The Ecuadorian U-17 national team traveled this Thursday to Saudi Arabia, where they will finalize their preparations before arriving in Indonesia to participate in the U-17 World Cup for the sixth time, in which they will try to overcome the quarter-finals they reached in previous editions.iz 1995 and 2015

The team led by Diego Martínez will stop in Taif (Saudi Arabia) where they will play a few friendlies before entering the competition, where they will make their debut against hosts Indonesia, as part of Group A filled with Morocco and Panama.

For Martínez, the team’s intention will be to have a great tournament, and he assured that the debut against Indonesia “will be a nice game.”

Among the twenty-one invitees is Kendry Páez, a key figure for Ecuador at the South American U-17 Championship where the ‘Tri’ qualified for the World Cup in second place, as the Independiente del Valle player who recently signed for Chelsea has already won a place in the senior squad .

The Ecuadorian players gathered yesterday Wednesday to say goodbye to their families at the “Casa de la Selección”, the sports city of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) in Quito, where they have been training intensively since last Sunday.

In addition to the 1995 and 2015 World Youth Championships, which were held in Ecuador and Chile, Ecuador also participated in Canada 1987, Mexico 2011 and Brazil 2019.

The twenty-one Ecuadorian U-17 players at the World Cup are Cristhian Loor, Elkin Ruiz, Keny Arroyo, Geremy De Jesús, Aníbal Gómez, Jairo Reyes, Santiago Sánchez, Yandry Vásquez, Ariel Bao, Ivis Davis and Jesús Polo.

The list also includes Sebastián Rodríguez, Michael Bermúdez, Rooney Troya, Isaac Sánchez, Snaider Demera, Allen Obando, Josué Méndez, Yorkaeff Caicedo, Jair Collahuazo and Erick Zambrano. (D)