rodrigo Paz Stadium in Quito, the fourth day of the South American qualifiers for the World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico 2026.
The 2-2 draw against Uruguay at the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla was a bitter pill for the players and coffee lovers.
James Rodríguez (35 minutes) and Mateus Uribe (52 minutes) scored for the Colombian team, but Mathías Olivera (47 minutes) and Darwin Núñez (90+1 minutes) spoiled their night.
Quito also arrives at the match with a request for a pass, but knows that it will not be easy, because in the last qualifying round on the same field, they were defeated 6-1 by La Tri, managed by Gustavo Alfaro.
“The first thing here is that Ecuador comes from playing at the height of La Paz, and with the victory (2-1) it was in a position of expectation (in seventh place). And now the key for Colombia in that game will be to return the ball high and defend with the ball in their possession,” Alfaro said. Snail television.
Alfaro continued and added that “it will be a long match that, like in tennis, Colombia will have to play ball by ball.” Ecuador suffer when the ball is taken away from them.
“The second key will be to play with concentration, not to lose concentration, not to get distracted. You have to have that ability to have the ball,” noted the Albiceleste coach, who qualified Ecuador for its fourth FIFA World Cup. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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