Ecuador and Colombia will meet this Tuesday in Quito, for the fourth term of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers with the immediate precedent of the Tricolor’s 2-1 victory on the hour, in La Paz, and the final coffee draw. breeders against Uruguay, in Barranquillo, on the third day.

The team of Félix Sánchez Bas is seventh, with 3 points and the possibility of leaving with 6 contested in this double round. Néstor Lorenzo’s team is third in the standings with 5 points and hopes to win again after two draws in a row.

To move up the ladder, commitment is essential for both teams, but the match itself generates a look back at three historic moments in the clash between Ecuador and Colombia.

Copa América 1949

In the edition of the tournament that was played in Brazil of the then South American Championship, Ecuador achieved the first victory in its history in the competition of the national teams of Conmebol. Led by Spanish coach Josep Planas Artés, who was a player and coach of FC Barcelona, ​​the Tricolori crushed Colombia 4-1. On May 3, Planas sent Félix Torres to the field; Carlos Sánchez, Marcos Bermeo; Ricardo Riveros, Jorge Cantos, Hernán Salgado; Marcos Spencer (Víctor Arteaga), Enrique Cantos (César Garnica), José Maldonado, José Vargas, Guido Andrade. At the Sao Januario Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the Toreadors scored Birdie Songs (2), Down Vargas and Andrade.

Qualification for the 1966 World Cup

Ecuador made their second appearance in the World Cup qualifiers where they shared tickets to travel to England in 1966. La Tri shared a group with Chile and Colombia. The national team achieved its first away victory against Cafeji, a result that was also Colombia’s first defeat as hosts in the playoffs.

At the old Romelio Martínez stadium, in Barranquilla (now played in the Metropolitan) the Tricolori won 1-0 with a goal from Washington Chanfle Muñoz, on 17 minutes.

“The winning goal was the product of a brilliant play by Jorge Bolaños, who received a measured pass from Clímac Cañarte and in spectacular fashion (Bolaños) eluded three Colombian opponents and slotted the pass into the street for Washington Muñoz, who fired powerfully. strongly. beating goalkeeper (Calixto) Avena,” Diario EL UNIVERSO reported on July 21, 1965.

Uruguayan José María Chem Rodríguez ordered this lineup: Pablo Ansaldo; Alfonso Quijano, Lecaro, Luciano Macías. Miguel Country house Bustamante; Rómulo Gómez, Cañarte, Bolaños; Muñoz, Enrique Raymondi, Armando Larrea.

Qualification for the 2022 World Cup

The last of the three games in which Ecuador, at the expense of Colombia, set milestones for the national football team took place during the World Cup in Qatar 2022. On November 17, 2020, the fourth day of qualification, Gustavo Alfaro He’s team mercilessly massacred the northerners with a 6-1 victory .

For the national team, that result meant the highest number of goals scored in the qualifying matches since it appeared in that tournament. ‘The result takes out the technician’, the newspaper headlined Time from Bogotá, because until that day the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz was the coach of those from the country of Cumbia.

National points were scored by Robert Arboleda (7 minutes), Ángel Mena (9), Michael Estrada (32), Xavier Arreaga (39), Gonzalo Plata (78) and Pervis Estupiñán (90).

La Tri was formed like this: Alexander Domínguez; Pedro Perlaza (Ángelo Preciado, 87 minutes), Robert Arboleda, Xavier Arreaga, Pervis Estupiñán; Renato Ibarra (Beder Caicedo, 81), Jhegson Méndez, Moisés Caicedo, Ángel Mena (Joao Rojas, 87); Adolfo Muñoz (Gonzalo Plata, 32), Michael Estrada. (D)